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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

  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. Theorie-Praxis-Vernetzung im ZZL-Netzwerk in den vier Handlungsfeldern „Heterogenität und Inklusion“, „Kompetenzorientierte Unterrichtsgestaltung“, "Coaching & Mentoring" sowie „Lehrkräftegesundheit".
    Torben Schmidt (Project manager, academic) , Dominik Leiss (Project manager, academic) , Timo Ehmke (Project manager, academic) , Michael Besser (Project staff) , Lina Bürgener (Project staff) , Carolyn Blume (Project staff) , Milena Peperkorn (Project staff) , Timo Beckmann (Project staff) , Sabrina Kulin (Project staff) , Nele Fischer (Project staff) , Robin Pascal Straub (Project staff) , Bianka Troll (Project staff) , Anke Köhler (Project staff) , Sarina Scharnberg (Project staff) , Jule Katharina Landmeier (Project staff) , Tina Waschewski (Project staff) , Jane Brückner (Project staff) , Lutz Dollereder (Project staff) , Philipp Bode (Project staff)

    Project: Other

Publications

Books and anthologies

  1. 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 anthologiesCompendium/lecture notesTransfer

Journal contributions

  1. 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 contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  2. 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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. 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 contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  4. 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 contributionsConference article in journalResearchpeer-review

  5. 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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

Contributions to collected editions/anthologies

  1. 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/anthologiesArticle in conference proceedingsEducation

  2. Inter- und Transdisziplinarität
    Annika Weiser (Author) , Lina Bürgener (Author) , Franziska Steinbrügge (Author) , Daniel J. Lang (Author) , 01.01.2025

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologiesContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  3. 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/anthologiesContributions to collected editions/anthologiesEducationpeer-review

  4. 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/anthologiesContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  5. Expert*inneninterview
    Lina Bürgener (Author) , Matthias Barth (Author) , 01.01.2022 Bonn , p. 427-432 , 6 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologiesContributions to collected editions/anthologiesTransfer

Activities

  1. 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 PresentationsEducation

  2. 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) , Charlotte Gohr (Coauthor) , Wanja Tolksdorf (Coauthor) , Laura Picht-Wiggering (Speaker)

    Activity: Conference PresentationsResearch

  3. Institutionalizing transdisciplinary learning on different levels
    Lina Bürgener (Speaker) , Marie Weiß (Speaker)

    Activity: Conference PresentationsResearch

  4. Von Lüneburg ins Baltikum und zurück - Gemeinsam lernen und experimentieren für eine resiliente und nachhaltige Stadt- und Kommunalentwicklung
    Lina Bürgener (Coauthor) , Daniel J. Lang (Speaker) , Stefanie Drautz (Speaker)

    Activity: Conference PresentationsResearch

  5. Transdisziplinär und transformativ forschen im Format: Reallabor
    Lina Bürgener (Coauthor) , Daniel J. Lang (Speaker) , Stefanie Drautz (Speaker)

    Activity: Conference PresentationsTransfer

Courses

Lina Bürgener, Daniel Fischer, Roberto Nigro, Laura Picht-Wiggering, Sven Prien-Ribcke, Leonie Schmitt
Note: We will simultaneously translate the German lecture into English for all those who don't understand German. That means, the content of the German and the English lecture is the same. Headphones can be picked up in front of the stage at the beginning for a deposit (student ID).

The lecture forms the framework for the “Transformation” module: it introduces the complex topic of shaping a sustainable future and highlights, among other things, the four subject areas of “transformation,” “values,” “justice,” and “responsibility” from a historical and design-oriented perspective.
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?
Next appointment:
Tuesday, 2026-10-13 at 10:15
Lina Bürgener, Sven Prien-Ribcke, Leonie Schmitt
Next appointment:
Wednesday, 2027-03-10 at 08:00
Room: intern
This seminar aims to explore leadership in different contexts to address the challenges of the present times and anticipated situations going ahead in the future. By utilizing the following frameworks: the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with a specific focus on Goal 4 of the SDGs on Education, Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), and self-efficacy, students will work together to explore the concept of “leadership for sustainable development” in various contexts. Based on principles of group work and research-based learning, the students could explore the concept of leadership in any field of their interest. These can include teachers, heads of non-governmental organizations, companies, or organizations, or even policymakers. The framework of self-efficacy can be used to understand how well the leaders feel prepared to address the challenges of the present times.
Next appointment:
Tuesday, 2026-10-13 at 08:15