Careers and Skills for a Future Climate: From Climate Anxiety to Agency - Impact Story

An Interview with Dr David Boldrin
This interview was held on 12 March 2025

Dr David Boldrin (DB) is a physical scientist at the James Hutton Institute. David together with Dr Alison Karley, also based at the James Hutton Institute, Katrina Cuthbertson and Linda Birrell (Bertha Park High School, Perth), and Maxine Scott (Skills Development Scotland) joined forces to engage young people through an empowering, participatory approach. Together, they helped a generation that needs to make future-proof career decisions begin to map out, on paper, the pathway that fits them. The SEFARI Gateway Innovative Knowledge Exchange Fund supported this unique pilot in participative knowledge exchange.
 

Dr Ioanna Akoumianaki (IA), Policy and Impact Officer at SEFARI Gateway, James Hutton Institute, spoke with David about the project's origins, methods, and real-world impact.