Prof. Dr. Marco Rieckmann

Edited Book "World Review: Environmental and Sustainability Education in the Context of the Sustainable Development Goals" published [2024/06]

This book provides a comprehensive exploration of Environmental and Sustainability Education (ESE) across different countries, offering unique insights into their histories, challenges, achievements, and future ESE needs. From Africa to Oceania, the book delves into the vital role of ESE in the context of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. It highlights the diverse national discourses and the flexibility required to deliver effective global education programs. ESE practitioners, researchers, and policymakers worldwide will find inspiration and invaluable perspectives in this book. The book is available here.

Edited Book "Media - Education - Sustainable Development. Inter- and transdisciplinary discourses" published [2024/05]

This volume brings together contributions that deal with sustainability and education for sustainable development (ESD) under the auspices of digitality. The aim is to establish a relationship between digitality and sustainability and, on this basis, to outline education in a "culture of digitality". The practical, empirical and theoretical-conceptual contributions in this volume approach this topic in an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary manner. Perspectives are taken from media education, media and specialised didactics, cultural education and education for sustainable development. The volume is aimed at actors from school and extracurricular educational contexts as well as from higher education. The volume can be downloaded free of charge in open access (PDF) or is available as a print edition for a fee (in German).

Main lecture at the GERA Congress 2024 [2024/03]

On 11 March 2024, Prof. Dr Marco Rieckmann gave one of eight parallel lectures at the DGfE Congress 2024 "Crises and Transformations" in Halle (Germany). In the lecture, he focussed on the political and disruptive dimension of education for sustainable development, including theoretical perspectives from the Global South. A recording of the lecture can be found here.

Involvement in the Sustainability Working Group of the German Rectors' Conference [2024/02]

Prof. Dr. Marco Rieckmann has been appointed to the Sustainability Working Group of the German Rectors' Conference (HRK). The task of the working group is to update the HRK's 2018 recommendation "Towards a culture of sustainability" and to develop an orientation framework for a sustainability transformation in the German higher education system.

Edited Book "Sustainable Development of Universities: Insights and Perspectives on Comprehensive Institutional Transformation" published [2024/02]

What contribution can universities make to sustainable development in the areas of teaching, research, operations, and transfer? How can the comprehensive institutional sustainable development (whole institution approach) of universities be achieved? These questions were the focus of the research project "Sustainability at Universities (HOCH-N)" with eleven German universities. The recently released edited book presents and discusses the results (in German). The volume is available for free in Open Access (PDF) or can be obtained as a paid print edition.

New Project "Impact Assessment for Action Competence (IMP>ACT)" [2024/01]

IMP>ACT is funded by Horizon Europe (HORIZON-CL5-2023-D1-01-10) with a total of approximately five million euros. The consortium is led by Utrecht University (Netherlands). The partners in the consortium will develop an assessment framework to better understand the impacts of sustainability and climate change education. The number of initiatives in this field has grown enormously, but due to a lack of insights into their quality, there is a significant need for impact assessment. The IMP>ACT project started in January and will run for four years. The project consists of several phases, including a theoretical phase where researchers explicitly define what learners should learn and how it can be measured. Another crucial phase involves six case studies to test the assessment framework with various users. During this phase, organizations that provide sustainability and climate change education will evaluate their own impact using the tools developed. Utrecht University leads the consortium, with universities and research institutes from Germany, Belgium, Sweden, Italy, Serbia, and the Czech Republic as partners. In addition, organizations actively involved in sustainability and climate change education, such as an educational association and a scout organization, as well as a government agency responsible for policy in this field, are participating. (IMP>ACT partners: Utrecht University (Freudenthal Institute and U-Talent), Karlstad University, University of Vechta, University of Antwerp, Masaryk University, INVALSI: National Institute for the Evaluation of the Education and Training System, Centre for the Promotion of Science in Serbia, Keep Sweden Tidy, DGHochN: German Society for Sustainability at Higher Education Institutions, Flemish Government: Centre for Sustainable Education, Scouting Institute in the Czech Republic.)

Network Initiative "Transformative Skills for Sustainability" [2023/06]

The University of Vechta participates in the network initiative "Transformative Skills for Sustainability". This initiative supports 20 German universities that have defined concrete challenges in the development of new learning and teaching concepts for the teaching of sustainability skills. The initiators are the Stifterverband, the Carl Zeiss Foundation and the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt. They are providing a project funding fund totalling 200,000 euros. Further information: Press release of the Stifterverband

SUSTAIN - Playing Minecraft for a Better Future [2023/05]

The project SUSTAIN - "Biodiversity Education for Sustainable Development" aims to educate children as well as adults about current problems like the loss of our biodiversity and the increasing air pollution. This is done with the help of the still popular game "Minecraft". Three different scenarios are currently being developed in which the students have to solve tasks, save animals and plants or build recycling centers, for example. The project is funded by the EU Erasmus+ program (Key Action 2) and implemented since 2022 by the University of Vechta in collaboration with Asociación Mundus and Formative Footprint (Spain), Atermon (Netherlands) and the school Themistoklis and Asserted Knowledge - AKNOW (Greece). The project is expected to run until February 2024. More info about the project can be found here.

New Project "Senatra - Service Learning and Sustainable Transformation at Universities" [2022/10]

Senatra will be funded for three years (October 2022 to September 2025) with a total of approximately one million euros by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research in the program "Transformation Paths for Sustainable Universities." The consortium project is led by the University of Vechta and will be overseen by Prof. Dr. Marco Rieckmann, Professor of Higher Education Development. Additionally, the University of Bremen, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, and the student network n e.V. are collaborating on the consortium project. The overarching research question being investigated is: "To what extent can the use of service learning in higher education contribute to an institutional transformation of universities towards sustainability?" In this context, service learning courses will be developed, implemented, and accompanied by research within the project. Service learning refers to a special form of learning through engagement, where students collaborate with partners in practice and work on socially relevant issues. The aim is for students to contribute to the sustainable development of their universities and societal transformation in line with the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

"One University - One Book" | University of Vechta receives funding for literature project [2022/04]

The Stifterverband and the Klaus Tschira Foundation support ten universities throughout Germany in the project "One University - One Book", which spend a semester in various activities dealing with a literary work of their own choice. On the initiative of the Centre for Teacher Education (ZfLB), the University of Vechta applied and - like the other award-winning universities - will now receive 10,000 euros for the implementation. "Tiefenlager" by Annette Hug is on the programme. The novel will be used as a starting point to examine socially relevant, politically topical and future-oriented questions about nuclear power and alternative energy sources in dialogue-oriented forms - with the participation of various subjects - together with students. "We also expect new impulses for the sustainability process at the University of Vechta from dealing with the novel 'Tiefenlager'," emphasises project leader Prof. Dr. Marco Rieckmann. Further information: application video, Stifterverband press release, University of Vechta press release

New project "4N - Northwest Lower Saxony Sustainable New" launched [2022/01]

The project "4N - Northwest Lower Saxony Sustainable New" started in January 2022. With this research partnership, the participating universities in Lower Saxony are forming a new alliance to solve urgent problems in the north-west of the state. The core of the network is formed by the University of Vechta together with the Jade University of Applied Sciences Wilhelmshaven/Oldenburg/Elsfleth and the Emden/Leer University of Applied Sciences. Researchers from Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg and Georg August University Göttingen are also involved. Over a period of four years, they will research current challenges to structural change in the rural northwest of Lower Saxony and set social, technological and ecological transformations in motion. Prof. Dr. Marco Rieckmann, Department of Higher Education Development, is leading the sub-project "Transformative Education and Transformation of Learning Spaces for Sustainable Development". This sub-project will address the following questions: What role does transformative education play in the development of young people's knowledge, competences, attitudes, values and readiness for engagement as well as empowerment? How can young people be empowered to respond appropriately to sustainability challenges and to participate in sustainable transformation? How can a dialogue and interaction of youth and young adults with today's decision-makers and thus intergenerational education processes be enabled? The 4N research network is funded with 6 million euros by the Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture.

Innovation and Co-Learning Labs in the Oldenburg Münsterland [2021/02]

The team of the EU project "SDGs Labs - Making the SDGs our business", led by Prof. Dr. Marco Rieckmann (University of Vechta), conducted several SDGs Labs with various stakeholders from the agricultural and food production sector in the Oldenburg Münsterland region (districts Vechta and Cloppenburg) in January and February 2021. The aim of the labs was to try out methods with which different target groups in the sector can break down the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for their own company or organisation in order to translate them into concrete and innovative approaches for action and thus tap into the innovative potential of these goals. In addition to this region, participants from companies and cooperatives in the agricultural and food production sector as well as representatives from universities and local politics came together in the four European project regions Austria (Vienna), Italy (South Tyrol) as well as Northern and Southern Portugal to exchange approaches to implementing the SDGs in the agricultural and food production sector in their regions. In line with the slogan "Making the SDGs our business", we are calling on companies and other actors in the sector to put the SDGs on their own agendas and develop approaches to contribute to them as well as to develop potentials for innovation through them", Prof. Dr. Marco Rieckmann explains. For further information, please see: www.sdgs-labs.eu.

New project „Sustainability Framework for School Self-Assessment ‘Jump into Sustainable Lifestyle'" started [2020/10]

The project "Sustainability Framework for School Self-Assessment 'Jump into Sustainable Lifestyle'" started on 1.10.2020. The aim of this 2-year Erasmus+ project is to provide clear and convincing support to schools in the project countries in order to help and encourage them to put sustainability at the heart of their actions. Together with the partner organisations, a holistic sustainability framework "Jump in Sustainable Lifestyle" will be developed for the self-assessment of schools. This is an evaluation method for assessing their environmental, economic and social impact, embedded on a digital platform. The project also aims to raise awareness, stimulate debate and empower teachers and students to develop new teaching strategies that will enable them to make changes in today's complex world. The project addresses the entire school community, school administrators, teachers, parents, and educational NGOs. At least 150 schools will use the Sustainability Framework for Self-Assessment as an evaluation tool after the project is completed. The University of Vechta (Higher Education Development Research Group, Prof. Dr. Marco Rieckmann) as well as higher education institutions from Estonia, Lithuania and Scotland are involved in this joint project under the leadership of the Lithuanian Children and Youth Center. The programme runs from 2020 to 2022.

New project „ESD:SuperVision 4.0" started [2020/09]

The project "ESD:SuperVision 4.0" started on 1.9.2020. ESD:SuperVision 4.0 is based on three key factors for the implementation of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in school curricula, identified in the previous MetESD project: 1) capacity building for teachers and educators; 2) school development as a Whole-Institution Approach; 3) policy making in terms of a support system for ESD in secondary schools to communicate ESD more effectively. The 3-year Erasmus+ project will address these three challenges through the following activities: Training of teacher trainers and school staff to implement an ESD-focussed school development plan; adaptation, development, transfer and evaluation of competence-based methods (tool-set) to promote ESD; implementation, reflection and review of school and curriculum development in view of a Whole-Institution Approach; networking within the participating regions; marketing: making ESD and school development visible; development of an ombudsman system for regional, national and European-wide education policy. Higher education institutions and schools from Scotland, the Czech Republic, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania and Germany participate in this joint project under the leadership of the University of Vechta (Higher Education Development Research Group, Prof. Dr. Marco Rieckmann, Lukas Scherak). The project runs from 2020 to 2023.

Global Environment Outlook 6 Report published [2019/03]

In March 2019, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) published its sixth Global Environment Outlook (GEO 6) report. The report provides up-to-date information on global challenges to (environmentally) sustainable development and calls on decision makers to take immediate action to address pressing environmental issues to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as well as other Internationally Agreed Environment Goals, such as the Paris Agreement. Prof. Dr. Marco Rieckmann has contributed to the GEO 6 report as an author on the cross-cutting issue of education. Chapter 4.2.4 of the report deals with Education for Sustainable Development and highlights its importance for achieving the SDGs. To the report

New project "SDGs Labs - Making the SDGs our business" started [2019/01]

The project "SDGs Labs - Making the SDGs our business" started on January 1, 2019. The aim of the project is to promote and provide scientific support for the practical application of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the agricultural and food sector in various European regions. To this end, the integration of the SDGs into business (higher) education and the organisational development and everyday business practices of companies in the agri-food sector will be supported. Innovative formats and methods for innovation development (SDGs Innovation Labs) and cooperation between universities and companies (SDGs Co-Learning Labs) will be used. The different regions with their specific challenges are to find approaches in order to contribute to the sustainability of the agricultural and food industry.
SDGs Labs is funded by the EU within the framework of the ERASMUS+ Knowledge Alliances programme with a total of around 960,000 euros for three years (of which around 220,000 euros go to the University of Vechta). It is coordinated by the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration. Other partners in the joint project are universities and companies from four European countries: Germany, Italy, Austria and Portugal.
On the part of the University of Vechta, the project is carried out jointly by the Department of Higher Education Development and the “Coordination centre for transformation of regions with intensive agriculture”. The Wiesenhof company from the region will also be involved in the project, as will other companies and associations from the sector.
From January 17-18, 2019 a kick-off meeting with all partners from the four European countries took place at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration. Project members from the Vechta/ Oldenburger Münsterland region also took part in the meeting: Dr. Ingo Stryck (Managing Director Marketing) participated as representative of Wiesenhof; from the University of Vechta Prof. Dr. Marco Rieckmann, Dr. Christian Meyer, Lukas Scherak and Larissa Jaeger attended the meeting.  project website

New project on climate protection measures [2018/12]

In January 2019 a new project starts at the University of Vechta: "TeRRIFICA - Territorial RRI Fostering Innovative Climate Action" will deal with climate protection measures. Communication strategies, formats and methods for climate protection will be tested in six pilot regions in Germany, France, Poland, Serbia, Spain and Belarus. Cooperation with various stakeholder groups, in particular regional authorities and political decision-makers, is planned.
TeRRIFICA is funded by the EU Horizon 2020 programme with around 2 million euros for three and a half years. The lead partner is the Science Shop Bonn. The educational researcher Prof. Dr. Marco Rieckmann (Higher Education Development), the Science Shop Vechta / Cloppenburg and the Coordination Office Transformation Science agrar are involved at the University of Vechta.

