Teaching Strengths
Dr Georgia Csortan
Lecturer
School of Physics, Chemistry and Earth Sciences
College of Sciences
Georgia is a Lecturer in Environmental Studies at Adelaide University, with a focus on teaching, curriculum design, and innovative, student-centred learning. She is an environmental scientist with a background in sustainable environments, urban agriculture and citizen science
She is interested in not just "what" we teach, but how we teach environmental knowledge – how we help students connect, understand and apply that knowledge in meaningful and practical ways. Her current teaching spans courses in the human dimensions of environmental science, sustainability and environmental/science communication, with a growing focus on placement-based learning in collaboration with the environmental industry. She strongly believes that for science to be meaningful, relevant and useful, it needs to be effectively communicated.
Georgia is passionate about designing inclusive placement courses that support diverse student cohorts. She has begun mapping the environmental industry in South Australia to better support placement alignment, student decision-making, and to strengthen connections with industry.
Her current teaching-related research interests include the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL), particularly around inclusive work-integrated learning (WIL) approaches that support diverse student cohorts; the use of open pedagogy and open learning resources; and supporting neurodivergent students in higher education through inclusive course design, structure, and engagement practices.
My current teaching-related research interests include the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL), particularly around inclusive work-integrated learning (WIL) approaches that support diverse student cohorts; the use of open pedagogy and open learning resources; and supporting neurodivergent students in higher education through inclusive course design, structure, and engagement practices.
My PhD and environmental research focused on urban agriculture / urban food production. I investigated the importance of measuring the inputs and outputs of urban food gardens as they currently exist, as a way to increase current knowledge and understanding and in turn better support the development of potential improvements to urban food production in the future.
| Year | Citation |
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| - | Hopeward, J., Roetman, P., & Csortan, G. (n.d.). Raw and partially analysed data from the Edible Gardens project.. DOI |
Courses I teach
- ENVI 2007 Environmental Interpretation and Community Engagement (2026)
- ENVI 3014 Environmental and Geospatial Field Project (2026)
- BIOL 6039 Environmental Industry Project (2026)
- BIOL 3027 Global Change and Human Health (2025)
- BIOL 4001 Coastal Environments (2025)
- ENVT 1013 Environment, Society and Climate (2025)
- ENVT 2004 Park and Ecotourism Management (2025)
- ENVT 2014 Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (2025)
- ENVT 3016 Environmental Interpretation and Community Engagement (2025)
- ENVT 3030 Environmental and Geospatial Field Project (2025)
- ENVT 1013 Environment, Society and Climate (2024)
- ENVT 1021 Foundations of Environmental Science (2024)
- ENVT 2004 Park and Ecotourism Management (2024)
- ENVT 3030 Environmental and Geospatial Field Project (2024)
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