School of Social and Political Science

Background

I have quite a diverse academic and professional background in South Africa and am now putting down roots in Scotland as an early career scholar and part-time editor/writer and tutor. Broadly, I am interested in epistemic, ethical, and cultural intersections between ecology and society. In my PhD thesis, I focus on an interesting example of this, namely, modern environmental science. I draw on the ecological feminist philosophy of Valerie Plumwood and the decolonial ecology of Malcom Ferdinand to articulate a critical review of modern environmental science's implicatedness in the socio-ecological crisis, including both climate science and biodiversity science, though in different ways. 

Supervisors

Dr Elizabeth Cripps (Politics), Prof Mathias Thaler (Politics), and Prof Matthew Chrisman (Philosophy)

Publications

Garland, G. (2022) 'Decolonial ecology: thinking from the Caribbean World, Review', Environmental Politics, Vol. 32, Issue 2, December 2022, 373-375.

Garland, G. (2017) 'Economic growth and progress: A paradigmatic conflation', African Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 11 No. 2, February 2018, 77‑95.

Education

Master of applied ethics (MA): Environmental ethics (University of the Witwatersrand)

Master of business administration (MBA) (University of Stellenbosch Business School)

Postgraduate certificate in education (PGCE): History and English literature (University of Cape Town)

BA (Hons): History documentary film-making (University of Cape Town)

BA: History, Film studies (University of Cape Town)

Teaching

Political Thinkers tutor, Senior tutor (University of Edinburgh 2020-23)

Politics and International Relations: Debates and Concepts tutor (University of Edinburgh 2021-22)

History of Western Philosophy tutor (University of the Witwatersrand 2019)

Introduction to Ethics tutor (University of the Witwatersrand 2018)

Outreach

Lead co-ordinator of quarterly philosophy fieldtrips known as the Critique-EEHN Seasonal Sessions

Steering committee member of Sus+ Edinburgh University Network of Social Scientists for Sustainability

Memberships

Founding member of CRITIQUE Environmental Working Group

Advanced Earth Fellow of the Edinburgh Earth Initiative 

Member of Edinburgh University Political Theory Research Group

Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Awards

Alice Brown Part-Time PhD Scholarship 2020-2026

Mark Leon Award for Best Philosophy Tutor 2019

Director's Award for Best MBA Student 2017

A.W. Mellon Scholarship for Outstanding Achievement in the Humanities 2009-2011