UNESCO honours sustainability initiatives of the University of Vechta - Two projects from the Department of Education receive an award [2018/11]

The project "Sustainability at Universities: develop - network - report" (HOCH-N), in which the University of Vechta is involved, and the "German-language Network for Teacher Education for Sustainable Development" (LeNa), coordinated by Prof. Dr. Marco Rieckmann of the University of Vechta, have received awards in the context of the UNESCO Global Action Programme (GAP) "Education for Sustainable Development". The German UNESCO Commission awarded HOCH-N and LeNa as networks on 28 November 2018: HOCH-N was awarded for the promotion of sustainable development in all central structures and fields of action of the member universities. LeNa was honoured for its outstanding work in structurally implementing Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in Germany.

Since 2016, the HOCH-N project has built up a nationwide network of universities that are committed to the sustainable development of their institutions. In the meantime, more than 100 universities have joined the network. HOCH-N is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) with 5 million euros. The University of Vechta is represented in the joint project HOCH-N by Prof. Dr. Marco Rieckmann (Department of Education, Higher Education Development group) and his team.

The vision of LeNa is a comprehensive integration of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) into teacher education. LeNa is an international network with members from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. It sees itself as a network of experts in which representatives of universities and other institutions of pre-service and in-service teacher training who deal with the integration of ESD into teacher education come together. Since 2017, Prof. Dr. Marco Rieckmann from the University of Vechta (Department of Education, Higher Education Development group) has been the network's president.

Prof. Dr. Marco Rieckmann: "The University of Vechta has been committed to sustainable development for several years now and adopted its own sustainability guidelines in 2017. In this context, the University is actively involved in various national and international sustainability networks. That is why I am particularly pleased that the commitment of HOCH-N and LeNa is recognized."

The awards for outstanding learning locations, networks and municipalities are a contribution to the national implementation of the UNESCO Global Action Programme (GAP) "Education for Sustainable Development" and the United Nations Agenda 2030 to ensure sustainable development at the economic, social and ecological levels. The awards are presented by a jury comprising members of the "National Platform Education for Sustainable Development" as well as representatives of the BMBF, Freie Universität Berlin, and the German UNESCO Commission. A total of 32 learning locations, 43 networks, and 6 municipalities were honored for their outstanding commitment to education for sustainable development on November 28 in Bonn.

Project "Sustainability at universities (HOCH-N): develop - network - report" will continue to be funded [2018/11]

The joint project "Sustainability at universities: develop - network - report" (HOCH-N) has been extended by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) for a further two years until the end of October 2020. The Vechta education scientist Prof. Dr. Marco Rieckmann and his team are working together with colleagues from the FU Berlin in the cross-sectional area of governance, analysing the conditions for success, institutional mechanisms and concrete measures for the implementation of sustainability at universities. In the second project phase, which is now beginning, the practical implementation of university sustainability activities will also be promoted: For example, a sustainability report is to be written and published for the first time at the University of Vechta. In the overall project, eleven German universities are working together in the fields of sustainability reporting, governance, teaching, research, operation and transfer. The aim is to promote sustainable development at universities and to network the German higher education landscape in this context. The total funding amount is 2.5 million euros. The University of Hamburg is responsible for management and coordination of the overall project.

New project on ESD teaching competencies [2018/09]

"A Rounder Sense of Purpose II: educator competences for Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)" (RSPII) is a collaborative project that Prof. Dr. Marco Rieckmann is carrying out together with partners from seven countries. The aim of the project is to bundle and concretize the 39 competencies of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) defined by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), and thus to make them more tangible for the practical work of experts in youth work, schools and universities. The aim is to include the ESD educator competencies in national curricula for the training of pedagogical specialists and teachers.
In this second phase of the project, the concepts developed in a first phase will be tested in other countries, which were not yet involved in the first phase of the project, and they will be disseminated via national networks, e.g. in the fields of youth work and teacher education. At the University of Vechta, ESD competencies are to be integrated, among other activities, into the academic training programme for university teachers.
RSP II will be funded by the EU ERASMUS+ programme with about 380000 euros until 2020. The project is coordinated by the University of Gloucestershire (UK).

University of Vechta becomes first partner university in the HOCH-N network [2018/08]

Since 2016, the University of Vechta has been working on the joint project "Sustainability at Universities (HOCH-N): develop - network - report". Together with colleagues from Freie Universität Berlin, Prof. Dr. Marco Rieckmann and his team are researching governance mechanisms for the implementation of sustainability processes and principles at the participating universities in a work package of HOCH-N. One overarching goal of the joint project is to establish a nationwide network of universities dedicated to sustainable university development. The University of Vechta has now become a partner university in this network. This makes it the first university to receive this status. More information (in German) / To the profile on the HOCH-N network map

Results of the CASE Project online [2017/12]

The EU project CASE (Competencies for a sustainable socio-economic development) has been promoting sustainabililty-related competencies since 2015. The exchange between science and business partners has generated new knowledge for sustainable development and developed innovative forms of teaching and learning in which students can cooperate with partners from practice. The results of the project are now accessible via the CASE Knowledge Platform and a CASE-Video Playlist on Youtube. CASE is a project funded by the European Commission as an „Erasmus+ Knowledge Alliance“ (2015-2017). Ten universities and business partners from five European countries have collaborated in this knowledge alliance, including the University of Vechta, represented by the "Higher Education Development" group of the Department of Education.

Final event of the CASE project [2017/11]

On November, 9 2017 the final event of the project "Competencies for A sustainable Socio Economic development" (CASE) (funded by EU Erasmus+ / Knowledge Alliances-Sector Skills Alliances) took place at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration. The "Higher Education Development" group of the Department of Education of the University of Vechta is also involved in this project. Here you can get an insight into the final event.

Rieckmann as guest at a Side Event of the UNESCO General Conference [2017/11]

By invitation of the UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP), New Delhi (India), Prof. Dr. Marco Rieckmann participated in the side event „Mainstreaming SDG 4.7 in Schooling: The State of Education for Peace, Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship” during the UNESCO General Conference on November 2, 2017 in Paris (France). The new MGIEP study „The State of Education for Peace, Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship in Asia” was presented at the event. Marco Rieckmann, main author of the UNESCO publication „Education for Sustainable Development Goals. Learning Objectives“, was invited to give a short lecture at the side event with reference to the new MGIEP study entitled „Is mainstreaming SDG 4.7 into formal education possible without embedding it into core subjects?”.

Rieckmann as expert at the G7 Side Event "Universities for Sustainable Development" in Bologna [2017/06]

By invitation of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMBU), Prof. Dr. Marco Rieckmann (Faculty I – Education and Social Sciences, Department of Education, "Higher Education Development" group) took part in events at the G7 Environment Ministers Meeting in Bologna (Italy) from 10 to 11 June 2017. He represented Germany at the Side Event "Universities for Sustainable Development“ together with Prof. Dr. Mario Schmidt (Hochschule Pforzheim) on June 11, 2017.

UNESCO document "Education for Sustainable Development Goals. Learning Objectives" published [2017/03]

At the beginning of March 2017, UNESCO published the document "Education for Sustainable Development Goals. Learning Objectives" . It explains how Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) can contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): firstly by promoting sustainability competencies and secondly by acquiring cognitive, socio-emotional and action-related learning outcomes that enable individuals to deal with the specific challenges of each individual SDG and promote its implementation. While the promotion of ESD is an essential objective of SDG 4, it is also of great importance for all other 16 SDGs. Prof. Dr. Marco Rieckmann, Lisa Mindt and Senan Gardiner are the main authors of this new UNESCO document.

Cooperation project with Ecuador and Colombia extended until 2020 [2016/12]

Since 2014, the University of Vechta has been cooperating with the Universidad Técnica del Norte (UTN, Ecuador) and the Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA, Colombia). Prof. Dr. Marco Rieckmann coordinates this cooperation, which deals with the development and implementation of competence-based teaching and learning at the two Latin American partner universities. This cooperation is now being continued with a follow-up project entitled “Development and Implementation of a Master’s Programme ‘Competence-based Higher Education’”. The project is financed with 230,000 euros by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) with funds from the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) until 2020. The aim of the new project is to introduce a Master's programme at the two partner universities, in which Ecuadorian and Colombian University teachers in particular can further develop their didactic and methodological competencies for the implementation of competence-based teaching. The Master's programme will be developed jointly by researchers from the University of Vechta and colleagues from the respective partner university. As usual, the project will continue to provide for an exchange of teachers and students.

Mentoring-Visit in the Project „Enhancing Responsible Research and Innovation through Curricula in Higher Education“ [2016/12]

Within the framework of the EU-funded EnRRICH  project, project manager Jozefien de Marrée (Frije Universiteit Brussel) visited the University of Vechta and the Science Shop Vechta/Cloppenburg from 13-15 December 2016. During the visit, opportunities and difficulties of the Science Shop Vechta/Cloppenburg were discussed and methods for linking science and society of both partners were exchanged.

The "Higher Education Development" group is a partner in the Joint Project "Sustainability at Universities" [2016/11]

How can processes for developing (implementing and establishing) sustainability be anchored at German universities? And how can the sustainability reporting of German universities be professionalized? These questions are the subject of a new joint project in which the "Higher Education Development" group of the Department of Education at the University of Vechta is involved: „Sustainability at Universities (HOCH-N): develop - network - report“ is the title of the project, which is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. The HOCH-N Project will be funded for two years (November 2016 - October 2018) with a sum of around 2.5 million euros, of which around 120,000 euros will go to the University of Vechta.

 

Curriculum Vitae

Main areas of research 

Education for sustainable development 

Global education

Sustainable university development 

Higher Education Development 

Competence development and acquisition 

Teaching and learning processes and methods 

Scientific Publishing

Member of the editorial board of „ZEP – Zeitschrift für internationale Bildungsforschung und Entwicklungspädagogik“  [Journal for International Education Research and Development Education] (since 2010)

Member of the editorial board of the journal "Sustainability Science" (since 2021)

Scholarships and Awards

10/2019: ERASMUS guest lectureship at the University of Klagenfurt, Austria

02/2014: DAAD short-term lectureship at the Universidad Técnica del Norte (Ecuador)

09/2012: Grant from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for participating at the European Conference on Education Research (ECER), Cádiz, Spain

03/2012: Guest Lecture Grant of the ERASMUS Programme, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna, Austria

2010: Awardee “Innovative Study Course” of the Leuphana University of Lüneburg for the project seminar “Education for Sustainable Consumption” (together with Daniel Fischer)

2009: Best Doctoral Researcher of the Year 2008 (Leuphana University of Lüneburg), 2nd place

2007–2009: PhD grant of the Heinrich Böll Foundation

2002–2004: study grant of the Heinrich Böll Foundation

Academic self-administration

Dean of Studies of Faculty I of the University of Vechta (since 2023)

Member of the Academic Senate of the University of Vechta (2019-2021)

Member of the Commission for International Cooperation of the Senate of the University of Vechta (since 2017)

Member of the Study Commission of the Faculty I – Education and Social Sciences of the University of Vechta (2017-2023)

Member of the selection committee "Education and Gender" (W1) at the University of Vechta (Chairman) (2017)

Member of the selection committee "Primary School Pedagogy" (W1) at the University of Vechta (Vice Chairman) (2016-2017)

Presidential Advisor on Sustainability of the University of Vechta (since 2015)

Director of the Department of Education of the University of Vechta (2015-2018)

Alternate Member of the Central Commission for Teaching and Learning of the University of Vechta (since 2015)

Deputy Member of the Central Commission for Teaching and Studies (ZKLS) of the University of Vechta (2015-2017)

External member of the selection committee "Didactics of Natural Sciences" (W1 with tenure track) of Leuphana University Lüneburg (2015)

Member of the Council of the Faculty of Sustainability of the Leuphana University of Lüneburg (Germany)

Member of the Academic Senate of the Leuphana University of Lüneburg (Germany)

