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About
Victoria is interested in the relationships between people and places, with a primary focus on children and their environments. Her published research includes topics of participatory planning with children and youth; environmental learning in formal and informal settings; sense of place; and sustainable, resilient and socially just communities. She is interested in how these relationships apply to community and individual health & well-being, sustainability, resilience, and education, particularly for under-represented communities.
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Centering Empathic Relations and Co-Learning in an Outdoor Education Partnership: "I Know Carneros Creek Loves Me Because…"
Derr, V., Ramirez, J., Bonello, N. T. & Moreno, M., May 2025, In: Children, Youth and Environments. 35, 1, p. 174-188Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Listening Closely through Embedded Evaluation: Children’s Ecological Narratives and Co-Learning in Place
Moreno, M., Bonello, N. T., Bessey, C., Derr, V. & Ramirez, J., Dec 19 2025, In: Children, Youth and Environments. 35, 3, p. 129 146 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Locating Representational Equity: Intersections between Child-Friendly Cities and Children’s Roles in Realizing Environmental Justice
Derr, V., Jan 27 2025, Equity in the Urban Built Environment. Bereitschaft, B. (ed.). Routledge, p. 123 136 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Puzzling through Meaning and Place: A COIL Exchange between California and Tasmania
Derr, V. & Lindsay, G., 2025, Interdisciplinary Sustainability Education: Collaborative Intercultural Learning for Positive Change. Gage, O. (ed.). Rowman and LittlefieldResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Youth arts pedagogy for climate justice: radical relationality and interspecies poiesis in a yet-to-be-known world
Derr, V., 2025, In: Children's Geographies.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review