Claudia Ruitenberg

Claudia Ruitenberg is a Professor in the Department of Educational Studies at the University of British Columbia's Faculty of Education, specializing in philosophical and ethical dimensions of education with emphasis on early childhood contexts and global challenges like climate justice.

Her research portfolio includes:

• Philosophical questions in early childhood education
• Ethics in and of early childhood education
• Speech act theory and educational discourses
• Educational hospitality frameworks
• Climate crisis and intergenerational justice
• Political education in populist contexts

Recent publications demonstrate a critical shift toward climate emergency responses through educational ethics, examining how hospitality principles foster intergenerational solidarity. Her work challenges instrumental environmental education approaches, advocating for 'convivialist transformation' that rearranges desires and controls hubris, while integrating Levinasian ethics with multispecies pedagogy and pandemic-climate crisis intersections.