Bachelor Combined Studies
•    ewb001  Fundamentals and basic concepts of educational science
•    ewb007  Pedagogical fields of action and cross-cutting issues
•    ewb009  Educational research fields
•    ewb010  Education for Sustainable Development
•    opb001  Preparation and evaluation seminar for the orientation internship
•    pbx014  Sustainable Development
•    pbx015  Sustainable development in social and political practice

Master of Education
•    pbm002  Education for Sustainable Development

03.12.2024: Advancing ESD: Professional Development for Higher Education (Teaching) Staff. Pontos de Encontro - Educação para a Sustentabilidade, Portugal (online)

29.11.2024: Developing and Testing Novel Learning Interventions to Strengthen Sustainability Competencies of Youth in Rural Areas. Kagoshima-Vechta-Conference, University of Vechta (Germany) (together with Hannah Hoff & Traugott Haas)

28.11.2024: Exploring action-oriented approaches in sustainability and climate change education: Insights from a systematic literature review. Kagoshima-Vechta-Conference, University of Vechta (Germany) (Poster) (together with Güliz Karaarslan-Semiz)

27.11.2024: Service Learning and Sustainable Transformation at Universities: A Multiple Case Study in Germany. Kagoshima-Vechta-Conference, University of Vechta (Germany) (together with Alexandra Reith & Katrin Hedemann)

7.11.2024: Entwicklung von Handlungskompetenz durch Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung | EU-Projekt IMP>ACT. 9. Forschungsfördertag der Universität Vechta „Global vernetzt, regional verankert. Forschung und Transfer international“, University of Vechta (Germany)

25.10.2024: Transformative Lehrer:innenbildung: Prinzipien und Gelingensbedingungen. Internationales Symposium „Transformative Bildung an Schulen und Hochschulen“, Pädagogische Hochschule Salzburg, Austria

24.10.2024: Development of Sustainability Competencies in Higher Education, I. International Sustainability Congress, Istanbul, Turkey (online)

09.10.2024: Educación para la Sustentabilidad y Competencias, Curso “Sustentabilidad, Competencias y ODS”, Universidad Técnica del Norte, Ecuador (online)

8.10.2024: Collaborating for the Future: The Role of Participation in Education for Sustainable Development, Klett ESD meeting (online)

02.10.2024: Historia y Concepciones de la Sustentabilidad, Curso “Sustentabilidad, Competencias y ODS”, Universidad Técnica del Norte, Ecuador (online)

25.09.2024: La Investigación Cualitativa: Objetivos, Métodos y Prácticas, Instituto Tecnológico Superior Ibarra, Ecuador

19.09.2024: Educación para la Sustentabilidad en las Universidades. Comunidad de Práctica: Incorporación de la Sustentabilidad al Currículo de las universidades de AUSJAL (online)

13.09.2024: Governance und Kommunikation. Zwischenkonferenz des Projekts „Zukunftsforum klimafreundliche Hochschulen“, Hochschule für nachhaltige Entwicklung Eberswalde (Germany)

29.08.2024: Empowering Youth in Rural Areas for Future Challenges – A Qualitive Study on Sustainability Awareness and Competencies. European Conference on Educational Research 2024, Nicosia, Cyprus (together with Hannah Hoff and Traugott Haas)

28.08.2024: Service Learning and Sustainable Transformation at Universities – A Multiple Case Study in Germany. European Conference on Educational Research 2024, Nicosia, Cyprus (together with Alexandra Reith, Katrin Hedemann, Anne-Kathrin Lindau, Ann-Kathrin Bremer, Michael Böcher, Juliana Hilf and Bror Giesenbauer)

27.08.2024: The Relationship between ESE Research and Policy exemplified by the Greencomp Framework. Panel: Implications of Policy in the Field of ESE in Europe: examples and reflections. European Conference on Educational Research 2024, Nicosia, Cyprus (input as interview)

26.06.2024: Inklusive Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung in der Digitalität: Prinzipien und Umsetzungsmöglichkeiten, Kolloquium Bildung & Digitalität: Nachhaltigkeit, TU Darmstadt, Germany (online)

19.06.2024: Projekt „Zukunftsforum klimafreundliche Hochschulen“, Workshop „Verstetigung und Co-Benefits von Klimaschutzmaßnahmen“, Vernetzungstreffen der Nationalen Klimaschutzinitiative (NKI), Umweltforum, Berlin, Germany

12.03.2024: Lehrer:innenbildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung: Ein Überblick über ein aufstrebendes Forschungsgebiet. GERA Conference 2024 „Krisen und Transformationen”, Symposium „Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung als Beitrag zur gesellschaftlichen Transformation? Herausforderungen für die Lehrer*innenbildung“, Halle, Germany (video recording)

11.03.2024: Zwischen globalen Krisen und nachhaltiger Transformation – Kritische Reflexion einer Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung mit Perspektiven aus dem Globalen Süden. GERA Conference 2024 „Krisen und Transformationen”, Halle, Germany (one of eight main lectures) (video recording)

11.03.2024: Service Learning und nachhaltige Transformation an Hochschulen – Senatra. DGfE-Kongress 2024 „Krisen und Transformationen”, Halle (Poster) (together with Juliana Hilf, Michael Böcher, Katrin Hedemann, Alexandra Reith, Bror Giesenbauer, Ann-Kathrin Bremer, Anne-K. Lindau, Ina Stausebach)

28.02.2024: ESD in Higher Education. Pedagogical course “Higher Education Didactics for Sustainability”, Karlstad University, Sweden (online)

16.01.2024: BNE-Pädagogik und Transformatives Lernen mit einem speziellen Blick auf das FÖJ. FÖJ-Fachtagung 2024 „BNE und Transformatives Lernen – Weiterentwicklung der FÖJ-Konzepte“, Berlin, Germany (Keynote)

06.12.2023: BNE-Kompetenzen von Lehrenden. Lunch & Learn-Session Transformative Skills für Nachhaltigkeit, Germany (online)

30.11.2023: Inklusionsorientierte Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung. Aktionstage Nachhaltigkeit, Interkantonale Hochschule für Heilpädagogik Zürich, Switzerland (online)

28.09.2023: Zielgruppengerechte Nachhaltigkeitskommunikation: Wie bringe ich Nachhaltigkeit an die Menschen? 3. Netzwerktreffen „Netzwerk Werkstatt Zukunftsschule“, Museum am Schölerberg, Osnabrück, Germany

27.09.2023: Educación Superior para los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sustentable: Experiencias, retos y perspectivas, I Taller Internacional “Educación Superior para los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible”, Cuba (Keynote) (online)

21.09.2023: Welche professionellen Handlungskompetenzen brauchen Lehrende für die pädagogische Arbeit mit Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung? Dialogforum „Verankerung von Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung (BNE) in allen Phasen der Hamburger Lehrer:innenbildung – Zielsetzung und Umsetzung“, Landesinstitut für Lehrerbildung und Schulentwicklung, Hamburg, Germany

01.09.2023: ESD and Transfer in Higher Education. Conference ‘Teaching and Learning for Change: Sustainability in Higher Education’, Bern, Switzerland (Keynote)

31.08.2023: Education for Sustainable Development in Teacher Education and Schools – Transformative and Disruptive Education. Summer School ‘Teaching for Sustainable Development’, Universität Marburg, Germany (Keynote)

25.08.2023: Transformative Learning. Exploring the Potential of Continuing Education and Lifelong Learning for Sustainability Transformations. European Conference on Educational Research 2023, Glasgow, Scotland (together with Alexandra Reith, Pascal Frank, Gianna Maria Henkel)

22.08.2023: A qualitive study on sustainability awareness and competencies of young people in rural areas – Empowerment through new educational settings. European Conference on Educational Research 2023, Glasgow, Scotland (together with Ann-Kristin Mueller, Hannah Hoff, Traugott Haas)

10.08.2023: Education for the Sustainable Development Goals – Relevance, Aims and Pedagogy. Seminario Internacional, Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia (Keynote) (online)

12.07.2023: Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung als Querschnittsaufgabe der Lehrer:innenbildung, Forum Education Research at the University of Hildesheim, Germany (online)

30.06.2023: Educación para el Desarrollo Sustentable en Experiencias de Educación Superior entre América Latina y Alemania. CALCA Network Meeting (online)

28.06.2023: Nachhaltige Hochschulentwicklung – Gelingensbedingungen und praktische Umsetzung, Ringvorlesung an der Technischen Hochschule Augsburg, Germany (video recording)

15.06.2023: A Rounder Sense of Purpose – Bildung für eine gerechte und nachhaltige Zukunft, Verleihung der „Nationalen Auszeichnung Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung“ und BenE München Forum 2023, Munich, Germany

09.06.2023: Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung, IGS Garbsen, Germany

06.06.2023: Senatra – Service Learning und nachhaltige Transformation an Hochschulen, 6th BMBF Symposium "Sustainability in Science - Towards a Sustainable Higher Education and Science System", Berlin, Germany (Poster) (together with K. Hedemann, A. Reith, B. Giesenbauer, A.-K. Bremer, A.-K. Lindau, M. Böcher, J. Hilf, I. Stausebach)

05.06.2023: Senatra – Service Learning und nachhaltige Transformation an Hochschulen, Kick-off of the "Transformation Pathways for Sustainable Universities" funding line, Umweltforum Berlin, Germany

02.06.2023: Senatra – Service Learning und nachhaltige Transformation an Hochschulen. DG HochN Hub „Transformationspfade Hub: Service Learning als innovatives Lehrformat für BNE“ (online)

02.06.2023: Ansatzpunkte und Herausforderungen in der Hochschule zur Verbindung von BNE und inklusiver Bildung. Workshop: Inklusive Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung in Lehre und Forschung „All Means All – Inklusive Umsetzung von SDG 4 zwischen Anspruch und Realität“ (online)

11.05.2023: In-service training courses on education for sustainable development. OECD webinar “Higher education and innovation competencies Embedding digital and green competencies in initial teacher education and continuing professional development” (online)

26.04.2023: Service Learning für nachhaltige Entwicklung in der Lehrer*innenbildung. Runder Tisch: Lehrer*innenbildung – (Weiter)Bildung im und nach dem Studium. Ein Austausch von Vertreter*innen des Forums Schule und des Forums Hochschule im nationalen BNE-Prozess, Berlin, Germany

31.03.2023: La Calidad de la Educación y la Educación para el Desarrollo Sustentable, Seminario Internacional “Calidad de la Educación en el Marco de los ODS”, Universidad Técnica del Norte, Ecuador (Keynote)

10.03.2023: Transformation lernen. Unterstützung des gesamtinstitutionellen Ansatzes  
einer BNE an Sekundarschulen durch Selbstevaluation. Jahrestagung der Sektion für Interkulturelle und International Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft (SIIVE) der  Deutschen Gesellschaft für Erziehungswissenschaft (DGfE), Freie Universität Berlin, Germany (together with Alexandra Reith)

01.03.2023: Symposium „Der Umgang von Lehrkräften mit Herausforderungen in der Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung (BNE)“, GEBF 2023, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany (Discussant)

13.02.2023: Eine erziehungswissenschaftliche Betrachtung von Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung. GDCP-Schwerpunkttagung „BNE“, TU München, Akademiezentrum Raitenhaslach, Germany (Keynote)

20.01.2023: Schulentwicklung durch BNE-Self-Assessment mithilfe des internetgestützten Tools „Jump into Sustainable Lifestyle“, Vernetzungstreffen „Bildung für Nachhaltige Entwicklung in der Lehrkräftebildung“, Universität Hildesheim, Germany (Poster) (together with: Alexandra Reith)

15.12.2022: Professionalisierung in der dritten Phase der Lehrkräftebildung mithilfe eines internet-gestützten schulischen Self-Assessment nach dem Whole School Approach. Conference of the German-speaking Network Teacher Education for Sustainable Development – LeNa (online) (together with: Alexandra Reith)

15.12.2022: Wo stehen wir in der Forschung zur Lehrkräftebildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung? Einsichten aus einem systematischen Literaturreview. Conference of the German-speaking Network Teacher Education for Sustainable Development – LeNa (online) (speaker: Daniel Fischer; co-authors: Jordan King, Marco Rieckmann, Matthias Barth, Alexander Büssing, Ingrid Hemmer, Detlev Lindau-Bank)

09.12.2022: Professionelle Kompetenz der Lehrenden in der Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung – Überblick über ein Forschungsfeld. ZfE-Forum 2022 „Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung“, Germany (online)

02.12.2022: Didaktische Prinzipien & Methoden für die Umsetzung von BNE in der Grundschule. Seminar „Fridays for Future, Klimawandel und Fair Trade – Bildung für Nachhaltige Entwicklung in der Grundschule“, Universität Würzburg, Germany (online)

28.09.2022: Sustainability in Curriculum – The relevance of academic staff development. Seminar Series Autumn Semester 2022 at AHU, Lund University “Sustainable Teaching & Learning on Higher Education: Principles & Practices” (online)

27.09.2022: The challenges of the SDGs to Higher Education with a special focus on climate change. ISLE’s 10th Anniversary Conference 2022, University of Valladolid, Spain (online) (Keynote)

