Bill Finnegan is a climate education researcher and practitioner at the University of Oxford with roles in the Department of Education, Department for Continuing Education, and Environmental Sustainability Team. His research explores pedagogies of hope and he leads work on the curriculum priority of the University’s Environmental Sustainability Strategy, as well as the Vice-Chancellor’s Colloquium on Climate Change. Bill created the Museum of Climate Hope initiative with Oxford’s gardens, libraries and museums and the Environmental Change Institute.

Prior to starting a DPhil at the Environmental Change Institute (ECI), Bill spent 16 years as a digital communications consultant for a range of environmental organisations as the co-founder of Tamarack Media Cooperative. He received the 2016 Director’s Award from the North American Association for Environmental Education, 2010 TogetherGreen Fellowship from National Audubon Society and Toyota, and 2007 New Voices Award from J-Lab: Institute for Interactive Journalism at American University.

In 2003, Bill completed an MESc at the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies at Yale University, where his research explored participatory video and environmental education. He later collaborated with his advisor Dr Stephen Kellert to produce the documentary Biophilic Design: The Architecture of Life. Bill also served as PI on a US EPA Environmental Education grant supporting participatory video and Co-PI on a US NSF Informal Science Education grant for interactive web learning.

Bill's documentary films and multimedia productions have appeared on US public television, the BBC, and in film festivals around the world. Notable productions include: