Prof. Dr. Harald Hantke

Prof. Dr. Harald Hantke is Extraordinary Professor of Social Science Education and UNESCO Co-Chair in Higher Education for Sustainable Development at Leuphana University Lüneburg, where he is an associated member of the Sustainability Education Research Group (SERG).

In his research and teaching, he examines the structures, conditions and developments of the didactics of politics, economics and society in the context of societal transformation, using interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches. His work covers social science learning with a focus on sustainability and democracy, political and socio-economic education in vocational contexts, and curriculum development as part of school development.

A further focus is the professionalisation of educational staff across learning sites and educational phases, and how teachers and learners deal with complexity, uncertainty, ambiguity and contradiction.