21.09.2022: Service Learning as a Building Block of Sustainable University Development. UNISERVITATE Service Learning Conference 2022, KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Germany (Keynote)

19.09.2022: Education for Sustainable Development in Teacher Education: Perspectives and challenges in practice and research, UNITE International Summer School “Sustainability in Schools and Teacher Education”, University of Cologne (Germany) (Keynote)

06.09.2022: Verankerung von Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung im Schulcurriculum – Erfahrungen aus dem Erasmus+ Projekt „ESD:SuperVision 4.0“. DGfE-BNE-Kommissionstagung „Ökologische, gesellschaftliche und individuelle Umbrüche und ihre Bedeutung für Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung“, Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main (Germany) (together with Lukas Scherak)

02.09.2022: Formative Evaluation of the Internet-based Self-Assessment Tool for Schools’ Whole Institution Approach towards ESD. European Conference on Educational Research 2022 “Education in a Changing World: The impact of global realities on the prospects and experiences of educational research” – ECER Plus (online) (together with Alexandra Reith)

02.09.2022: Education for the Sustainable Development Goals. A Latin-American Survey on University Teachers’ Competences. European Conference on Educational Research 2022 “Education in a Changing World: The impact of global realities on the prospects and experiences of educational research” – ECER Plus (online) (together with Marisol Lopera Pérez, Alejandro Álvarez Vanegas, Patricia Aguirre & Andrea Corres)

01.09.2022: Serious Game Development for Climate Change Education. Co-Creating “pigNplay” on Nitrogen Emission Reduction Using a Participatory Living Lab Approach. European Conference on Educational Research 2022 “Education in a Changing World: The impact of global realities on the prospects and experiences of educational research” – ECER Plus (online) (together with Alexandra Reith, Sarah Reddig, Justus von Geibler & Gero Corzilius)

29.08.2022: Education for the Sustainable Development Goals – Theoretical foundations and pedagogical practice, Summer School “Teaching the SDGs”, University of Potsdam, Germany (Keynote)

02.08.2022: Economic discussions on sustainability in a nutshell, Green Camp Summer School, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Germany (online)

01.08.2022: Sustainable Development: Why? What? How?, Green Camp Summer School, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Germany (online)

28.07.2022: Quo vadis, BNE? Aktueller Stand und Zukunftsvisionen für eine BNE aus dialogischer Sicht zweier Expert:innen, Treffen anlässlich des 10-jährigen Jubiläums des BNE-Hochschulnetzwerks Baden-Württemberg, PH Weingarten, Germany (Keynote) (together with Dr. Antje Brock, FU Berlin)

14.07.2022: „A Rounder Sense of Purpose”: Welche professionellen Kompetenzen brauchen Hochschullehrende für eine BNE-orientierte Lehre?, Tagung „Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung an Hochschulen: Aktuelle Herausforderungen und zukünftige Perspektiven“ des Forums Hochschule, BMBF, Berlin, Germany (Keynote)

29.06.2022: Externe Perspektive eines „critical friend“ auf das Leitbild Lehre der HNEE – Potentiale für Alleinstellungsmerkmale Eberswalder Absolvent:innen, Tag der Lehre an der Hochschule für nachhaltige Entwicklung Eberswalde, Germany (Keynote)

28.06.2022: UNESCO’s publication “Education for Sustainable Development Goals: Learning Objectives“, Workshop “Teaching sustainable development: from a disciplinary to a learning outcome approach”, Ecole des Ponts Paris, France (online)

24.06.2022: Das FÖJ als Lernsetting einer Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung, Feier zum 25jährigen Bestehen des Freiwilligen Ökologischen Jahres (FÖJ) in Rheinland-Pfalz, Mainz, Germany (online)

23.06.2022: Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung: Theoretische Grundlagen und praktische Umsetzung, Kompetenztag BNE der Klett-Gruppe, Europäische Fachhochschule Rhein/Erft GmbH, Berlin, Germany (Keynote)

18.05.2022: Educación para el desarrollo sustentable para la vida, Event “Educación para la sostenibilidad, ¿puente entre colegios y universidades?”, Parque Explora, Medellin, Colombia (online)

16.05.2022: Contexto EDS, ¿cuál es la urgencia? Workshop EDS, Universidad EAFIT & Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia (online)

06.05.2022: La formación de competencias clave para el desarrollo sustentable en la educación superior. Jornada: Incorporar els ODS a la docència: Comencem pels TFG i TFM, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain (Keynote) (online)

05.05.2022: Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung: Befähigung zum Umgang mit dem Klimawandel!? Climate Action Academy: Water - Germany 2022 (online)

05.04.2022: Nachhaltig bilden – mehr als Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung? 5. Jahrestagung zur Forschung der Pädagogischen Hochschulen im Verbund Nord-Ost, Hochschule für Agrar- und Umweltpädagogik, Vienna, Austria (Keynote) (online)

18.03.2022: Education for the Sustainable Development Goals. Teaching Practices and Educators’ Competences in Latin America. World Environmental Education Congress (WEEC) 2022, Prague, Czech Republic (online) (together with Marisol Lopera Pérez, Alejandro Alvarez Vanegas, Patricia Aguirre, Andrea Corres Gallardo)

18.03.2022: pigNplay. Co-Creating Learner-Friendly Features of a Serious Game Simulating Mitigation in Pig-Farming. World Environmental Education Congress (WEEC) 2022, Prague, Czech Republic (online) (together with Alexandra Reith)

15.03.2022: Education for the Sustainable Development Goals in the Agribusiness and Food Production Sector – Insights from a European Project. World Environmental Education Congress (WEEC) 2022, Prague, Czech Republic (online) (together with Lukas Scherak, Larissa Jaeger u.a.)

15.03.2022: A Whole-School Approach to Education for Sustainability: Co-Creating an International Platform for School Self-Assessment. World Environmental Education Congress (WEEC) 2022, Prague, Czech Republic (online) (together with Alexandra Reith)

14.03.2022: Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung und Serious Games. pigNplay als Beispiel für die co-kreative Entwicklung digitaler Lernmedien. 28. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Erziehungswissenschaft (DGfE) „Ent | grenz | ungen“, 13.-16.03.2022, Universität Bremen, Germany (Poster) (online) (together with Alexandra Reith)

14.03.2022: Schulentwicklung für mehr Nachhaltigkeit durch Self-Assessment. Die Entwicklung des internetgestützten Tools „Jump into a sustainable Livestyle“. 28. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Erziehungswissenschaft (DGfE) „Ent | grenz | ungen“, 13.-16.03.2022, Universität Bremen, Germany (Poster) (online) (together with Alexandra Reith)

14.03.2022: A Rounder Sense of Purpose. Grenzen einer Kompetenzbildung für BNE-Lehrende. 28. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Erziehungswissenschaft (DGfE) „Ent | grenz | ungen“, 13.-16.03.2022, Universität Bremen, Germany (Poster) (online) (together with Lukas Scherak)

17.12.2021: Nachhaltigkeit in der Hochschulgovernance, 4. Treffen der AG Nachhaltigkeit an Brandenburger Hochschulen, Hochschule für nachhaltige Entwicklung Eberswalde, Germany (online) (together with Prof.in Dr. Inka Bormann, FU Berlin)

27.11.2021: Higher Education for Sustainability: Trends and Critical Perspectives, 9.º Congresso Olhares sobre a Educação / 2nd International Congress Perspectives on Education, Polytechnic of Viseu, School of Education, Portugal (Keynote) (online)

26.11.2021: Education for the SDGs – approaches for its strategic implementation in the curriculum to foster related learning outcomes, 1st International Conference for Sustainable Entrepreneurship Education (1st SustEntEd 21) & Final Multiplier Event of INTRINSIC, Austria (Keynote) (online)

26.11.2021: Proyectos financiados por el DAAD sobre la educación basada en competencias en la educación superior (2014-2021), Seminar “La innovación en educación basada en competencias. Experiencias desde la cooperación académica”, Universidad Técnica del Norte, Ecuador (online)

25.11.2021: ESD in higher education: Developing key competencies for sustainable development, Seminar of the Research Centre of Science, Mathematics and Engineering Education Research (SMEER), Karlstad University, Sweden (online)

19.11.2021: Key competencies for sustainability, Project PBLforSDG, Working Group on Competencies for Sustainability, University Pompeu Fabra (UPF) & Catesco, Spain (online)

2.11.2021: Nachhaltige Entwicklung und deren Umsetzung in der Schule, Emmy-Noether-Gymnasium, Berlin (online)

23.10.2021: Educación para los ODS – Desarrollo de competencias de sustentabilidad, Seminario Internacional “Desarrollo de competencias para la transformación hacía el cumplimiento de los ODS”, Universidad Técnica del Norte, Ecuador (online)

16.07.2021: El rol de la educación en el contexto de los Objetivos del Desarrollo Sostenible, Seminario CUTONALÁ-DAAD “Nexus entre el agua y la energía en la implementación de los ODS”, Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico (online)

26.05.2021: Sustainability Governance at Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), Webinar “Sustainability and Higher Education in a European Perspective”, Danish School of Education (online)

12.05.2021: Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung und inklusive Bildung, Ringvorlesung "Bildung 2050 - II Herausforderungen für Menschen und Gesellschaft" der PH Weingarten (online)

07.05.2021: Whole Institution Approach im globalen Kontext, SummerSchool der BNE-Kommission in der DGfE, Universität Hannover (online)

23.04.2021: Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung in der Schule - Konzeptionelle Grundlagen und praktische Umsetzung, 4. Pädagogischer Tag "Sustainable Development Goals - ein Handlungskompass für Schulen?", Universität Vechta (online)

21.04.2021: Los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sustentable – El rol de la educación, Universidad Gerardo Barrios, El  Salvador (online)

15.04.2021: Formación docente para el desarrollo sustentable, Jornadas “Conexiones y contextos para la Educación Matemática. Abriendo caminos hacia la sostenibilidad y el STEAM”, Universidad de Valladolid, Spain (online)

19.02.2021: A Rounder Sense of Purpose: BNE-Kompetenzen von Lehrenden im Lichte von wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnissen und gesellschaftlichen Erwartungen, Annual Conference 2021 of the Division International and Intercultural Comparative Education (SIIVE) of the German Educational Research Association (GERA/DGfE), TU Dortmund (online) (together with Lukas Scherak)

28.01.2021: Sustainability Governance at Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). Insights and experiences from German HEIs, Online-Seminar "Sustainability Governance in Higher Education. What matters? Disseminating research and practice examples from Germany and Portugal", Working group on Governance and Sustainability Strategies of the Portuguese Network Sustainable Campus, Portugal (online) (together with Mara Bauer)

22.01.2021: Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung – Bildungstheoretische Fundierungen, 44. Symposium der AKRK-Sektion Didaktik „Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung (BNE) als Herausforderung für religionspädagogisches Forschen und Handeln“ (online)

02.12.2020: Developing Sustainability Key Competencies in Teacher Education, III International Symposium «Education for Sustainable Development for All Generations – Social Agreement», Belarusian State Pedagogical University named after Maxim Tank, Minsk, Belarus (online)

27.11.2020: Teacher Education and Training for Education for Sustainable Development, XIII International Scientific Conference “Teachers’ Training in the XXI Century: Changes and Perspectives”, Šiauliai University, Lithuania (online)

06.10.2020: A Rounder Sense of Purpose. An ERASMUS+ funded project on Competence Building for ESD Teachers, European Forum on Science & Education for Sustainability, Workshop "Moving Education towards Sustainability“, Session (3) Building capacities of educators and trainers (online)

30.09.2020: Educación superior para el desarrollo sustentable en entornos virtuales de enseñanza-aprendizaje, Seminario de Competencias en la Educación Superior “Retos pedagógicos de la educación superior: Cuando la virtualidad es la opción didáctica” (online, Recording of the presentation, from 34:15), Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia

26.08.2020: A Rounder Sense of Purpose – Implications of Competence Building for ESD Teachers, EERA Network 30 – Environmental and Sustainability Education Research ESER – special event (online) (together with Lukas Scherak)

21.08.2020: La educación superior en tiempos de la transformación global, Opening Lecture for Postgraduate Programmes of the Faculty of Education, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia Recording of the lecture

20.02.2020: Educación basada en Competencias en la Educación Superior – Conceptos, Implementación, Desafíos, Universidad Técnica del Norte, Ecuador

29.11.2019: BNE-Kompetenzen für Lehrende, 6. Zukunftsforum „Bildung und Nachhaltigkeit – disziplinäre, interdisziplinäre und transdisziplinäre Perspektiven“, Pädagogische Hochschule Weingarten, Germany (Invited Speech)

21.11.2019: Education for Sustainable Development Competencies for Educators. The Global Sustainable Technology & Innovation Conference (G-STIC), Brussels

25.09.2019: Competencias de educación para el desarrollo sustentable para educadores: Perspectivas de un proyecto internacional, Seminario Internacional “Educación superior basada en competencias y los objetivos del desarrollo sustentable”, Universidad Técnica del Norte, Ecuador

