Conversations on citizenship, critical hope, and climate change: an interview with Bronwyn Hayward

Bronwyn Hayward is a professor of political science at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. Bronwyn’s scholarship focuses on the intersections of youth, sustainability, and climate change. She is director of the University of Canterbury Hei Puāwaitanga Sustainable Citizenship and Civic Imagination research group and co-principal investigator for the University of Surrey’s Centre for Understanding Sustainable Prosperity (CUSP). She is lead author on two reports for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Her most recent publication is Children, Citizenship, and Environment #SchoolStrikeEdition. In this interview, Bronwyn and Sara discuss the complexities of educating for uncertain futures, specifically around climate change. We explore Bronwyn’s work with the IPCC, the Children and Youth Sustainable Lifestyles in Cities (CYCLES) project, and her foundational scholarship on ecological citizenship. This interview took place via Zoom in September 2020, in Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa New Zealand.