Scott Strachan

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• 2025

  Starting a European VIP hub

  Strachan, S., Chin, P., Dejus, B. & Marie, V. F., 8 May 2025.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Presentation/Speech › peer-review

• Strathclyde/MUET ELEVATE Pakistan - Empowering learning through vertically integrated teams and education in Pakistan

  Strachan, S., Abbas, S. & Coyle, E., 8 May 2025.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Presentation/Speech › peer-review

• Using experiential learning to engage students in interdisciplinary education for sustainable development: a vertically integrated project case study

  Paliwoda, K., Strachan, S. & Rance, D., 18 Mar 2025.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Presentation/Speech › peer-review

  • Education for Sustainable Development 100%
  • Activity Learning 100%
  • Interdisciplinary Education 100%
  • Interdisciplinarity 40%
  • Charity 20%
• 2024

  Perspectives on developing skills and competencies through Education for Sustainable Development: how do we do it, and who is responsible?

  Strachan, S., Lefever, J.-E., Wesolowska, K., Vaughan, H. & Moreno-Rangel, A., 3 Dec 2024, Strathclyde micro-CPD : University of Strathclyde.

  Research output: Other contribution

  • Sustainable Development 100%
  • Education for Sustainable Development 100%
  • United Nations 25%
  • Sustainable Development Goals 25%
  • UK 25%

• Understanding solar minigrid sustainability and impact through a holistic Key Performance Indicator framework

  Eales, A., Banda, E., Frame, D. & Strachan, S., 1 Dec 2024, In: Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability. 4, 4, 32 p., 045008.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Rural Electrification 100%
  • Economic Sustainability 66%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  4 Downloads (Pure)

• LV distribution network modelling: suggested practices for developing countries

  Keddar, S., Sims, R., Strachan, S. & Frame, D., 28 Nov 2024, 2024 IEEE PES/IAS PowerAfrica. IEEE, 5 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution book

  • Distribution Network 100%
  • Network Modeling 100%
  • Electric Power Distribution 100%
  • Developing Country 100%
  • Power Engineering 66%

• The Learning Station Model: co-creation with student and stakeholder as a practice for knowing, thinking, feeling and doing

  Acar, E., ahmetola, S., Calimli, M., Gorgul, E., Henderson, E., MacLachlan, R. & Strachan, S., 4 Sept 2024.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Other › peer-review

  • Students 100%
  • Stakeholders 100%
  • Co-Creation 100%
  • Emotions 100%
  • Learning 100%

• Student, staff and employer's perspectives on education for sustainable development in UK HEIs 2021-2024

  Strachan, S., Wesolowska, K., Lefever, J.-E., Moreno-Rangel, A. & Vaughan, H. L., 6 Jun 2024. 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review

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  • Students 100%
  • Higher Education Institution 100%
  • Perspective 100%
  • Personnel 100%
  • Education for Sustainable Development 100%
  20 Downloads (Pure)

• ESD Curriculum Mapping from Planning to Implementation

  Strachan, S., 9 May 2024.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Presentation/Speech › peer-review

• Visualising structural barriers to interdisciplinary learning

  Marshall, S., Strachan, S., O'Bryant, D., Sonnenberg-Klein, J. & Coyle, E., 21 Mar 2024.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

  • Students 100%
  • Learning 100%
  • Subject 75%
  • Paper 75%
  • Organizations 50%

• The melting point of ice is non-negotiable

  Strachan, S., 16 Mar 2024, Glasgow : University of Strathclyde.

  Research output: Other contribution

  • Event 100%

• MicroCPD article - Sustainable Development & Education for Sustainable Development (ESD): Why should you care?

  Strachan, S. & Gallou, E., 26 Feb 2024, University of Strathclyde.

  Research output: Working paper › Guide or manual
• 2023

  Reflections on developing a collaborative multi-disciplinary approach to embedding education for sustainable development into higher education curricula

  Logan, L., Strachan, S., Willison, D., Bain, R., Roberts, J., Mitchell, I. & Yarr, R., 18 Dec 2023, In: Emerald Open Research. 1, 9, 26 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Higher Education 100%
  • Approach 100%
  • Education for Sustainable Development 100%
  • Curriculum 100%
  • Sustainability 100%
  51 Downloads (Pure)

• Strathclyder looks ahead to COP28: The world’s only multilateral decision-making forum on climate change

  Strachan, S., 28 Nov 2023, Glasgow : University of Strathclyde.