06.09.2019: Symposium “Assessing Key Competencies In Higher Education For Sustainable Development”, European Conference on Educational Research 2019 “Education in an Era of Risk – the Role of Educational Research for the Future", 3.-6.09.2019, Hamburg (Discussant)

05.09.2019: Environmental and Sustainability Education in Germany, European Conference on Educational Research 2019 “Education in an Era of Risk – the Role of Educational Research for the Future", 3.-6.09.2019, Hamburg 

05.09.2019: A Categorization of Socio-Cultural Orientations and their Role for Sustainability Governance at Universities, European Conference on Educational Research 2019 “Education in an Era of Risk – the Role of Educational Research for the Future", 3.-6.09.2019, Hamburg (together with Mara Bauer und Sebastian Niedlich)

03.09.2019: Challenges and Innovative Learning Approaches for the Implementation of the SDGs in the Agribusiness and Food Production Sector, European Conference on Educational Research 2019 “Education in an Era of Risk – the Role of Educational Research for the Future", 3.-6.09.2019, Hamburg (together with Larissa Jaeger und Lukas Scherak)

06.06.2019: SDGs ganz konkret: Nachhaltigkeit als Geschäftsmodell für Unternehmen der Agrar- und Ernährungswirtschaft von morgen, Forum: Nachhaltige Modellregion Nord-West Niedersachsen, University of Osnabrück (together with Dr. Ingo Stryck)

05.06.2019: Entwicklung von Nachhaltigkeitskompetenzen in der Lehrer*innenbildung, Inaugural lecture, University of Vechta

24.05.2019: Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung – Von Projekten zum ‚Whole-Institution Approach‘, Interdisziplinäre fachdidaktische Diskurse zur Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung, Vierte Tagung der Fachdidaktik, Universität Innsbruck, Austria

16.05.2019: Lehrer*innenbildung für Nachhaltige Entwicklung, Woche der Nachhaltigkeit in der Lehre, Universität Greifswald, Germany

08.05.2019: Competencias clave para el desarrollo sustentable. ¿Cómo estamos enseñando?, II Foro Universidades Verdes, Universidad EAFIT, Medellin, Colombia

14.03.2019: Vom Umbau der Bildung, „Baustelle Nachhaltigkeit“, Dialogreihe zu Aspekten des Wandels hin zu einer global nachhaltigen Entwicklung, Saarbrücken, Germany

08.03.2019: Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung an der Universität Vechta, Conference „BNE-Strukturen gemeinsam gestalten - Austausch und Vernetzung zu BNE in der Lehrkräfteausbildung in NRW“, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Germany

28.02.2019: Klima-Allianz durch Partizipation: Best practice-Beispiel zur Forschung auf Augenhöhe. Das Projekt TeRRIFICA, Conference „Auf dem Weg in die Heißzeit?! Klimaanpassungsstrategien für die Agrarwirtschaft“, University of Vechta, Germany

17.12.2018: Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung im Kontext der Sustainable Development Goals, Lecture series „Education for Sustainable Development“, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Germany

24.11.2018: Lecture in Forum IV: Teacher Education and Education for Sustainable Development, Conference „Bildung für Nachhaltige Entwicklung - ‘Bildung’ for Sustainable Development, 23.-24. November 2018, University of Göttingen

29.10.2018: Gerechtigkeit und Zukunftsverantwortung: ethische Grundlagen der Nachhaltigkeit, Lecture within the module "Science bears responsibility" of Leuphana University Lüneburg, Lüneburg

19.10.2018: Nachhaltigkeit an Hochschulen (HOCH-N):  Akteur*innen, Gelingensbedingungen und Maßnahmen, Meeting of the Advisory Board of the Studienwerk (scholarship department) of the Heinrich Böll Foundation, Berlin (together with Prof. Dr. Inka Bormann)

26.09.2018: Desarrollo de las competencias de sustentabilidad en la educación superior - propuestas conceptuales y experiencias prácticas, Seminario Internacional "Competencias en la Educación Superior", Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia

06.09.2018: Facilitating work performance of sustainability-driven entrepreneurs through higher education - The relevance of competencies, values, worldviews and opportunities, European Conference on Educational Research 2018 "Inclusion and Exclusion, Resources for Educational Research?", 4.-7.09.2018, Bolzano, Italy

05.09.2018: The Who and How of Sustainability Governance at Universities, European Conference on Educational Research 2018 "Inclusion and Exclusion, Resources for Educational Research?", 4.-7.09.2018, Bolzano, Italy (together with Prof. Dr. Inka Bormann, Mara Bauer)

17.04.2018: Sustainability Governance at Universities: A Multi-Case Study in Germany, AERA Conference 2018 "The Dreams, Possibilities and Necessity of Public Education", 13.-17. April 2018, New York, USA (together with: Mara Bauer, Prof. Dr. Inka Bormann, Benjamin Kummer, Sebastian Niedlich)

13.03.2018: Erwerb von nachhaltigkeitsrelevanten Schlüsselkompetenzen, 7. BILDUNGSFORUM im Klimahaus Bremerhaven 8° Ost, "Die Zukunft mit hochwertiger Bildung gestalten" - Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung und die Umsetzung der Agenda 2030 (SDGs), Bremerhaven

06.03.2018: Das LeNa-POSITIONSPAPIER FORSCHUNG: Stand und Trends im Spiegel peer-reviewter Literatur, Strategieworkshop des Deutschsprachigen Netzwerks LehrerInnenbildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung (LeNa), Lüneburg (together with Prof. Dr. Daniel Fischer)

02.03.2018: Mehr Nachhaltigkeit leben! - Bildung für die Nachhaltigen Entwicklungsziele, 1. Bibliothekspolitischer Bundeskongress, Berlin

08.02.2018: Community-based research as a learning approach - Introducing Responsible Research and Innovation in the Curricula in Higher Education, Belarussische Staatliche Pädagogische Maxim-Tank-Universität (BSPU), Minsk, Belarus

07.02.2018: Objectives and indicators of the Education for Sustainable Development Goals, Belarussische Staatliche Pädagogische Maxim-Tank-Universität (BSPU), Minsk, Belarus

06.02.2018: Competence-based Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Belarussische Staatliche Pädagogische Maxim-Tank-Universität (BSPU), Minsk, Belarus

15.11.2017: Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung in der Lehrer*innenbildung an der Universität Vechta, Tagung "BNE in der Lehrer*innenbildung in Sachsen-Anhalt", Zentrum für Lehrerbildung, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg

6.11.2017: Erwerb von nachhaltigkeitsrelevanten Schlüsselkompetenzen, Tagung der Didaktischen Leitungen "Gesamtschule nachhaltig gestalten - Bildung für Globale Entwicklung aufwerten", Soltau

2.11.2017: Is mainstreaming SDG 4.7 into formal education possible without embedding it into core subjects?, Side Event "Mainstreaming SDG 4.7 in Schooling: The State of Education for Peace, Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship", UNESCO General Conference, Paris, France

27.09.2017: La educación basada en competencias en la educación superior: propuestas teóricas-conceptuales y experiencias prácticas, Seminario Internacional "Eduación basada en Competencias", Universidad Técnica del Norte, Ecuador

18.09.2017: Nachhaltige Hochschulentwicklung - Strukturen, Prozesse, Chancen und Barrieren an der Universität Vechta, HochN PraFo-Session, Hochschule für nachhaltige Entwicklung, Eberswalde

12.09.2017: Sustainability-driven entrepreneurship: round table on a new joint master curriculum, World Environmental Education Congress 2017, Vancouver, Canada (Round Table)

10.09.2017: Sustainability Governance at Universities: Insights from a Qualitative Research Project in Germany, World Environmental Education Congress 2017, Vancouver, Canada (Round Table)

09.09.2017: The leadership challenge of a competency-based approach to Sustainability Education in Higher Education, World Environmental Education Congress 2017, Vancouver, Canada (together with Harold Glasser, Stephen Sterling, Paul Warwick)

25.08.2017: Symposium "Assessing Learning Outcomes of ESD", European Conference on Educational Research 2017, Copenhagen, Denmmark (discussant)

24.08.2017: Education for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Roundtable of Network 30 ESER "Environmental and Sustainability Education Research in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals: implications for an educational reform agenda", European Conference on Educational Research 2017, Copenhagen, Denmark

24.08.2017: Seeking Sustainability Competency and Capability in the ESD Literature, European Conference on Educational Research 2017, Copenhagen, Denmark (together with Matthias Barth, Kerry Shephard)

24.08.2017: Development of a Heuristics for Analysing Sustainability Governance at Universities, European Conference on Educational Research 2017, Copenhagen, Denmark (together with Mara Bauer, Inka Bormann, Benjamin Kummer)

20.07.2017: Educational Research in International Contexts, 1st Vechta-Anhui Summer School of Teacher Education, Universität Vechta, Vechta

30.06.2017: It's Catching! Developing competency-based approaches to sustainability education, Vice Chancellor's Teaching and Learning Conference, Plymouth University, UK (together with Prof. Dr. Stephen Sterling, Prof. Dr. Harold Glasser and Prof. Dr. Paul Warwick)

11.06.2017: Contribution to Session 1: Teaching and Research for Sustainable Development, Input at the Side Event "Universities for Sustainable Development" of the G7 Environment Ministers Meeting, Bologna (Italy)

31.05.2017: Bildung für die Sustainable Development Goals, Ringvorlesung "Nachhaltigkeit - Kultur - Bildung" an der Universität Vechta, Vechta

20.05.2017: Hochschulbildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung weiterdenken - Anregungen durch das Konzept des Buen Vivir, Seminar "Weiterbilden, weiter denken, weiter blicken - Studierende zu entwicklungspolitischem Engagement befähigen", Gustav-Stresemann-Institut e.V. (GSI), Bonn

29.03.2017: Die globalen Nachhaltigkeitsziele - auch eine Aufgabe für die IGS Oyten?!, Vortrag an der IGS Oyten

23.03.2017: Beiträge einer Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung zum Erreichen der Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - Perspektiven, Lernziele und Forschungsbedarfe, Tagung "Bildung und Erziehung im Kontext globaler Transformationen" der Kommissionen BNE und VIE der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Erziehungswissenschaft (DGfE), 23.-24. März 2017, Bayreuth

8.03.2017: Praxisprojekte in der Wirtschaft und deren Einbindung in die universitäre Lehre, 4. Innovationsdialog Weser-Ems, Universität Vechta

27.01.2017: Rethinking Higher Education in the Anthropocene – Insights from Sustainability Education Research and Practice, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA

30.11.2016: Verantwortungsvolle Forschung und Innovation in der Lehre -  das Projekt EnRRICH, Hochschule Emden/Leer

23.11.2016: Competence-based Education and its Contributions to Quality Enhancement in Higher Education, International Consortium for Educational Development (ICED) and HELTASA Joint Conference 2016, 23.-25. November 2016, Cape Town, South Africa (together with Nicola Hericks)

2.11.2016: Development of an International Master's Programme "Sustainability-driven Entrepreneurship". Using a European multi-stakeholder approach, Konferenz "Internationalisierung der Curricula", 2.-3.11.2016, Universität Göttingen (together with Lisa Bockwoldt)

21.10.2016: Developing Anticipatory Competence in Higher Education for Sustainable Development, Konferenz "Competence 2016", 19.-21.10.2016, Wageningen University, Niederlande (together with Senan Gardiner)

20.10.2016: Symposium "Sustainability at a Micro Level", Konferenz "Competence 2016", 19.-21.10.2016, Wageningen University, The Netherlands (discussant)

06.10.2016: Enseñanza basada en competencias: Perspectivas y desafios para la didáctica de las ciencias sociales, Konferenz "Competencias y didácticas de las ciencias sociales", Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Kolumbien (Keynote)

02.09.2016: Higher Education for Sustainable Development - Universities and Transformative Science, Summer School "Transformative Research and Development in Urban and Regional Environments. The Roles of Science, Methods, and Transdisciplinarity", 1.-3. September 2016, Free University of Bozen - Bolzano, Italy

25.08.2016: 'More Than Scaling Up': A Critical and Practical Inquiry Into Operationalising Sustainability Competencies, European Conference on Educational Research 2016, 23.-26.08.2016, Dublin, Ireland (together with Prof. Dr. Stephen Sterling)

25.08.2016: Innovative Approaches and Methods of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education for Sustainable Development and Entrepreneurship, European Conference on Educational Research 2016, 23.-26.08.2016, Dublin, Ireland (together with Lisa Bockwoldt)

24.08.2016: The Role of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), EERA Session "Leaving No One Behind: The Role of Research in Advancing the Education 2030 Agenda", European Conference on Educational Research 2016, 23.-26.08.2016, Dublin, Ireland

23.08.2016: Assessing Anticipatory Competence in Higher Education for Sustainable Development, Symposium "Assessing environmental and sustainability education in times of accountability, measurement and evidence", European Conference on Educational Research 2016, 23.-26.08.2016, Dublin, Ireland (together with Senan Gardiner)

