Georgios Malandrakis is a full time Associate Professor at the Faculty of Education, School of Primary Education, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, in the field of Environmental Education – Education for Sustainability. He is also Head of the Department of Sciences and New Technologies within the same School. He was born on the Greek island of Samos and nurtured in Chania, Crete, Greece. He is married and father of a son and a daughter. He holds a Bachelor, Master, and Ph.D. from the School of Primary Education, University of Crete (Rethymno).

During his Fulbright Scholarship he will spend at least three months at Teachers College, Columbia University (NY). There, in cooperation with Associate Professor Oren Pizmony-Levy, will develop evidence-based educational materials, in the form of short-scale curricula, for pre-service elementary school teachers, empowering them to effectively teach topics of climate change (CC). The curricula will focus on cultivating participants’ understanding of CC, fostering critical thinking, raising awareness about CC-related misinformation, and honing their ability to translate knowledge into practical application. The experience and the material that will be produced through, will serve as a basis for the expansion and deepening of the collaboration between AUTh and Columbia on teachers’ preparation for the risks, potential alternatives, and their role in CC mitigation efforts.