Curriculum

Harald Hantke is Junior Professor for Social Science Education, in particular Economic Didactics at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg. The core of his work is to take an inter- and transdisciplinary look at the structures and conditions of economic and political didactics as well as vocational and business education in the context of societal transformation processes. Against this background, the focal points of his work include:

• Interdisciplinary social science tasks in education processes (especially sustainability and democracy)
• Didactics of (socio-)economic and vocational business education
• The connection between vocational and political education
• Curricular development as part of school development
• Professionalization of educational staff across learning sites and phases
• Hybrid teaching-learning arrangements
• Dealing (of teachers and learners) with complexities, uncertainties, ambiguities and contradictions

Career

07/2025 - 09/2025: Visiting scholarship, Center for Critical Democracy Studies, American University of Paris

07/2025 - present: Co-Chair, UNESCO Chair in Higher Education for Sustainable Development, Leuphana University of Lüneburg

06/2023 - present: Junior Professor for Social Science Education, in particular Economic Didactics, Institute of Social Science Education, School of Education, Leuphana University of Lüneburg

10/2021 - 03/2024: Lecturer, Department of Geography and Regional Science, School of Environmental and Regional Sciences and Education, Karl-Franzens-University of Graz, Austria

11/2021 - 04/2023: Trainee for the teaching profession at vocational schools in the vocational subject of business and economics and in the teaching subject of politics (state examination), Studienseminar Stade and Berufsbildende Schulen II Stade

10/2018 - 01/2022: Doctor of Philosophy (Dr. phil.), School of Education, Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Reviewers: Tade Tramm (University of Hamburg), Philipp Sandermann (Leuphana University of Lüneburg), Georg Tafner (Humboldt University of Berlin)

12/2020 - 10/2021: Projectmanager, Hamburg Institute for Vocational Education and Training (HIBB) and Vocational College of Hamburg (BHH)

10/2019 - 03/2021: Lecturer, Department of Vocational and Business Education, School of Computer Science, Business, Economics and Law, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg

05/2016 - 11/2020: Research assistant, Unit of Vocational and Business Education, School of Business and Economics, Leuphana University of Lüneburg

10/2012 - 08/2017: Student, Business Education and Political Science (B.A.) as well as Teacher Training at Vocational Schools - Specialization in Business and Economics ans Political Science (M.Ed.), Leuphana University of Lüneburg

08/2009 - 01/2012: Dual vocational education and training as event manager (IHK), FKP Scorpio Konzertproduktionen GmbH and Bramfelder See Vocational School Hamburg

Memberships

• German Educational Research Association (GERA), Devision for Vocational Education and Subdivision Education for Sustainable Development
• German Association for Economic Education (DeGÖB)
• Association for Civic Education Didactics and Civic Youth and Adult Education (GPJE)
• Association for Socioeconomic Education and Research (ASEER)

Expert activities (Selection)

• Working group Vocational Education Research Network (AGBFN) of the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB)
• Cleaner and Responsible Consumption
• International Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education
• Austrian Geographical Society (ÖGG)
• Book series "Socioeconomic Education and Research"
• Journal of Educational Science (ZfE)
• Journal for Business, Economics & Ethics (zfwu)

Functions (extramural)

• Board activity in the office of treasurer, Association for Socioeconomic Education and Research (ASEER)
• Collaboration in the partner network of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) within the UNESCO program "Education for Sustainable Development: Towards achieving the SDGs"
• Collaboration in the working group "Social Cohesion and ESD" of the Federal Ministry for Education, Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMBFSFJ)
• Confidential lecturer of the Hans Böckler Foundation (HBS)
• Mentor in the framework of the Welcome Scholarship Program of the German University Foundation (DUS)

Functions (intramural)

• Director of the Institute for Social Science Education
• Director of the study programmes "Business Education (B.A.)" and "Teacher Education for Vocational Schools - Business and Economics (M.Ed.)"
• Spokesperson for the doctoral research group "Empirical Educational Research"
• Member of the Research Commission, School of Education
• Member of the Senate Commission for Academic Qualification and Career Development