30.06.2016: Das EnRRICH-Projekt: Lernen in verantwortungsvoller Forschung an der Universität Vechta, Informations- und Diskussionstag "Hochschule in Verantwortung", Universität Vechta

23.06.2016: Course "Outside the Box - Participatory research with people from the region" at the University of Vechta, Living Knowledge Conference 2016, Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin, Ireland

11.06.2016: Gutes Leben - Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung und Postwachstum, "Mit Bildung die Welt verändern!?" - Globales Lernen für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung. Theorie-Praxis-Tagung, 10.-12. Juni 2016, Ev. Akademie Hofgeismar

05.05.2015: Higher Education for Sustainable Development - key insights on research and practical experiences at the University of Vechta, Sustainability Education Research Group Meeting, Plymouth University, UK

26.04.2016: Didactics for educating sustainability competencies - insights from research and practical examples, Forum "Sustainable Development in the Institutions of Higher Education" der Litauischen UNESCO-Kommission, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania (Keynote)

14.04.2016: Service Learning für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung an der Universität Vechta - Transformative Projektseminare mit Partnern aus der Region. Tagung "Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung in Hochschulen - Innovative Transformation von Lern- und Lehrumgebungen für die Vermittlung von Nachhaltigkeitskompetenzen", Universität Bremen (together with Lisa Bockwoldt)

16.03.2016: Competencies, capabilities, skills, literacy… Forschung zu Kompetenzen einer Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung im internationalen Raum, 25. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Erziehungswissenschaft "Räume für Bildung. Räume der Bildung", 13.-16. März 2016, Kassel (together with Jana Timm und Thorsten Kosler)

04.03.2016: Gelingensbedingungen und Potentiale der Implementierung einer Kompetenzorientierung in der Hochschullehre - eine Fallstudie an der Universität Vechta, DOSS 2016 - 7th Dortmund Spring School for Academic Staff Developers, 2. - 4. März 2016, TU Dortmund (together with Nicola Hericks)

17.12.2015: Competencies for Sustainable Development, 3rd ELTT Online-Seminar on Competencies for Sustainable Development, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGUOkRL9swk

19.10.2015: Gerechtigkeit und Nachhaltigkeit, Leuphana Semester, Modul "Wissenschaft trägt Verantwortung", Leuphana Universität Lüneburg

02.10.2015: La educación basada en competencias – el ejemplo de la Universidad de Vechta (Alemania), Seminario Internacional “Enseñanza – Aprendizaje basado en competencias para la educación superior y su contribución para el desarrollo sustentable”, Universidad Técnica del Norte, Ibarra, Ecuador

28.09.2015: Educación para el Desarrollo Sustentable, Colegio de la Universidad Yachay, Urcuqui, Ecuador

21.09.2015: Einfluss der Kompetenzorientierung auf die Tätigkeit von Hochschuldozent/-innen, Symposium "Hochschulen im Spannungsfeld der Bologna-Reform", 8. Tagung der DGfE-Sektion "Empirische Bildungsforschung", 21.-23.09.2015, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (together with: Nicola Hericks)

11.09.2015: Symposium “The Role of Higher Education in the Transition to a Sustainable Future: Implications for Teaching and Learning”, European Conference on Educational Research 2015, 08.-11.09.2015, Budapest, Hungary (discussant)

01.07.2015: Service Learning and Higher Education for Sustainable Development: Experiences in Practice – Perspectives for Research, World Environmental Education Congress 2015, Gothenburg, Sweden

01.07.2015: Education for Sustainable Development and Competencies: A diverse field of research, World Environmental Education Congress 2015, Gothenburg, Sweden

28.05.2015: Das Weltaktionsprogramm „Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung“: Impulse für globale und lokale Bildungspartnerschaften, "Wir feiern more Nachhaltigkeit für die Bildung – Übergabe der NUN-Zertifikate", Uhlenkolk, Mölln

21.05.2015: Las Competencias clave en el mundo global: Aportaciones de las escuelas y universidades a la educación para un desarrollo sostenible, Jornadas Europeas I+COM+pri: Competencias Básicas (Clave). Análisis y buenas prácticas, Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia, Spain

13.05.2015: Hochschulbildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung – Perspektiven, Potentiale, konkrete Beispiele, BNE-Netzwerktreffen Baden-Württemberg “Innovative Lehrmethoden im Kontext der Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung”, KIT Karlsruhe

26.03.2015: Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung zwischen Kompetenzentwicklung und Werteorientierung, Tagung „Normativität, Positionierung, Reflexivität: (Selbst)Kritische Perspektiven“ der Sektion Interkulturelle und International Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft (SIIVE) der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Erziehungswissenschaft (DGfE), Universität Münster

05.03.2015: La sustentabilidad en la  investigación científica y los procesos académicos, su importancia en la imagen internacional de una universidad, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Mexico

04.03.2015: Aspectos generales  de la participación Juvenil Universitaria en el Desarrollo Sustentable, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Mexico

03.03.2015: El Desarrollo Sustentable en el ámbito académico de la Unión Europea y su inserción en el Currículo Universitario, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Mexico

08.01.2015: Higher Education for Sustainable Development in Germany - Achievements, Good Practice and Next Practices, Conference "Education for Sustainability in Higher Education - achievements and prospects", Plymouth University, UK

30.09.2014: La educación superior para el desarrollo sustentable - tendencias, logros y desafíos en Alemania, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia

18.09.2014: Educación superior en el siglo XXI - desafíos, necesidades y enfoques, Seminario Internacional "El rol de la ensenañza por competencias en la calidad de la educación", Universidad Técnica del Norte, Ibarra, Ibarra, Ecuador

02.09.2014: Competencies, capabilities, skills, literacy…? Structuring the debate around Education for Sustainable Development, European Conference on Educational Research 2014, 02.09.- 05.09.2014, Porto, Portugal (together with: Thorsten Kosler, Jana Timm, Dr. Sarah Holdsworth, Prof. Dr. Ian Thomas)

25.07.2014: Kompetenzen erfassen: Überblick über ein heterogenes Forschungsfeld, Summer School "Empirische Forschung zur Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung - Themen, Methoden und Trends", 21.07.- 29.07.2014, Universität Vechta

25.06.2014: Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung - ein Bildungskonzept und seine Umsetzung in Deutschland, mittwochsBILDUNG, Die GEMEINNÜTZIGE, Lübeck

24.06.2014: Querschnittsaufgabe "Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung"?, Tagung "Kulturelle Bildung und nachhaltige Entwicklung - Kooperationen: kreativ und künstlerisch Zukunft gestalten", Natur- und Umweltschutz-Akademie NRW, Recklinghausen

18.06.2014: Das Verhältnis von Umweltbildung, Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung und demokratischer Kultur, Tagung "Naturschutz und Rechtsradikalismus - Gegenwärtige Entwicklungen, Probleme, Abgrenzungen und Steuerungsmöglichkeiten II", Bundesamt für Naturschutz, Internationale Naturschutzakademie, Insel Vilm

10.06.2014: ‚Buen Vivir' - Anregungen für den Nachhaltigkeitsdiskurs in Deutschland, Veranstaltungsreihe "Buen Vivir ­ verstehen - erleben - verändern. Das Leben aus einem anderen Blickwinkel", Leuphana Universität Lüneburg

27.05.2014: Service Learning im Themenfeld Konsum. Ein Beitrag zur Hochschulbildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung, "Service Learning - Lernen durch Engagement. Von der Idee zur Umsetzung" - Eine Veranstaltung organisiert vom Projekt nexus - Konzepte und gute Praxis für Studium und Lehre, KonferenzZentrum im TechnologiePark Köln (Poster presentation) (together with Maik Adomßent, Matthias Barth, Daniel Fischer, Sonja Richter)

10.03.2014: Review der internationalen Forschung zu (Hochschul-)Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung (1992-2012), 24. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Erziehungswissenschaft (DGfE) "Traditionen und Zukünfte", 09.-12.03.2014, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin (together with Prof. Dr. Matthias Barth)

27.11.2013: Gestaltung von Bildungsangeboten im Sinne einer Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung - Wo sind die Stellschrauben für ein BNE-Angebot?, Fortbildung für die (zukünftig) BNE-Zertifizierten, Bildungszentrum für Natur, Umwelt und ländliche Räume des Landes Schleswig-Holstein, Flintbek

19.10.2013: Hochschulbildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung weiterdenken - Anregungen durch das Konzept des ‚Buen Vivir', Tagung "Nachhaltigkeit neu leben - Buen Vivir? Das Gute Leben in Forschung, Schule und Alltag", Halle / Saale (together with PD Dr. Maik Adomßent)

10.10.2013: Sustainability in Higher Education - Perspectives,  Potentials and Practice, Seminar "Green-storming Creating ideas for education 2.0", University of Wageningen, The Netherlands (Keynote)

20.09.2013: Forschung zu Hochschulbildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung - ein systematisches Review (1992-2012), 4. Tagung der AG Hochschule und Nachhaltigkeit Universität Bremen  "BNE an Hochschulen - Vom Projekt zur Struktur", Universität Bremen, Bremen (together with Prof. Dr. Matthias Barth)

20.09.2013: Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung in der Lehrer_innenbildung - Vom Projekt zum "Querschnittsanliegen",  4. Tagung der AG Hochschule und Nachhaltigkeit Universität Bremen  "BNE an Hochschulen - Vom Projekt zur Struktur", Universität Bremen, Bremen

17.09.2013: International Perspectives of Universities and Sustainability, World Student Environmental Summit 2013, 16.-20.09.2013, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Lüneburg (Keynote)

12.09.2013: Research in Higher Education for Sustainable Development - Current Trends and Approaches, European Conference on Educational Research 2013, 10.-13.09.2013, Bahçe?ehir University, Istanbul, Turkey (together with Prof. Dr. Matthias Barth)

11.09.2013: Higher Education for Sustainable Development through a Compulsory Sustainability Module? A Longitudinal Study at Leuphana University of Lüneburg (Germany), European Conference on Educational Research 2013, 10.-13.09.2013, Bahçe?ehir University, Istanbul, Turkey (together with Prof. Dr. Gerd Michelsen, Anna Sundermann)

16.07.2013: Stärkung der Integration und Transmission von Kompetenzentwicklung in Lehre und Studium der Universität Vechta (InVECTra), Zwischenbilanztagung 2013 des Projekts „nexus – Konzepte und gute Praxis für Studium und Lehre“ der Hochschulrektorenkonferenz, 16.-17.07.2013, Fachhochschule Köln (poster presentation)

10.07.2013: Nachhaltigkeit lernen in Hochschulen – jenseits von Disziplinen und wissenschaftlichen Grenzen, Kolloquiumsreihe des Interdisziplinären Instituts für Naturwissenschaften, Technik und Gesellschaft (NTG) der Pädagogischen Hochschule Heidelberg "Nachhaltigkeit aus interdisziplinärer Sicht", Pädagogische Hochschule Heidelberg

25.06.2013: Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung – relevant für die Lehrer_innenbildung?, ZfLB-Ringvorlesung „Aktuelle Themen der Lehrerbildung“, Universität Vechta

12.06.2013: Acquisition of sustainability competencies among students. One step further towards an appropriate assessment tool, 7th Word Environmental Education Congress 2013, Marrakesch, Marokko, zusammen mit: Jana Timm

12.06.2013: A Review on Research in Higher Education for Sustainable Development – Current Trends and Approaches (1992-2012), 7th Word Environmental Education Congress 2013, Marrakesch, Morocco, together with: Prof. Dr. Matthias Barth

07.06.2013: Current Trends and Approaches in Research in Higher Education for Sustainable Development – an International Literature Review from 1992-2012, EMSU Conference 2013, Istanbul, Turkey, together with: Prof. Dr. Matthias Barth

23.05.2013: Nachhaltigkeit in der Lehre, Initiativkreis Hochschulpolitik, MdL Dr. Ruth Seidl, Fraktion Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen, Landtag NRW, Düsseldorf

24.04.2013: Die Universität in der Epochenwende –  Hochschulbildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung als Motor des Wandels!?, Ingeborg-Maschmann-Tag, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Lüneburg

05.03.2013: Hochschuldidaktische Weiterbildung als Katalysator von Organisationsentwicklung: Einsichten aus einem Weiterbildungsprogramm „Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung“ an der UTN Ibarra, Ecuador, 42. Jahrestagung der dghd „Professionalisierung der Hochschuldidaktik“, Hochschule Magdeburg-Stendal, together with: Prof. Dr. Matthias Barth

02.11.2012: Nachhaltige Bildungskonzepte – Nachhaltigkeit lernen an Hochschulen, Nachhaltige Wissenschaft – Nachhaltigkeitsforschung – nachhaltige Bildung, Tagung der Vertrauensdozent/inn/en und Auswahlkommissionsmitglieder Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Berlin

21.09.2012: The Implementation and Future Challenges of Education for Sustainable Development in Germany, European Conference on Educational Research 2012, Cádiz, Spain

13.09.2012: Investigación Científica para el Desarrollo Sostenible, Universidad Nacional de Educación, Chosica, Peru

