Associate Professor Dr Subarna Sivapalan FRSA, SFHEA

DR. SUBARNA SIVAPALAN FRSA is presently Associate Professor of Education and Associate Dean of Research and Knowledge Exchange, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Nottingham Malaysia. Subarna is also Co-Chair of the University of Nottingham UNESCO Chair in International Education and Development. Subarna has over 20 years of experience within the higher education sector in Malaysia. At the national level, Subarna is actively involved in sustainability education advocacy in formal, informal and community education contexts. Subarna is a fellow of Acumen and United Nations University’s “Pro.SPER.Net – Building Transformational Leadership Towards the SDGs”. Subarna is the recipient of WWF Malaysia’s National Eco- Lecturer Award for her efforts in advocating for greater awareness amongst youth to champion sustainability.

She is also a senior research fellow at UN-SDSN, working on Mission 4.7 as well as a member of the recently established National Strategic Partners advisory coalition for Education for Sustainable Development in Malaysia, under the purview of the Ministry of Education. She is also a member of the UNESCO Greening Education Partnership (GEP) Greening Communities drafting group. Subarna obtained her PhD in Education from the University of Nottingham.