Callum McGregor

Dr Callum McGregor is a Senior Lecturer in Education at the University of Edinburgh's Moray House School of Education and Sport. He serves as Programme Director for the MSc Social Justice and Community Action and is a Research Affiliate at the Edinburgh Futures Institute. His work bridges education, activism, and democratic citizenship, with a focus on climate justice, political literacy, and radical digital citizenship.

Education: PhD (2014) and two MSc degrees (2010, 2008) from the University of Edinburgh. His research explores the intersections of education and activism through theoretical frameworks like agonistic and psychoanalytic political theory. Current projects include investigating climate justice activism among young people of colour and co-developing political literacy frameworks in Scottish education.

• ESRC-funded political literacy project with Dr Huw Davies
• 'Race against time' study on youth climate activism
• Climate anxiety research analyzing educational responses to disavowal

Publications include the co-edited book Ambivalent Activism (2024) and articles on left populism and educational desire. He has received awards for impactful climate justice research and is actively involved in academic governance, editorial work, and community knowledge exchange initiatives.