  Research output: Other contribution

  • Decision Making 100%
  • Intention 100%

• From StrathCEKO to StrathCAN: building a community of climate education ambassadors from the bottom up in a higher education institution

  Strachan, S., Quirke, W., Sprick, R. S., Gallou, E., Collins, R. & Faulkner, S., 25 Oct 2023. 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

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  • Buildings 100%
  • Communities 100%
  • Climate 100%
  • Education 100%
  • Ambassador 100%
  29 Downloads (Pure)

• ESD at Strathclyde - vertically integrated projects

  Strachan, S., 5 Oct 2023.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Presentation/Speech

• From Strathclyde Climate Education Kick-Off (StrathCEKO) to Strathclyde Climate Ambassadors Network (SCAN) – building a community of Climate Education Champions from the bottom up in a Higher Education Institution

  Strachan, S., 19 Sept 2023.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Presentation/Speech › peer-review

  • Building 100%
  • Training 100%
  • Higher Education 100%
  • Community 100%
  • Climate 100%

• Enabling students to evidence and articulate UNESCO future competencies in students through research-based education for sustainable development

  Strachan, S., Logan, L., Marshall, S. & Crichton-Allen, C., 12 Sept 2023, 51st Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education: Engineering Education for Sustainability, Proceedings. Brussels, Belgium , p. 2913-2922 10 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution book

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  • Research 100%
  • Students 100%
  • Evidence 100%
  • Education for Sustainable Development 100%
  • Sustainability 50%
  4 Downloads (Pure)

• A Handbook for Monitoring and Evaluating Education for Sustainable Development in Higher Education: Competency reflections and assessment In University of Strathclyde

  Strachan, S., Logan, L. & Marshall, S., 5 Sept 2023, 61 p.

  Research output: Working paper › Guide or manual

  Open Access

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  • Evaluation 100%
  • Universities 100%
  • Higher Education 100%
  • Support 100%
  • Guides 100%
  51 Downloads (Pure)

• StrathCEKO – Strathclyde Climate Education Kick-Off: a systems thinking approach to scalable, peer-to-peer climate education

  Strachan, S. & Gallou, E., 5 Jul 2023.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review

  • System Thinking Approach 100%
  • Education 100%
  • Peers 100%
  • Deep Understanding 25%
  • Sustainability 25%

• Vertically integrated projects for sustainable development: pilot to mainstreaming of an experiential ESD programme

  Strachan, S., Marshall, S. & Logan, L., 5 Jul 2023.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Presentation/Speech › peer-review

  • Experiential 100%
  • Development 100%
  • Program 100%
  • Mainstreaming 100%
  • Sustainable Development 100%

• ESD mainstreaming through 'embedding' playful teaching approaches: community of practice innovations through games-based learning at Strathclyde University

  Gallou, E., Strachan, S. & Morse, T., 11 Apr 2023.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Presentation/Speech

  • Games 100%
  • Communities of Practices (CoPs) 100%
  • Approach 100%
  • University 100%
  • Innovation 100%

• In conversation with Scott Strachan

  Collins, R. & Strachan, S., 1 Apr 2023, In: ASE Primary Science Journal. 177, 1, p. 4-5 2 p., 1.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • United Nation Organization 100%
  • United Nations 100%
  • Sustainable Development Goals 100%
  • gowns 50%
  • Student Engagement 50%

• Pedagogies and assessment of C21 competences for sustainable futures

  Crichton-Allen, C., Bonnar, L. & Strachan, S., 29 Mar 2023.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Presentation/Speech › peer-review

  • Educational Sciences 100%
  • Education for Sustainable Development 100%
  • Evaluation 100%
  • Approach 66%
  • Development 50%

• Strathclyde Climate Education Kick-Off - StrathCEKO

  Strachan, S. & Gallou, E., 29 Mar 2023.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Presentation/Speech › peer-review

  • Education 100%
  • Climate 100%
  • Peers 100%
  • Resources 100%
  • Universities 28%

• Enabling students to develop, evidence and articulate competencies through assessment and vertically integrated projects for sustainable development

  Strachan, S. & Logan, L., 22 Feb 2023.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Presentation/Speech › peer-review

  • Students 100%
  • Sustainable Development 100%
  • Evidence 100%
  • Project 100%
  • Evaluation 100%

• Creative pedagogies for ESD mainstreaming: using games-based approaches to shape systems thinking competencies for all

  Gallou, E., Strachan, S., Morse, T. & Logan, L., 21 Feb 2023.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Presentation/Speech › peer-review

  • Approach 100%
  • Educational Sciences 100%
  • Education for Sustainable Development 100%
  • Inclusive Education 100%
  • Roles 100%

• Vertically integrated projects for sustainable development

  Strachan, S., Marshall, S. & Logan, L., 17 Feb 2023

  Research output: Digital or non-textual outputs › Digital or Visual Products

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  • Sustainable Development 100%
  • Project 100%
  • Students 75%
  • Research 75%
  • Student 75%
  7 Downloads (Pure)

• Embedding interdisciplinarity through vertically integrated projects for sustainable development

  Marshall, S., Strachan, S. & Logan, L., 3 Feb 2023, (Accepted/In press).

