Dipl.-Päd. Sonja Richter

Dipl.-Päd. Sonja Richter
Scharnhorststr. 1, C11.302
21335 Lüneburg
Fon +49.4131.677-2701
Fax +49.4131.677-2819
sonja.richter@uni.leuphana.de

Sonja Richter

Ongoing:

Visiting Research Associate at the Development Education Research Center (DERC), Institute of Education, University of London (since 03.2012)
Scholarship holder for PHD-Project at Heinrich-Böll-Foundation (since 06.2011)
Research Associate at the Institute for Environmental & Sustainability Communication (INFU), University of Lüneburg (since 08.2009)
Lecturer for Education for Sustainable Development, Global Education and Sustainable Consumption; University of Lüneburg; University of Applied Science, Bremen (since 10.2009)

Research:

PhD-Project: “Sustainability Awareness through Volunteer services in the Global South” (working title) (supervised by Prof. Gerd Michelsen, University of Lüneburg; Prof. Annette Scheunpflug, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg)

Professional Experience:

Research Assistant; Project BINK – Educational Institutions and Sustainable Consumption; Institute for Environmental and Sustainability Communication, University of Lüneburg; Lüneburg
Research fellow at the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, Hamburg, Germany (05.2009-06.2009)
Freelancer for the International Educational Association (IEA), Data Processing Center Hamburg, Germany (2004 – 2009)
Research Fellowship; German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA); Institute for Latin American Studies, Hamburg, Germany (09.-11.2006)
Internship with the former GTZ- Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit, (since 1.2011: GIZ); Eschborn, Germany (09.2007 - 02.2008)
Internship with the former DED - German Development Service (since 1.2011: GIZ) Regional Office Quito, Ecuador (09.-11-2005)
Student assistant; Faculty for Educational Sciences, University of Hamburg (2005 – 2007)
Volunteer Work at YMCA´s „School´s Out Program“, Providence, Rhode Island, USA (03.-04.2002)

Education

Graduate Studies at the Leuphana Graduate School, University of Lüneburg; Germany
Master´s Degree in Educational Sciences and Latin American Studies; Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg (Würzburg; Germany); University Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona, Spain) and University of Hamburg (Hamburg, Germany)

Research Interests

29.08.2011, infu

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