Dr. Mohamed Shareef is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Education, Maldives National University. He holds a PhD in Education from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand (2017–2023), with a dissertation titled Higher Education for Sustainability in a Small Island State: A Case Study of Maldives. He also holds a Master of Education from Unitec Institute of Technology, New Zealand, and a Bachelor of Arts in Education from the University of
Brunei Darussalam.

● Education for Sustainability (EfS) in Small Island Developing States
● Higher Education for Sustainability
● Sustainability competencies and pedagogical approaches
● Environmental Education and Climate Change Education
● Sociology of Education
● Educational policy and curriculum development in SIDS contexts
● Qualitative research methodologies

Dr. Shareef teaches across the Bachelor of Education and Master of Education programmes, with courses spanning research methods, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Education for Sustainability. His teaching emphasises critical thinking, sustainability competencies, and transformative pedagogies.

Dr. Shareef’s research centres on Education for Sustainability, with a particular focus on how sustainability is embedded in higher education in Small Island Developing States. His doctoral research examined higher education for sustainability in the Maldives, and his more recent work explores sustainability integration in teacher education, tourism higher education, and architectural design education. He has supervised Masters-level dissertations and mentored students in educational research methodologies, and regularly presents his research at academic conferences and institutional forums.

● Shareef, M. (2025). Embedding sustainability in teacher education: A case study from the Maldives. The
Maldives National Journal of Research, 13(2), 96–114.
● Shareef, M. (2025). Sustainability in tourism higher education: Perspectives of academics and students,
pedagogical approaches, and institutional priorities in a neoliberal context. The Maldives National Journal
of Research, 13(2), 78–95.
● Shareef, M. (2025). Embedding sustainability in architectural design: Insights from the Faculty of
Engineering, Science & Technology (FEST). The Maldives National Journal of Research, 13(2), 229–248.
● Shareef, M. (2016). ESD in the Small Island State of Maldives. In Gorana R. N. & Kanaujia P. R. (Eds.),
Reorienting Educational Efforts for Sustainable Development: Experiences from South Asia (pp. 137–150).
Springer Netherlands.