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract

  • Sustainable Development 100%
  • Embedding 100%
  • Project 100%
  • Student 69%
  • Students 69%
• 2022

  Bridging the affordability between battery supported electric cooking and conventional cooking fuel

  Keddar, S., Strachan, S. & Galloway, S., 16 Dec 2022, In: Energies. 15, 24, 13 p., 9549.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Cooking 100%
  • Pressure Cooker 9%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  49 Downloads (Pure)

• Level-up: expand undergraduate research capacity (and serve faculty) through vertically integrated projects

  Bringardner, J., Coyle, E., Dalecka, B., Junha, T., Logan, L., Marshall, S., Ramirez, N., Shlayan, N., Smith, L., Sonnenberg-Klein, J. & Strachan, S., 29 Nov 2022, 2022 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE, 4 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution book

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  • Academic Teaching Personnel 100%
  • Research 100%
  • Project 100%
  • Undergraduates 100%
  • Model 66%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  27 Downloads (Pure)

• Design of a low cost smart meter for capturing usage data for battery-operated cooking devices

  Dorward , C., Strachan, S., Keddar, S. & Galloway, S., 3 Oct 2022, 2022 IEEE PES/IAS PowerAfrica. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE, p. 1-5 5 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution book

  • Measuring Instrument 100%
  • Low Cost 100%
  • Electric Battery 100%
  • Cooking 100%
  • Design 100%

• Embedding education for sustainable development in the engineering curriculum through challenge-based education

  Robertson, E. & Strachan, S., 1 Sept 2022, Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium for Engineering Education. Glasgow: University of Strathclyde, 8 p. 0295

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

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  • Engineering Curriculum 100%
  • Embedding 100%
  • Education 100%
  • Electronics 25%
  • Programs 25%
  94 Downloads (Pure)

• Embedding interdisciplinary research-based education for sustainable development in higher education through vertically integrated projects

  Strachan, S., Logan, L. & Marshall, S., 1 Sept 2022, Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium for Engineering Education. Glasgow: University of Strathclyde, 8 p. 9279

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  Open Access

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  • Interdisciplinary Research 100%
  • Higher Education 100%
  • Project 100%
  • Problem 100%
  • Education for Sustainable Development 100%
  91 Downloads (Pure)

• Vertically integrated projects for sustainable development: achieving transformational action by embedding research-based ESD in curricula

  Strachan, S., Logan, L. & Marshall, S., 27 May 2022, In: Environmental Sciences Proceedings. 15, 1, 9 p., 63.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

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  • Sustainable Development 100%
  • Research 100%
  • Project 100%
  • Education for Sustainable Development 100%
  • Curriculum 100%
  52 Downloads (Pure)

• A field trial of off-grid SHS interconnection in Rwanda's Northern Province

  Soltowski, B., Stewart, F., Strachan, S., Campos-Gaona, D., Anaya-Lara, O. & Galloway, S., 28 Feb 2022, In: Energy for Sustainable Development. 66, p. 69-78 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

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  • Interconnection 100%
  • Field Trial 100%
  • Solar Home Systems 100%
  • Province 100%
  • Trial 100%
  12 Citations (Scopus)

  48 Downloads (Pure)

• A smart eCook battery charging system to maximise electric cooking capacity on a hybrid PV/diesel mini-grid

  Keddar, S., Strachan, S. & Galloway, S., 27 Jan 2022, In: Sustainability. 14, 3, 21 p., 1454.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Mini-Grids 100%
  • Photovoltaics 100%
  • Battery Charging 100%
  • Hybrid 100%
  • Charging System 100%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  45 Downloads (Pure)
• 2021

  Embedding research-based education for sustainable development and climate education in HE curricula

  Strachan, S., Logan, L. & Marshall, S., 1 Oct 2021, Glasgow: University of Glasgow, 2 p.

