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Dr. Marco RieckmannDR. MARCO RIECKMANN

Member of Institute for Environmental & Sustainability Communication (INFU)

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Dr. Marco Rieckmann
Scharnhorststr. 1, C11.303
21335 Lüneburg
 Fon +49 4131.677.2936
Fax +49 4131.677.2819
rieckmann@uni.leuphana.de

Research Fellow, born in 1978

 Curriculum Vitae

  • Research Fellow at the Institute for Environmental and Sustainability Communication (since July 2004)
  • President of the Commission "Education for Sustainable Development" of the German Association for Educational Science (DGfE) (since March 2012)
  • PhD (2010), Social Science, Leuphana University of Lüneburg; Dr. rer. soc. (magna cum laude) (topic:  'The Global Perspective of Education for Sustainable Development – A European-Latin-American Study about Key Competencies for Thinking and Acting in the World Society’)
  • Award “Best Doctoral Researcher of the Year 2008” of the Leuphana University of Lüneburg (July 2009)
  • Awardee „Innovative Study Course“ of the Leuphana University of Lüneburg for the project seminar “Education for Sustainable Consumption” (2010, together with Daniel Fischer)
  • Doctoral scholarship of the Heinrich Böll Foundation (September 2007-August 2009) 
  • Lectureships at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg, University of Rostock, Universidad Alicante (Spain), Universidad Escuela Politécnica Javeriana del Ecuador (Ecuador) and Universidad Técnica del Norte (Ecuador) (since 2006)
  • ERASMUS-Lectureship at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna (March 2012)
  • “Profesor Consulto” of the Universidad Escuela Politécnica Javeriana del Ecuador (ESPOJ), Quito, Ecuador (since December 2007)
  • Coordination of the joint project "Graduate capabilities to contribute to a more sustainable future – An emerging field of research in education for sustainability" with RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia (January 2012-December 2013)
  • Coordination of the joint project "Academic partnership for the conservation of biodiversity" with Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (Lima, Peru) (January 2011-February 2014)
  • Coordination of the joint project “Teaching and Learning Sustainability” („Enseñar y aprender sustentabilidad“ – ENSU) with the Universidad Técnica del Norte (Ibarra, Ecuador) (January 2009-December 2011)
  • Collaboration in the realisation of the training programme „Sustainable Consumption and Global Justice – Perspectives for Sustainability through Academic North-South Cooperation“ for students of Universidad Técnica del Norte (Ibarra, Ecuador) (August-October 2009)
  • Collaboration in the realisation of the international DAAD-alumni seminar „Education for Sustainable Development and Biodiversity“ (June 2009-December 2009)
  • Collaboration in the coordination of the ALFA project “International Master’s Programme ‘Sustainable Development and Management’" (August 2005-August 2007)
  • Collaboration in the project “Sustainable University”, subproject “Lifeworld University” (July 2004-June 2007)
  • Collaboration in the elaboration of the “Report about Education for Sustainable Development 2005” of the German Federal Government (September 2004-December 2005)
  • Collaboration in the project “Sustainability in Educational Institutions in Schleswig-Holstein” (January-December 2004)
  • Scientific assistant at the Institute for Environmental and Sustainability Communication (April 2004-June 2004)
  • Master’s Thesis: “Local Agenda 21 in Chile: Study about the Implementation of a Local Agenda 21-Process using the example of the Cuenca del Lago Llanquihue (Southern Chile)” (2003-2004)
  • Master's scholarship holder of the Heinrich Böll Foundation (2002-2004)
  • Student assistant at the Institute for Environmental and Sustainability Communication (2001-2004)
  • Student of Environmental Sciences at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg; major subjects: environmental communication, ecology (1998-2004)
  • Civilian service at a regional chapter of “Bund für Umwelt- und Naturschutz Deutschland” (Friends of the Earth Germany) (1997-1998)
  • Participation in academic self-administration: faculty representative to the senate of the Leuphana University of Lüneburg (since October 2010),  representative to the board of the Faculty of Sustainability of the Leuphana University of Lüneburg (October 2010-March 2012)
  • Voluntary services: Member of the Editorial Board of ZEP – Zeitschrift für internationale Bildungsforschung und Entwicklungspädagogik (Journal for International Education Research and Development Education); Member of the advisory board of the project “Global Education in Local Learning Settings in Botanic Gardens”; Member of the Working Group “Latin America” of Attac Germany and 23degree – Network for Environmental and Sustainability Sciences.
  • Memberships of the following organisations and associations: German Association for Human Ecology, German Association for Educational Science, Initiative “Psychology in Environmental Protection”, Attac, Friends of the Earth Germany, Working Group “Nature and Environmental Education”, 23degree – Network for Environmental and Sustainability Sciences.

Main interests in research and teaching

  • education for sustainable development
  • global education
  • sustainability in the academic context
  • sustainability in the north-south-dialogue
  • informal learning
  • competence development and assessment
17.04.2012, Fakultät III