What future are we actually learning for and, above all, how? Amelie Schönhaar has been dealing with this question for many years. She is a research associate at the Institute of Social Sciences in Agriculture, Department of Sustainable Use of Natural Resources, at the University of Hohenheim. She studied geography (BSc.) and adult education/continuing education (M.A.) in Tübingen and social space-oriented and clinical social work (M.A.) at the FH Campus Wien. Over the years, she has built up extensive expertise at the interface between science and civil society in the fields of socio-ecological transformation, transformative learning, (higher) education for sustainable development and (dis)empowerment from a socio-spatial perspective, which she is currently contributing to the T.R.E.E. project in Hohenheim. T.R.E.E. aims to create spaces in which socio-ecological transformation processes can be experienced and learned. These spaces are embedded in a community of practice in order to advance teaching, research and practice at the university. Amelie has been committed to making universities more participatory and accessible for many years. In the spirit of inter- to transdisciplinary research, she is particularly interested in strengthening the participation and voice of students and collaboration with civil society actors.
