International Center for Ethics in the Sciences and Humanities (IZEW)

Maike Weynand

Nature and Sustainable Development

Maike Weynand has been working in the field of nature and sustainable development at the IZEW since 2021 and is a research assistant in the project KuNaH - Culture of Sustainability at Universities. She studied geography, German and educational science at the University of Tübingen.

Research focus

  • Culture of sustainability at universities

Career

  • since April 2023 social worker at tima e.V.
  • since October 2022 research assistant in the project "KuNaH - Universities in Society - Real Experiments of Transformative Learning and Research Processes for a Culture of Sustainability at Universities" (https://uni-tuebingen.de/de/240915)
  • from May 2021 - September 2022, certified research assistant at the Competence Centre for Sustainable Development at the University of Tübingen: Implementation of the project "Sustainable Development at the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Caves and Ice Age Art of the Swabian Alb" in cooperation with the State Office for Monument Preservation Stuttgart (https://uni-tuebingen.de/de/240915)
  • from 2014 - 2020 Teacher training in geography, German and educational science with completion of the First State Examination Thesis: Education for Sustainable Development - A Critical Analysis with Donna Haraway

Teaching

  • Winter semester 2024/25: Understanding, shaping, and teaching sustainable development (NWT seminar – together with Prof. Thomas Potthast and Carina Betz)
  • Winter semester 2022/23: Systemic Thinking and Acting in Times of Crisis (advanced seminar Studium Oecologicum - together with Judith Rüschhoff M.Sc)
  • Winter semester 2020/21: Sustainable Development at UNESCO World Heritage Sites (advanced seminar Studium Oecologicum - together with Prof. Thomas Potthast and Dr. Diana Grundmann)

Publications

  • Blog article: 2022: Weynand, Maike; Grundmann, Diana; Potthast, Thomas: Protecting and using – a contradiction? Sustainable development at UNESCO World Heritage sites.. In: Newsletter IZEW 2022, Nr. 1: https://uni-tuebingen.de/de/227058 (last accessed on 10/01/2025)
  • Holst, J., Fritz, H., Nölting, B., Singer-Brodowski, M., Albiez, M., Betz, C., Lang, D. J., Meyer, S., Ober, S., Parodi, O., Schaltegger, S., Scheiding, C., Weynand, M., & Potthast, T. (2024). Culture of sustainability at universities: From goal to normality. DUZ Wissenschaft & Management (02/2024), p. 20-23.
  • Blog article: 2024: Weynand, Maike; Schopp, Kerstin: Well-being and health – what do we need? A German-Tanzanian approach from the perspective of girls and smallholder women farmers. https://uni-tuebingen.de/de/260403 (last accessed on 10/01/2025)
  • Blog article: 2025: Eilan, Ulmer; Betz, Carina; Weynand, Maike; Potthast, Thomas: Wellbeing@Uni-Tübingen – Well-being as a building block for sustainable development at universities. https://uni-tuebingen.de/de/284184 (last accessed on 10/01/2025)
  • Singer-Brodowski, M. & Holst, J., Fritz, H., Nölting, B., Löde, V., Schmitt, J., Betz, C., Lang, D. J., Ober, S., Parodi, O., Schaltegger, S., Scheiding, C., Weynand, M., & Potthast, T. (2025). “Cultures of Sustainability at Universities” – a consolidated working understanding of the KuNaH joint project. http://dx.doi.org/10.17169/refubium-48838