Dr. Lina Bürgener
Research associate, Professorship of Sustainability Education and Communication
Vita
SHORT VITA
since 08/2023 Module coordinator "Transformation" (until 2024 "Transforming knowledge: responsible action"); College; Leuphana University Lüneburg
01/2021-08/2023 Managing Director and Post-doctoral researcher (from 06/2021); Institute for Sustainable Development and Learning (ISDL); Leuphana University Lüneburg
04/2020-12/2020 Research Associate; Institute for Sustainable Development and Learning (ISDL); Leuphana University of Lüneburg
03/2016-06/2019 Research Associate; Project ZZL-Network; Leuphana University of Lüneburg
04/2015-02/2016 Research Associate; Institute for Integrative Studies (former INFIS, now --> SETRI); Leuphana University of Lüneburg
09/2014-03/2015 Research assistant; Office of the Dean of Studies of the Faculty of Sustainability; Leuphana University of Lüneburg
10/2014-11/2015 Seminar leader in the project "Cooperative Climate and Energy Education" (German-Russian cooperation project, among others in Kaliningrad and Lüneburg; project of the Trägerverbund Burg Lenzen (Elbe) e.V., funded by the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU))
2015 Degree in Sustainability Science, M.Sc.; Leuphana University Lüneburg;
10/2007-11/2010 Project assistance in the project "CUISINET. Schule im Netzwerk - Nachhaltigkeit und Ernährungsbildung" (School in a Network - Sustainability and Nutrition Education); Lüneburg (A joint initiative of the Techniker Krankenkasse (TK), the Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs of Lower Saxony and the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection)
2008 Degree in Environmental Sciences, B.Sc.; Leuphana University Lüneburg
DISSERTATION (finished May 2021).
"The professionalization of (prospective) teachers in the context of sustainable development : the potential of transdisziplinary cooperation for the integration of education for sustainable development in school and teaching"
Research Interests
- Education for sustainable development and competence development
- Mutual learning in transdisciplinary settings
- Design of transdisciplinary teaching and learning settings in higher education
- Competence development in the subject of basic social and science education
- Competence development of teachers
- Integration of sustainability competencies into teacher education and school practice
Projects
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Inno-Transform - Studierendenrat für das Transformationsmodul
Lina Bürgener (Project manager, academic) , Daniel Fischer (Project manager, academic)
→Project: Teaching
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ProBioTIC - Promoting Biodiversity through Transdisciplinary Learning Interventions in the Carpathians
Daniel Fischer (Project manager, academic) , Senan Gardiner (Coordination) , Lina Bürgener (Coordination) , Claire Grauer (Project staff)
→Project: Research
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Politics4Future: Youth teacher engagement on SDG 4.7 – Building political agency in youth teacher trai-nees for global citizenship learning, sustainability and social transformation
Deepika Joon (Project staff) , Lina Bürgener (Coordination) , Daniel J. Lang (Project manager, academic)
→Project: Research
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ESD for 2030: Lernen für und in resiliente(n) und nachhaltige(n) Kommunen
Lina Bürgener (Coordination) , Daniel J. Lang (Project manager, academic) , Stefanie Drautz (Project staff)
→Project: Research
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Die Professionalisierung von (angehenden) Lehrkräften im Kontext nachhaltiger Entwicklung: das Potential transdisziplinärer Zusammenarbeit für die Integration von Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung in Schule und Unterricht
Lina Bürgener (Project manager, academic)
→Project: Dissertation project
Publications
Books and anthologies
- Gemeinsam für das Klima: Sachinformationen, Praxisbeispiele und didaktische Anregungen
Lina Bürgener (Author) , Jan-Ole Brandt (Author) , Stephanie Weigel (Author) , Markus Power (Author) , Katarina Roncevic (Author) , Julia Rudek (Author) , Lydia Kater-Wettstädt (Author) , 2024 Hamburg , 116 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Compendium/lecture notes › Transfer
Journal contributions
- Transdisciplinary learning as a key leverage for sustainability transformations
Amanda Jimenez-Aceituno (Author) , Lina Bürgener (Author) , Matthias Barth (Author) , David Lam (Author) , Daniel J. Lang (Author) , 01.10.2023 , in: Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 64 , 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
- Professionalisierung von Sachunterrichtsstudierenden durch transdisziplinäre Projektarbeit im Kontext von Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung
Lina Bürgener (Author) , 22.05.2023 , in: HLZ Herausforderung Lehrer_innenbildung - Zeitschrift zur Konzeption, Gestaltung und Diskussion, 6, 1 , p. 74-95 , 22 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Reallabore als Lernräume: Nachhaltige Stadt- und Kommunalentwicklung
Lina Bürgener (Author) , Stefanie Drautz (Author) , Daniel J. Lang (Author) , 15.10.2022 , in: Politische Ökologie, 40, 170 , p. 72-77 , 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
- Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung und Inklusion: Konzepte zusammendenken für die Gestaltung eines zukunftsfähigen Sachunterrichts
Lina Bürgener (Author) , Lydia Kater-Wettstädt (Author) , Katja Sellin (Author) , 01.01.2022 , in: widerstreit sachunterricht, 13 , p. 159-176 , 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Conference article in journal › Research › peer-review