12.09.2012: La educación para el desarrollo sostenible y el rol de las universidades, RCE Lima-Callao, Centro Cultural Ccori Wasi, Lima, Peru

12.09.2012: El desarrollo sostenible y las oportunidades de las universidades, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Peru

11.09.2012: Desarrollo Sostenible y el rol de la Comunicación, Red Alumni Economía Sostenible en América Latina (RADES), Iberotec, Lima, Peru

06.09.2012: ¿Educación para la Conservación de la Biodiversidad? Contribuciones de la Educación Superior al Desarrollo Sostenible, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Peru

15.06.2012: Welche Kompetenzen braucht die Weltgesellschaft?, „Bildung in der globalisierten Welt – Was können Schule und Lehrerbildung beitragen?“, Jahrestagung des Zentrums für Lehrerbildung der Universität Kassel, 15.06.-16.06.2012, Reinhardswaldschule, Fuldatal

12.06.2012: Nachhaltigkeit lernen? Grundlagen einer Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung und nachhaltige Lehre an der Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Themenwoche der Zukunft – „Bildung“, TU Hamburg-Harburg

06.06.2012: Educación Superior para el Buen Vivir: ¿Cómo pueden contribuir las universidades al Buen Vivir de la sociedad?, Conferencia Internacional “Alternativas de desarrollo sostenible: cómo cambiar el paradigma social con énfasis en la centralidad del ser humano y la naturaleza”, 06.06.-08.06.2012 , Quito, Ecuador

05.06.2012: Educación y  comunicación para sociedades sustentables, FLACSO, Quito, Ecuador

13.12.2011: Nachhaltigkeit lehren und lernen – Potenziale einer Nord-Süd-Hochschulpartnerschaft, Vortragsreihe „Bildung mit Weitblick – Nachhaltige Konzepte & Praktische Perspektiven“, Philipps-Universität Marburg

10.11.2011: Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung in Lateinamerika, Ringvorlesung Lateinamerika, Universität zu Köln, Lehr- und Forschungszentrum Lateinamerika

19.09.2011: Kompetenzentwicklung: Zukunftsrelevanz und Nachhaltigkeit, 2. Hochschultagung: Sichere gesunde Hochschule, 19.09.-21.09.2011, Deutsche Gesetzliche Unfallversicherung, Dresden

16.09.2011: Developing Key Competencies for Sustainable Development, Summer School “Implementation of Sustainability into Research and Teaching of Higher Education Institutions in Eastern Europe”, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Lüneburg

15.09.2011: Promoting Student Learning for Sustainable Consumption, 4th International Conference "Higher Education for Sustainable Development: Moving the Agenda Forward", Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Lüneburg

13.09.2011: Higher Education for Sustainable Development: Developing and Assessing Students' Competencies For Dealing with Complexity and Uncertainty, European Conference on Educational Research, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin

06.09.2011: Comunicación de Sostenibilidad, Panel "Estado de Derecho, Economía y Medio Ambiente: Desafíos de la sostenibilidad y empoderamiento ciudadano", Universidad Antonio Ruiz de Montoya (UARM), Lima (Peru)

21.07.2011: Key Competencies for Sustainable Development: What Competencies Should Be Developed in Education For Sustainable Development?, World Environmental Education Congress, Brisbane (Australia)

21.07.2011: Informal Competence Development of Volunteers of Sustainability Groups in Ecuador and Germany, World Environmental Education Congress, Brisbane (Australien) (poster)

20.07.2011: University Teachers as Agents of Change – the Outcome of a 1-Year Teacher-Training for Higher Education for Sustainable Development, World Environmental Education Congress, Brisbane (Australia)

04.07.2011: Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung – anspruchsvoll und auch den Wandel fördernd? Eine kritische Bestandsaufnahme, Expertengespräch zu Fragen der gesellschaftspolitischen Bildung für ein zukunftsfähiges Deutschland, 04.-05.07.2011, Evangelische Akademie Bad Boll

06.06.2011: Minor 'Sustainability Humanities' at Leuphana University of Lüneburg, "Teaching is touching the future: from vision to practice" - International Conference at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 06.-07.06.2011, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (poster)

25.11.2010: Welche Kompetenzen braucht die Weltgesellschaft?, „Theorie trifft Praxis: Lernen, evaluieren, vernetzen – die Zusammenarbeit von Schule und Nichtregierungsorganisationen“, Tagung zum Globalen Lernen und BNE, 25.-26.11.2010, Universität Kassel, Witzenhausen

26.10.2010: International Academic Partnership “Teaching and Learning Sustainability”: Implementing Higher Education for Sustainable Development at the Universidad Técnica del Norte (Ecuador), Knowledge Collaboration & Learning for Sustainable Innovation: ERSCP-EMSU 2010 Conference, 25.10.2010-29.10.2010, TU Delft (Niederlande), together with: Dr. Patricia Aguirre

29.09.2010: El proyecto “Enseñar y aprender sustentabilidad” - resultados de la evaluación científica, Seminario “Aprender y enseñar sustentabilidad en la educación superior: experiencias, oportunidades y desafíos para el Buen Vivir”, 29.-30.09.2010, Universidad Técnica del Norte, Ibarra (Ecuador)

22.09.2010: Key competencies for sustainable development: a European-Latin-American Perspective, International Conference "Engineering Education in Sustainable Development 2010", 19.-22.09.2010, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg (Sweden)

19.09.2010: Implementing Engineering Education for Sustainable Development at the Universidad Técnica del Norte (Ecuador), EESD 2010 - International Conference Engineering Education in Sustainable Development, 19.09.2010 - 22.09.2010, Göteborg, Sweden, together with: Dr. Patricia Aguirre (poster)

29.06.2010: Future of Higher Education: Which Key Competencies should be fostered through University Teaching and Learning?, International Conference in University Learning and Teaching, 29.06.2010 - 30.06.2010, University of Hertfordshire (England)

28.05.2010: Schlüsselkompetenzen für eine nachhaltige Gestaltung der Weltgesellschaft, Promovierendenforum „Nachhaltigkeit als Leitbild für Wissenschaft und Forschung?“ der Heinrich Böll Stiftung, 28.-29.05.2010, Heinrich Böll Stiftung, Berlin

16.03.2010: Schlüsselkompetenzen für Denken und Handeln in der Weltgesellschaft – Ergebnisse eines europäisch-lateinamerikanischen Expertendelphis, 22. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Erziehungswissenschaft »BILDUNG in der Demokratie«, Mainz

28.10.2009: Awareness Creation and Competence Development through Education for Sustainable Development, International Seminar “Education for Sustainable Development and Biodiversity”, 25.10.-01.11.2009, Universidad Técnica del Norte, Ibarra (Ecuador)

05.09.2009: Experiencing the Global Dimension of Sustainability: Intercultural Dialogue and Competence Development in International E-Learning Settings?, 9th Conference of the European Sociological Association, 02.09.-05.09.2009, Lissabon (Portugal)

06.06.2009: The Role of Education for Transitions towards Sustainability: Which Key Competencies Need Individuals for Contributing to Societal Transformations?, First European Conference on Sustainability Transitions "Dynamics & Governance of Transitions to Sustainability" (KSI Conference 2009), 04.06.2009-06.06.2009, Felix Meritis, Amsterdam (Niederlande)

20.05.2009: El desarrollo sustentable y los desafiós para universidades, Universidad Escuela Politécnica Javeriana del Ecuador, Quito (Ecuador)

18.05.2009: El desarrollo sustentable y los desafiós para universidades, Universidad Técnica del Norte, Ibarra (Ecuador)

11.05.2009: The Global Perspective of Education for Sustainable Development: Which key competencies do persons need for thinking and acting globally in the world society?, 5th World Environmental Education Congress, 10.05.-13.05.2009, Palais des congrès de Montréal, Montreal (Canada)

12.03.2009: Nachhaltigkeit lernen – Kompetenzen entwickeln! Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung im schulischen Kontext, Tagung „Zukunft gestalten. Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung – eine zentrale Themen- und Aufgabenstellung für die Schule“ der Akademie für Natur- und Umweltschutz Baden-Württemberg u.a. , Pädagogische Hochschule Freiburg, Freiburg

07.03.2009: Das Gute Leben – „Sumak Kawsay“, Kongress „Kapitalismus am Ende? – Analysen und Alternativen“ von Attac Deutschland, 06.03.-08.03.2009, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin

Monographs, edited volumes, working papers and readers

Publication of special issues

Peer-reviewed journal papers and book chapters

Book chapters and journal papers without peer-review

Teaching materials

Articles in newspapers

Further information on my publications can also be found here:

https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=jMPDGJ0AAAAJ&hl=de&oi=ao

http://uni-vechta.academia.edu/MarcoRieckmann

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marco_Rieckmann

Research and development projects

Current Projects

Impact Assessment for Action Competence (IMP_ACT) (funded by Horizon Europe - HORIZON-CL5-2023-D1-01-10)

Joint project with the University of Utrecht (Netherlands), Karlstad University (Sweden), University of Antwerpen (Belgium), Masaryk University (Czech Republic) and other partners from different European countries; duration: 2024-2027

NKI: Future Forum for Climate-Friendly Universities (ZKH) (financed by the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Protection)

Collaborative project under the leadership of the network n and with the University for Sustainable Development Eberswalde (HNEE); duration: 2023-2026

Model Project "HochNiNa: Standardization, Further Development, and Communication of Greenhouse Gases in Lower Saxony Universities" (financed by the Lower Saxony Ministry for Environment, Energy, and Climate Protection)

Collaborative project under the leadership of the University of Oldenburg with other Lower Saxony universities; duration: 2023-2026

Network initiative "Transformative Skills for Sustainability" (funded by the Stifterverband, the Carl Zeiss Foundation and the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt)

Community of Practice of 20 higher education institutions working on concrete challenges in the development of new learning and teaching concepts for the acquisition of sustainability competences; duration: 2023-2024

Project „Senatra – Service Learning and sustainable transformation at higher education institutions“ (funded by the BMBF)

Joint project led by the University of Vechta with netzwerk n e.V., the University of Bremen, the Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg and the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt; project lead; duration: 2022-2025

Project "4N - Nordwest Niedersachsen Nachhaltig Neu", Subproject "Transformative education and transformation of learning spaces for sustainable development" (funded by Lower Saxony Ministry for Science and Culture)

Research partnership with the Jade University of Applied Sciences Wilhelmshaven/Oldenburg/Elsfleth and the Emden/Leer University of Applied Sciences; sub-project lead; duration: 2022–2025

Project "Education for Sustainable Development Goals - Capacity Building for Educators" (funded by DAAD)

Cooperation project with Universidad Técnica del Norte (Ecuador), Universidad de Antioquia (Colombia) and Universidad EAFIT (Colombia); lead partner, duration: 2021–2024

Project "BIOCULT - Culture and Conservation: Harnessing synergies between cultural traditions and biodiversity protection" (funded by DAAD)

Cooperation project with Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, duration: 2021–2024

 

Completed Projects

Project "SUSTAIN-Biodiversity Education for Sustainable Development" (funded by EU Erasmus+ / Key Action 2)

Joint project with Asociación Mundus (Spain, project lead) and the organisations ASSERTED KNOWLEDGE (Greece), ATERMON (Netherlands), Formative Footprint (Spain) and the Greek school "Educational Organisation Themistoklis S.A."; duration: 2021-2023 (more information in the first newsletter)

Project "ESD:SuperVision 4.0" (funded by EU Erasmus+ / Key Action 2)

Joint project led by the University of Vechta with the University of Karlova (Czech Republic), the University of Edinburgh (Scotland) and other universities and schools from Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania and Germany; lead partner; duration: 2020-2023

Project „Development of an evaluation concept for competence development for the International Academy Transformation for Environment and Sustainability at the Federal Environment Agency (TESACADEV)“ (funded by the BMBF)

Joint project led by the University of Vechta with Freie Universität Berlin and in collaboration with the Federal Environment Agency (UBA); duration: 2022-2023

Project "One university - one book: University of Vechta reads 'Tiefenlager' by Annette Hug" (funded by Stifterverband and Klaus Tschira Stiftung)

Project at the University of Vechta; project lead; duration: 2022–2023

Project "TeRRIFICA - Territorial RRI Fostering Innovative Climate Action" (funded by EU Horizon 2020 - SwafS-2018-2020 - Science with and for Society)

Joint project with the Science Shop Bonn and universities and other partners from Germany, France, Poland, Serbia, Spain and Belarus; duration: 2019-2022

Project "Development of a system-oriented serious game (Play) in the Living Lab for the virtual simulation of concepts and options for action to reduce nitrogen (N) emissions in pig farming (Pig) and to adapt farms to climate change (PigNPlay)" (funded by Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt - DBU)

Joint project led by the University of Vechta with the University of Göttingen, the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy and the German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI); duration: 2021-2023

Project "Sustainability Framework for School Self-Assessment 'Jump into Sustainable Lifestyle' (JSL)" (funded by EU Erasmus+ / Key Action 2)

Joint project with the Lithuanian Children and Youth Center (Lithuania) and higher education institutions from Estonia, Lithuania and Scotland; duration: 2020-2022

