Geography (Didactics)
Sustainability
History of Science
Current Projects
Exploring the Divergent Cultures of Education for Sustainable Development
This project investigates the divergent cultures of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in teacher and business education across Germany and Israel. Drawing on historical and ethnographic methods, it explores how distinct disciplinary, institutional, and national contexts have produced contrasting didactic frameworks and epistemic logics. The research aims to uncover how these frameworks shape educational practices and examines the potential for cross-cultural dialogue and mutual learning in ESD implementation. By situating science education and didactics as culturally embedded practices, the project contributes to rethinking sustainability education in higher education from a transnational and interdisciplinary perspective.
Curriculum Vitae
2023–2025 Research Associate (full-time)
Chair of Geography Education (Prof. Eva Nöthen), University of Bonn
2020–2023 Research Associate (full-time)
Chair of Historical Geography (Prof. Winfried Schenk), University of Bonn
2018–2020 Student Research Assistant
Chair of Historical Geography (Prof. Winfried Schenk), University of Bonn
2018 Assistant to the Correspondent
Catholic News Agency (KNA), Jerusalem
Fellowships and Grants
2025 Invited Researcher and Guest Lecturer, Henan Academy of Sciences (Zhengzhou)
2025 Visiting Lectureship and Research Stay, Emory University Center for Digital Scholarship (Atlanta), Collaborative Research Grant, University of Bonn
2024 Visiting Lectureship, Department of Social and Economic Geography, Eötvös Loránd University (Budapest), Erasmus+
2023 Visiting Lectureship, Department of Social Geography and Regional Development, Charles University (Prague), Erasmus+
2022 Visiting Lectureship and Research Stay, Graduate School of Kokugakuin University (Tokyo), International Academic Exchange Program “Short Term Visiting Researcher”
Education
2024 PhD from the University of Bonn (Geography), certificate: Dr. rer. nat.
2020 M. Ed. (with honors) in Geography, Catholic Theology & Educational Sciences from the University of Bonn
2020 B.A. in History from the University of Bonn
2018 B.A. in Geography, Catholic Theology & Educational Sciences from the University of Bonn
Publications
Books
2025: Ein Geograph in Japan. Praktiken der Forschungsreise Johannes Justus Reins. (Colloquium Geographicum 40) (Ferger) Bergisch Gladbach.
Edited books
2021: Japan 1873-1875: Die Tagebücher des Bonner Geographieprofessors Johannes Justus Rein.Vol. 2. (Colloquium Geographicum 38) (Ferger) Bergisch Gladbach. (with Kusune, S. & W. Schenk).
2020: Japan 1873-1875: Die Tagebücher des Bonner Geographieprofessors Johannes Justus Rein. Vol. 1. (Colloquium Geographicum 37) (Ferger) Bergisch Gladbach. (with Kusune, S. & W. Schenk).
Chapters in books
2024: Consistency or Transformation? Geographical Research Practices on J. J. Rein’s Expedition to Japan. In: Happel, J., Hussinger, M., Raupach, H. (eds.): Expeditions in the long 19th century. Discovering, Surveying, and Ordering. (Routledge) New York, pp. 140-165.
Articles
2025: Zwischen Abwanderung und Aufbruch. Die Insel Awaji als Zukunftsmodell ländlicher Regionalentwicklung in Japan? In: Praxis Geographie 06/2025, pp. 24-29. (with Nakai, A., Nöthen, E. & R. Yamamoto).
2025:From Fieldwork in Japan to Print: The Reciprocal Relationship between Johannes Justus Rein and the Perthes Publishing House. In: Mapping Africa and Asia.
Presentations
"Johannes Justus Rein & Philipp Franz von Siebold. Tracing the Lines Between Two Scholars of Japan". Conference: "International Siebold-Conference". Kasteel Middachten, Arnhem. 13.09.2025.
"Stabilization or Irritation: Religion as a Topic in Regional Geographical Research". Conference: "10th EUGEO Congress. Geographies of a Changing Europe". Wien. 09.09.2025.
"Disciplinary Memory as a Negotiation Process: Dealing with Carl Troll and Colonial Heritage at the Institute of Geography in Bonn." Conference: "Geographisches Wissen im Wandel: Akteure, Nertzwerk und Medien". Berlin. 01.09.2025.
"Cultural Landscape Care in Germany". Presentation with Winfried Schenk. Henan Academy of Sciences. Zhengzhou. 21.07.2025.
"Education for Sustainable Development & German Historical Geography. Impulses from the Field of Cultural Landscape Management". Conference: "18th International Conference of Historical Geographers". Shanghai. 13.07.2025.
"Place and Space. A transfer from geography to architecture (history)". Presentation in "Atlanta Architecture in the Twentieth Century", Christina Crawford (Emory University). Atlanta. 25.02.2025.
"Praxeological History of Science/Regional Geography. Reflections on concepts in research and teaching." Guest lecture at the ELTE Department of Social and Economic Geography. Budapest. 04.03.2024.
"Regional Geography: Germany and its borders". Guest lecture at the Department of Social Geography and Regional Development. Charles University Prague. 16.03.2023.
"A Global History of Johannes Justus Rein's Research on Japan Actors, Networks & Practices". Society of National Historians of Japan, Historical Geography Meeting. Kokugakuin University. Tokyo. 08.10.2022.
"J. J. Rein's Diary of his travels in Japan 1873-75. Provinces and industry during the Meiji Restoration as seen by a German geographer". Kokugakuin University Faculty of Letters. Lecture Series. Kokugakuin University. Tokyo. 01.10.2022.
"A German Geographer in Japan. Impressions from the Travel Diary (1873-75) of Johannes Justus Rein". JDG Ishikawa/Japan-EU-Association. Hakusan City. 25.09.2022.