- Die Zusammenarbeit von Lehrkräften, Hochschule und außerschulischen Bildungsakteuren – kollaborative Materialentwicklung unter der Perspektive BNE
Lina Bürgener (Author) , Matthias Barth (Author) , 05.10.2020 , in: ZEP - Zeitschrift für internationale Bildungsforschung und Entwicklungspädagogik, 43, 2 , p. 4-10 , 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Contributions to collected editions/anthologies
- Impuls – Wandel kritisch-konstruktiv gestalten lernen: Das neue Modul „Transformation“ im Leuphana Semester
Lina Bürgener (Author) , Daniel Fischer (Author) , Roberto Nigro (Author) , Laura Picht-Wiggering (Author) , 28.05.2025 Nürnberg , p. 5-14 , 10 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Article in conference proceedings › Education
- Inter- und Transdisziplinarität
Annika Weiser (Author) , Lina Bürgener (Author) , Franziska Steinbrügge (Author) , Daniel J. Lang (Author) , 01.01.2025Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
- Inter- und transdisziplinäre Forschungsprojekte als Ansatz für eine transformative Hochschulbildung
Lina Bürgener (Author) , Stefanie Meyer (Author) , 01.01.2025 , p. 193-208 , 16 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Education › peer-review
- Der Erwerb professioneller Handlungskompetenz von Sachunterrichtsstudierenden im Kontext von Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung – Kompetenzerwerb durch transdisziplinäre Projektarbeit
Lina Bürgener (Author) , Matthias Barth (Author) , 01.01.2022 1 ed. Weinheim , p. 211-231 , 21 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
- Expert*inneninterview
Lina Bürgener (Author) , Matthias Barth (Author) , 01.01.2022 Bonn , p. 427-432 , 6 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Transfer
Activities
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Deliberative Student Mini-Publics as a Catalyst of Curriculum Development in ESD. A Case Study from Leuphana University's Transformation Module
Daniel Fischer (Speaker) , Lina Bürgener (Coauthor) , Hannah Spittler (Coauthor) , Eva Kern (Coauthor) , Laura Picht-Wiggering (Speaker) , Leonie Schmitt (Coauthor) , Patricia Andrä (Coauthor)
Activity: Conference Presentations › Research
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Reconfiguring Evaluation Through Student Participation. A Case Study of an Innovative Deliberative Approach for Sustainability-Oriented Curriculum Design in Higher Education
Lina Bürgener (Speaker) , Hannah Spittler (Speaker)
Activity: Conference Presentations › Research
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Transformative Curricula as Drivers for Organisational Change: The Transformation Module at Leuphana University Lüneburg
Daniel Fischer (Speaker) , Lina Bürgener (Coauthor) , Laura Picht-Wiggering (Speaker)
→Activity: Conference Presentations › Education
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Challenges and Enablers of Learning (for Sustainability) of First-Semester Students in an Interdisciplinary Study Model at Leuphana University Germany
Lina Bürgener (Speaker) , Bennet Etsiwah (Coauthor) , Wanja Tolksdorf (Coauthor) , Laura Picht-Wiggering (Speaker) , Charlotte Gohr (Coauthor)
Activity: Conference Presentations › Research
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Institutionalizing transdisciplinary learning on different levels
Lina Bürgener (Speaker) , Marie Weiß (Speaker)
Activity: Conference Presentations › Research
Courses
These concepts are shaping discussions about our future all over the world today. Addressing them often raises even more questions than are initially answered and can sometimes feel like searching for the Holy Grail. So why make them the subject of a lecture for all first-year students?
Well, why not?
You will quickly realize that these questions come up again and again, regardless of what you study and what you do in your free time. Engaging with them can help you structure your ways of thinking and acting: starting with your own role not only as a student, but as a person who lives and learns, eats and drinks, shops and travels, to the role of science in general: Who is responsible for what? What do we consider fair, how do we imagine a sustainable future?
We will look at contributions that can offer certain approaches, but we will also be happy to cross disciplinary boundaries. We will examine the connections between different levels, systems, and concepts, starting with fundamental approaches to sustainable development and the challenges facing the world in general and young researchers in particular today: What do we really need to know in order to understand what is going on?
In the first part of the seminar, students engage with different concepts and understandings of leadership and discuss what "leadership for sustainable development" can mean in practice. Questions of justice run through this discussion: Whose interests do leaders represent, who is affected by their decisions, and who has a voice in shaping sustainability transformations?
Building on this, students form small groups, choose a focus of their own interest, and carry out a small research project following the principles of research-based learning. Leadership can be explored in any field, for example in schools, non-governmental organizations, companies, start-ups or politics. Previous projects explored leadership in areas such as fashion, renewable energy, e-mobility, gender diversity and political communication.
Depending on their focus, groups can draw on different analytical perspectives, such as adaptive leadership, responsible leadership or the concept of change agents, to examine how leaders deal with complex sustainability challenges.