Project "SDGs Labs - Making the SDGs our business" (funded by EU Erasmus+ Knowledge Alliances)

Joint project with the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration (Austria) and other universities and companies in the agri-food sector from Germany, Italy, Austria and Portugal; duration: 2019-2022

Project "Development and Implementation of a Master's Programme 'Competence-based Higher Education'" (funded by DAAD)

Cooperation project with Universidad Técnica del Norte, Ecuador, and Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia; lead partner, duration: 2017–2021

Project "A Rounder Sense of Purpose II (RSPII)" (funded by EU Erasmus+ / Key Action 2)

Joint project with the University of Gloucestershire (UK) and other universities from Cyprus, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland; duration: 2018-2021

Project "Sustainabililty at universities (Hoch^N): develop - network - report (funded by the BMBF)

Joint project with the University of Hamburg (lead partner) and the Free University of Berlin, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen,  Zittau/Görlitz University, University of  Duisburg-Essen, Technical University of Dresden, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of München, Leuphana University of Lüneburg, University of  Bremen, University for Sustainable Development Eberswalde; duration: 2016-2021

Project "Reconciling human livelihood needs and nature conservation in East African forest biodiversity hotspots" (funded by DAAD)

Cooperation project with TU Munich, duration: 2016-2019

Project "Enhancing Responsible Research and Innovation through Curricula in Higher Education – EnRRICH" (funded by EU Horizon 2020)

Cooperation project with the Free University of Brussels (Belgium) and other universities as well as science shops from Germany, France, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Hungary, Spain and the UK; duration: 2015-2018

Project "Competencies for A sustainable Socio Economic development" (CASE) (funded by EU Erasmus+ / Knowledge Alliances-Sector Skills Alliances)

Cooperation project with the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration and other universities and companies from Germany, Italy, Austria, Sweden and the Czech Republic; management of a work package; duration: 2015-2017

Project "Summer School 'Empirical Research on Education for Sustainable Development - Topics, Methods and Trends'" (funded by BMBF)

Scientific Event / Summer School ; lead partner; duration: 2014

Project "Competence-based Teaching and Learning in Higher Education"
(funded by DAAD)

Cooperation project with the Universidad Técnica del Norte, Ecuador, and the Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia; lead partner; duration: 2014–2016

Project InVECTra ("Strengthening the integration and transmission of competence development in teaching and study at the University of Vechta") (funded by BMBF)

Development project; cooperation and coordination; duration: 2012-2016

Literature review on research on higher education for sustainable development (1992-2012) (financed with own resources)

Own project; together with Prof. Dr. Matthias Barth (Hochschule Ostwestfalen-Lippe); duration: 2012–2013

Project „Analyis of sustainabililty-relevant competencies among students“ (funded by the Leuphana University of Lüneburg)

Leuphana small-scale research project to prepare a DFG proposal; scientific direction, together with Prof. Dr. Gerd Michelsen; duration: 2012–2013

Project „Analysis of student competence development: a contribution of higher education of sustainable development“ (funded by DAAD)

Cooperation project with RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia; lead partner; duration: 2012–2013

Project „University Partnership for the Conservation of Biodiversity (HEB)“ (funded by DAAD)

Cooperation project with the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP), Lima, Peru; lead partner; duration: 2011-2013

Project "Teaching and learning about sustainabililty " (funded by DAAD)

Cooperation project with the Universidad Técnica del Norte, Ibarra, Ecuador; lead partner; duration: 2009-2011

Project „BINK – Educational institutions and sustainable consumption“ (funded by BMBF)

Inter- and transdisciplinary collaborative project; duration: 2008–2011

Project "Sustainable University - Sustainable development in the context of university tasks"

Inter- and transdisciplinary research and development project; duration: 2004–2007

Project „Preparation of the Report of the Federal Government on Education for Sustainable Development 2005“

duration: 2005

Cooperation partners in Germany

• Hochschule für nachhaltige Entwicklung Eberswalde, Prof. Dr. Matthias Barth, Prof. Dr. Benjamin Nölting
• Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
• Martin Luther Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Dr. Mike Teucher
• Wissenschaftsladen Bonn, Norbert Steinhaus
• IGS Oyten

International cooperation partners

• Arizona State University, USA, Dr. Katja Brundiers, Prof. Dr. Arnim Wiek
• Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia, Dr. Ruth Quiroz, Dr. Marisol Lopera
• Universidad EAFTI, Colombia, Alejandro Álvarez-Vanegas
• Universidad Técnica del Norte, Ecuador, Dr. Patricia Aguirre
• Universität Salzburg, Austria, Prof. Dr. Jan Habel
• University of British Columbia, Canada, Prof. Dr. Robert VanWynsberghe
• University of Gloucestershire, UK, Dr. Paul Vare
• Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Austria, Prof. Dr. Christian Rammel

Scientific associations and memberships 

German Educational Reseach Association (GERA) (Division Intercultural and International Comparative Education), 2012-2017: Chairman of the Commission ‚Education for Sustainable Development’ and Member of the Board of the Division ‚Intercultural and International Comparative Education’, 2013-2015: Chairman of the Division ‚Intercultural and International Comparative Education', 2017-2018: Deputy Chairman of the Commission ‚Education for Sustainable Development’ and member of the board of the Division ‚Intercultural and International Comparative Education’

Representative of the German Educational Reseach Association (GERA) in the council of the European Educational Research Association (EERA) (since 2015)

Speaker of the German-speaking network "Teacher Education for Sustainable Development" (2017-2020)

Convenor of the network "Environmental and Sustainability Education" of the European Educational Research Association (EERA) (2016-2019)

German Society for Higher Education Development (dghd)

German Society for Human Ecology (DGH)

German Society for Sustainability at Universities (DG HochN)

Initiative 'Psychology in Environmental Protection' (IPU)

Working Group for Nature and Environmental Education (ANU)

23Degree – network of environmental and sustainability sciences

Scientific Advisory Boards

Member of the Sustainability Working Group of the German Rectors' Conference (HRK) (since 2024)

Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the project "Standardised web-based benchmark system for sustainability assessment at universities. Practice-relevant indicators for sustainability reporting on university-specific aspects" (since 2021)

Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the "Schlözer Programm Lehrerbildung" (SPL) (University of Göttingen) (2020-2022)

Member of the Scientific Committee of the World Environmental Education Congress (WEEC) 2021 (October 2021, Prague, Czech Republic) (2020-2021) 

Member of the Scientific Committee of the World Environmental Education Congress (WEEC) 2015 (July 2015, Gothenburg, Sweden) (2015)

Member of the Advisory Board of the Scholarship Department of the Heinrich Böll Foundation, Germany (2013-2019)

Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the project 'Fellows for Sustainability' of Teach First Germany (2013-2015)

Member of the Scientific Committee of the 7th Conference of the Environmental Management for Sustainable Universities (EMSU) (June 2013, Istanbul, Turkey) (2012-2013)

Member of the Advisory Board of the project "Global learning at local learning sites in botanical gardens" (University of Kassel, University of Osnabrück) (2010-2013)

Ongoing doctorates

• Alejandro Velasco: „Supporting the implementation of the SDGs in developing countries through innovative models for the whole institution approach for ESD in Higher Education Institutions: Drivers and barriers for Colombia and Ecuador” (since 2021) (First supervisor)
• Antje Goller: „Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) as a cross-cutting task for teacher education” (since 2020) (First supervisor)
• Caroline Schmidt: „The interdisciplinary integration of Education for Sustainable Development in teacher education” (since 2022) (First supervisor)
• Celine Ebeloe: „How students deal with climate anxiety" (since 2023) (First supervisor)
• Esteban Andrés Gómez Sotta: “Education for Sustainable Development in Latin America. Similarities and differences in the study programs and competencies in the Business Schools of Latin America and Germany” (since 2019) (First supervisor)
• Julia Günther: „Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) as an Integral Component of Education - On the Perspective of Experts on the Understanding of ESD and its Goals“ (since 2020) (First supervisor)
• Julio Estrada: „The University Campus as a Living Laboratory for Territorial Development. A Cross-case Analysis on Higher Education Institutions“ (since 2019) (First supervisor)
• Katarina Roncevic: „Education for sustainable development and inclusion in the context of school development“ (since 2019) (First supervisor)
• Lukas Scherak: „Importance and use of the method "AQAL Mapping" on pedagogical competence concepts in the context of ESD (Education for Sustainable Development)“ (since 2017) (First supervisor)
• Marco Antonio Peralta: „Preservice teachers´ teaching competence: Do teacher education programs provide pre-service teachers with the appropriate training to integrate Education for Sustainable Development in their pedagogical practices?” (since 2019) (First supervisor)
• Ninja Mueller: „Developing a Critical Ocean Pedagogy in Academic Marine Education Programmes" (since 2024) (First supervisor)
• Sherif Azab-Els: „Institutionalisation of sustainable governance at universities in Germany“ (since 2019) (First supervisor)
• Senan Gardiner: „Pedagogies for resilience: An action-research case study in developing anticipatory competence for sustainability in teaching and learning in Higher Education“ (since 2013) (First supervisor)

Completed doctorates

• Ann-Kristin Müller: „Die Bedeutung von Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung in Forschung zu nachhaltiger Entwicklung - Ein Diamant, der noch geschliffen werden will“ (2023, Universität Oldenburg) (Second supervisor; First supervisor: Prof. Dr. Karsten Speck, Universität Oldenburg)
• Andrea del Carmen Corres: „Educators' competences in Environmental and Sustainability Education: theoretical and practical perspectives towards transformational education in times of global crisis” (2023, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain) (Second supervisor; First supervisor: Dr. Isabel Ruiz Mallen, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain)
• Mara Bauer: „Hochschulische Nachhaltigkeitsgovernance: Bedingungen und Prozesse der Institutionalisierung nachhaltiger Entwicklung an deutschen Hochschulen” (2022, Universität Vechta) (First supervisor; Second supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ingrid Hemmer, Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt)
• Maua Mpiza: „Assessing secondary school student engagement with schooling in two coastal regions of Tanzania: an empirical study in the context of equality of educational opportunity“ (2022, Universität Vechta) (First supervisor; Second supervisor: Prof. Dr. Margit Stein)
• Silvia Leonor Mera Pincay: „Analysis of the supportive factors and obstacles experienced by university teachers in integrating sustainable development concepts into teaching and learning processes at universities in Ecuador and Germany” (2022, Universität Vechta) (First supervisor; Second supervisor: Prof. Dr. Bernd Overwien, Universität Kassel)
• Johanna Lochner: „Virtual School Garden Exchange: An Innovative Learning Approach in a Context of Education for Sustainable Development“ (2021, HU Berlin) (Second supervisor; First supervisor: Prof. Dr. Marcel Robischon, HU Berlin)
• Joslyn Muthio Nzau: „Human Acceptance and Ecological Outcomes of Conservation Strategies in Fragile Forest Ecosystems of South-Eastern Kenya“ (2021, TU München) (Second supervisor; First supervisor: Prof. Dr. Jan Habel, Universität Salzburg)
• Marlene Susanne Zahner-Seeh: „Erforschung der Wirkung unterstützender Akteure im Kontext von Corporate Citizenship (CC-Mittler)“ (2021, Universität Vechta) (Second supervisor; First supervisor: Prof. Dr. Christoph Schank)
• Felista Tangi: „Physical and psychological bullying in secondary schools in Mwanza Region, Tanzania“ (2019, Universität Vechta) (Second supervisor; First supervisor: Prof. Dr. Margit Stein)
• Jeanine Dörr: „Promovieren in der Designwissenschaft in Deutschland. Analyse des Promotionswesens in der Designwissenschaft in Deutschland hinsichtlich der Rahmenbedingungen und Perspektiven für die Promotionskultur in diesem Fach“ (2019, Universität Vechta) (Second supervisor; First supervisor: Prof. Dr. June Park)
• Petra Biberhofer: „Transformative learning at the science-society interface in higher education for sustainable development” (2019, Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien) (Second supervisor; First supervisor: Prof. Dr. Andreas Novy)
• Victoria Leonie Miczajka-Rußmann: „Integrating scientific literacy as part of a citizen science approach on natural research on seed predation along an urban-rural gradient” (2018, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg) (Second supervisor; First supervisor: Prof. Dr. Alexandra Klein)
• Jennifer Krah: „Partizipative Hochschulbildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung – Implementation und Institutionalisierung in Mexiko und Deutschland“ (2017, PH Ludwigsburg) (Second supervisor; First supervisor: Prof. Dr. Armin Lude)
• Jule Plawitzki: „Nachhaltigkeitsorientierte Führung in Kommunalverwaltungen: Zentrale Kompetenzen und deren mögliche Förderung“ (2017, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg) (Second supervisor; First supervisor: Prof. Dr. Harald Heinrichs)
• Christina Emmermann: „Nachhaltige Produkte. Bewertung von Nachhaltigkeitsthemen entlang der Wertschöpfungskette von Lebensmittelherstellern" (2013, Universität Bremen) (Second supervisor; First supervisor: Prof. Dr. Georg Müller-Christ)