My teaching has ranged from courses in environmental ethics and environmental aesthetics, animals and society, ethics, applied ethics, aesthetics and the arts, Kant, and introduction to philosophy, to seminars on subjects such as 18th c. aesthetic theory, imagination, Schopenhauer, aesthetics and politics, and philosophy of film. Team-taught courses have included Philosophy of Conservation on the Isle of Rum in Scotland and human geography field courses in North Uist and St. Kilda, Scotland and in Iceland.

I established a multidisciplinary masters programme, MSc Environment, Culture, and Society at the University of Edinburgh in 2007 and served as its Programme Director for ten years. I have supervised masters and PhD students on a range of topics in environmental philosophy, aesthetics, human geography, Kant, and applied ethics.

Current PhD students

I serve on PhD committees at Texas A&M for: Nathan Bitgood (English), Kristian Cantens and Jyothis James (Philosophy). I’m an external supervisor for Tinna Gunnarsdóttir  (Iceland University of the Arts) and Stephanie Schuster (University of Basel).

Past PhD and Masters supervision

Primary or secondary supervisor (UK/European system) of 30 PhD students (mainly University of Edinburgh and Lancaster University). Masters degree supervision: 32 students as sole supervisor (University of Edinburgh and Lancaster University).