  Research output: Working paper › Case study

  Open Access

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  • Climate 100%
  • Education 100%
  • Research 100%
  • Education for Sustainable Development 100%
  • Curriculum 100%
  25 Downloads (Pure)

• An overview of the technical challenges facing the deployment of electric cooking on hybrid PV/diesel mini-grid in rural Tanzania – A case study simulation

  Keddar, S., Strachan, S., Soltowski, B. & Galloway, S., 23 Jun 2021, In: Energies. 14, 13, 18 p., 3761.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Mini-Grids 100%
  • Hybrid 100%
  • Simulation 100%
  • Technical Challenge 100%
  • Case Study 100%
  12 Citations (Scopus)

  118 Downloads (Pure)

• Education for Sustainable Development Guidance

  Strachan, S., 29 Mar 2021, Gloucester.

  Research output: Working paper › Case study

• Vertically Integrated Projects for Sustainable Development

  Strachan, S., 1 Mar 2021, Madrid

  Research output: Other contribution

  • Sustainable Development 100%
  • Project 100%
  • Research 100%
  • Students 60%
  • Work 40%
• 2020

  Impact of new electric cooking appliances on the low voltage distribution network and off-grid solar microgrids

  Soltowski, B., Galloway, S., Coley, W. & Strachan, S., 15 Oct 2020, Glasgow: University of Strathclyde. 35 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Other report

  Open Access

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  • Low Voltage 100%
  • Electric Power Distribution 100%
  • Microgrid 100%
  • Appliances 100%
  • Cooking 100%
  60 Downloads (Pure)

• Assessing the techno-economic feasibility of eCook deployment on a hybrid solar-diesel mini-grid in rural Malawi

  Keddar, S., Strachan, S., Eales, A. & Galloway, S., 12 Oct 2020, 2020 IEEE PES/IAS PowerAfrica. Piscataway, NJ.: IEEE, 5 p. 9219943

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution book

  • Diesel 100%
  • Deployment 100%
  • Hybrid 100%
  • Feasibility 100%
  • Political Economy 100%
  6 Citations (Scopus)

  14 Downloads (Pure)

• Closer look: Strathclyde University Vertically Integrated Projects

  Strachan, S., 30 Jul 2020, Scotland and the Sustainable Development Goals: A National Review to Drive Action. Edinburgh, p. 57 1 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

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  • Universities 100%
  • Project 100%
  • Students 100%
  • Development Project 66%
  • Research and Development 66%
  17 Downloads (Pure)

• Sustainability evaluation of community-based, solar photovoltaic projects in Malawi

  Dauenhauer, P. M., Frame, D., Eales, A., Strachan, S., Galloway, S. & Buckland, H., 26 Feb 2020, In: Energy, Sustainability and Society. 10, 20 p., 12.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Evaluation 100%
  • Community-Based 100%
  • Malawi 100%
  • Project 100%
  • Sustainability 100%
  31 Citations (Scopus)

  44 Downloads (Pure)

• Strathclyde Vision 2025 Strategic Plan

  Strachan, S., 1 Feb 2020, Glasgow : University of Strathclyde.

  Research output: Other contribution

  • Strategic Plan 100%

• Assessing the market for solar photovoltaic (PV) microgrids in Malawi

  Eales, A., Alsop, A., Frame, D., Strachan, S. & Galloway, S., 7 Jan 2020, In: Hapres Journal of Sustainability Research. 2, 1, 44 p., e200008.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Photovoltaics 100%
  • Microgrid 100%
  • Energy Engineering 30%
  • Solar Home Systems 20%
  • Economic Benefit 10%
  12 Citations (Scopus)

  167 Downloads (Pure)
• 2019

  Using vertically integrated projects to embed research-based education for sustainable development in undergraduate curricula

  Strachan, S. M., Marshall, S., Murray, P., Coyle, E. J. & Sonnenberg-Klein, J., 24 Oct 2019, In: International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education . 20, 8, p. 1313-1328 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Project 100%
  • Undergraduates 100%
  • Education for Sustainable Development 100%
  • Education 100%
  • Sustainable Development Goals 30%
  51 Citations (Scopus)

  32 Downloads (Pure)

• Assessing the feasibility of solar microgrid social enterprises as an appropriate delivery model for achieving SDG7

  Eales, A., Strachan, S., Frame, D. & Galloway, S., 4 Jul 2019. 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Enterprises 100%
  • Microgrid 100%
  • Models 100%
  • Social Enterprise 100%
  • Energy Supply 80%
  314 Downloads (Pure)

• Bottom-up electrification introducing new smart grids architecture: concept based on feasibility studies conducted in Rwanda

  Soltowski, B., Campos-Gaona, D., Strachan, S. & Anaya-Lara, O., 25 Jun 2019, In: Energies. 12, 12, 19 p., 2439.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Feasibility Study 100%
  • Electrification 100%
  • Architecture 100%
  • Smart Grid 100%
  • Solar Home Systems 100%
  16 Citations (Scopus)

  78 Downloads (Pure)