Dear Colleagues,
Earlier this year I announced the availability of two postdoc
positions as part of a larger project on higher education for
sustainable development at Leuphana University of Lueneburg. As these
positions are filled we are now looking for 5 committed PhD students
to complement the team. To find the envisaged international
candidates, it would be of great help if you could help to spread the
word.
The job ad can be found here, alongside with some background information:
http://www.leuphana.de/news/jobs-und-karriere/forschung-lehre.html
About the project:
Higher education for sustainable development supports future change
agents in acquiring competencies necessary for undertaking the
societal transition towards sustainability. The range of competencies
considered critical for change agents in sustainability can be
summarized in a small set of key competencies. Conveyance and
acquisition of key competencies in sustainability would ideally happen
on two levels. The first is the level of courses, with their topics,
learning objectives, pedagogies, and assessments. The second,
complementary level is the level of curricula, which is composed of
courses and also includes cross-cutting programs and pedagogies (e.g.,
problem-based learning programs), embedded in particular institutional
cultures.
This project generates evidence on how students can best be educated
to acquire such competencies to become impactful change agents. It
addresses, how competence acquisition can best be fostered on the two
levels mentioned above: through novel teaching and learning approaches
in individual sustainability courses as well as through entire
sustainability curricula. The project adopts a multi-methodological
approach, combining in-depth qualitative case studies with a
quantitative sample study to generate both detailed as well as
generalizable insights. The project conducts its research on two
universities that have pioneered sustainability education in Europe
and North America, namely, Leuphana University of Lüneburg in Germany
and Arizona State University in the United States. Both universities
have fully developed degree programs in sustainability (Bachelor,
Master, PhD) and are widely known for their innovative teaching and
learning approaches, including transdisciplinary, problem-based,
project-based, and solution-oriented pedagogies. The project focuses
on acquisition of sustainability competencies in sustainability
programs, teacher education programs, and extra-curricular programs on
social entrepreneurship at both universities.
Many thanks for your help,
Best, Matthias
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Prof. Dr. Matthias Barth
Professor of Education for Sustainable Development
Infis – Institute for integrative Studies
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Scharnhorststr. 1
21335 Lüneburg
Germany
Tel. 0049 4131.677-2744
Fax 0049 4131.677-2767
www.leuphana.de/infis
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