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Theses

Theses

Bachelor and Master

The Sustainability Education Research Group (SERG) supervises Bachelor and Master thesis projects, primarily in the teacher education programs.

On the linked pages below we provide information on completed thesis projects and open thesis topics as well as extensive guidelines for students interested in writing their thesis with us.

PhD and Doctoral Theses

Professor Fischer also supervises PhD projects. Please contact him directly for any PhD-related queries.

Please note that currently there are no open PhD positions in our group.

Completed PhD Thesis Projects

The list below a list of completed PhD projects that Professor Fischer was involved in in different roles. For current PhD projects, please see Our Team.

Areias, Salomé (2025). Towards Reducation: Exploring the Links between Oneness and Fashion Consumption [PhD Dissertation]. NOVA School of Science & Technology, Lisboa. Antje Disterheft (First Supervisor), João Pedro Costa Luz Baptista Gouveia (Second Supervisor), Daniel Fischer (Third Supervisor)

Birdman, Jodie (2025). Educating Future Change Agents: Building Curricula for Key Sustainability Competencies [PhD Dissertation]. Leuphana University Lüneburg. Daniel J. Lang (First Supervisor), Daniel Fischer (Second Supervisor), Mandy Singer-Brodowski (Third Supervisor)

Schmeiduch, Lena (2025). It’s about time: Understanding sustainability through a temporal research lens [PhD Dissertation]. University of Osnabrück. Karsten Müller (First Supervisor), Daniel Fischer (External Reviewer)

Goller, Antje (2024). Education for Sustainable Development: Understandings of Teacher Educators in University-Based Pre-Service Teacher Education Programs [PhD Dissertation]. University of Vechta. Marco Rieckmann (First Supervisor), Jana Markert (Second Supervisor), Daniel Fischer (External Reviewer)

Sundermann, Anna (2024). Change in sustainability conceptions: A mixed-methods study of undergraduates’ learning processes and outcomes [PhD Dissertation]. Leuphana University Lüneburg. Gerd Michelsen (First Supervisor), Daniel Fischer (Second Supervisor), Katja Brundiers (Third Supervisor)

King, Jordan (2024). Assessment in Sustainability Education: Learning Towards Innovations in Transdisciplinary Practice [PhD Dissertation]. Arizona State University. Daniel Fischer (First Supervisor), Kelli Larson (Second Supervisor), Katja Brundiers (Third Supervisor)

Grauer, Claire (2023). Learning time in Environmental and Sustainability Eduction. Promoting time as a resource for sustainability in formal education [PhD Dissertation]. Leuphana University Lüneburg. Daniel Fischer (First Supervisor), Simone Abels (Second Supervisor), Katja Brundiers (Third Supervisor)

Huang, Yanyan (2023). Exploring the role of externalization of shared values for sustainability transformation: empirical lessons from China [PhD Dissertation]. Arjen Wals (Promotor), Marie Harden (Promotor), Renate Wesselink (Co-promoter), Daniel Fischer (Opponent)

Hipp, Tamina (2022). Long live technology? On dealing with electronic devices in everyday life [PhD Dissertation]. Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg. Melanie Jäger-Erben (First Supervisor), Daniel Fischer (Second Supervisor).

Bernoit-Kosler, Barbara (2022). Children as actors in sustainable development. A reconstructive study of philosophical inquiries with children about human-nature relations [PhD Dissertation]. Leuphana University Lüneburg. Ute Stoltenberg (First Supervisor), Daniel Fischer (Second Supervisor), Lars Keller (Third Supervisor)

Rodríguez Aboytes, Jorge Gustavo (2022). Transformative learning in the sustainability transformation of the textile-fashion industry in Mexico [PhD Dissertation]. Leuphana University Lüneburg. Matthias Barth (First Supervisor), Daniel Fischer (Second Supervisor), Daniel J. Lang (Third Supervisor)

Rathgens, Julius (2021). Fairtrade: Going Beyond Certificates. Empirical Nuance of Drivers and Barriers to Transform the Global Coffee Sector [PhD Dissertation]. Leuphana University Lüneburg. Henrik von Wehrden (First Supervisor), Daniel Fischer (Second Supervisor), Matthias Barth (Third Supervisor)

Redman, Aaron (2020). Assessing the Development of Key Competencies in Sustainability [PhD Dissertation]. Arizona State University, School of Sustainability: Tempe, Arizona (USA). Arnim Wiek (First Supervisor), Matthias Barth (Second Supervisor), George Basile (Committee Member), Daniel Fischer (Committee Member), Yoko Mochizuki (Committee Member)

Boehme, Tina (2020). Mindfulness training in schools: a way towards more sustainable consumer behavior among youths? [PhD Dissertation] Technische Universität Berlin. Ulf Schrader (First Supervisor), Daniel Fischer (Second Supervisor), Elke van der Meer (Third Supervisor)

Frank, Pascal (2020). Developing Affective-Motivational Competence within Education for Sustainable Consumption through Self-Reflexive Learning Activities [PhD Dissertation]. Leuphana University Lüneburg. Daniel Fischer (First Supervisor), Regine Herbrik (Second Supervisor), Christine Wamsler (Third Supervisor)

Stanszus, Laura (2019). Education for Sustainable Consumption through Mindfulness Training: Conceptualization and Results of an Intervention Study [PhD Dissertation]. Technische Universität Berlin. Ulf Schrader (First Supervisor), Nina Langen (Second Supervisor), Daniel Fischer (Third Supervisor)

Fischer, Matthias (2018). From measuring the immeasurable to designing the discourse. Considering sustainability in German health politics dialectically [PhD Dissertation]. Leuphana University Lüneburg. Harald Heinrichs (First Supervisor), Pim Martens (Second Supervisor), Daniel Fischer (Third Supervisor)

Saleh, Mohamad Saifudin (2016). Environmental communication among the media and environmental non-governmental organizations (ENGO’s) in Malaysia: a roller coaster ride? [PhD Dissertation] Leuphana University Lüneburg. Harald Heinrichs (First Supervisor), Nik Norma Nik Hasan (Second Supervisor), Daniel Fischer (Third Supervisor)