Carine is post-doctoral research associate at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Her research sits at the intersection of education policy and sustainability. More specifically, she explores environmental, sustainability and climate change education policies in education systems worldwide. She is an expert on subnational policies and is particularly interested in the implications of local politics and environmental and sustainability policies for schools and students that are disproportionately affected by climate change in the urban context. 

 

Prior to this position, Carine was an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the International and Comparative Education program at Teachers College, Columbia University for four years. She taught an introduction to environmental and sustainability education course as well as graduate-level courses on research methods and theories in international and comparative education. 

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Carine received an M.A. in Translation and an M.A. in International Politics from the University of Antwerp; she holds an Ed.M. in International Educational Development and a Ph.D. in International and Comparative Education from Teachers College, Columbia University. She has lived and worked in Belgium, Singapore, China, Japan and the United States.

 

Carine is an active member of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES), and served for four years as the Chair, Co-Chair and Program Chair of the Environmental and Sustainability Education Special Interest Group, a group of 150 researchers and practitioners in the field worldwide. 

 

Carine trained as an environmental educator at Sheldrake Environmental Center and is currently a board member of the Westchester Land Trust where she co-chairs the urban engagement working group. She can also be found chasing landscape photos, hiking, or sailing on her sailboat "Gaia".