Merle Biermann

since 09/2025:
Research assistant in the project “Das Lebenselement Wasser und unsere gemeinsame Zukunft – Diskurse zur nachhaltigen Entwicklung im Kontext der Klimakrise”
Institute of Science Education (Geography education), Leibniz University Hannover

since 07/2025:
Research assistant in the geography education section
Institute of Science Education, Leibniz University Hannover

09/2024 - 10/2025:
Research assistant in the project „Nurturing Global Citizens through Sustainable Education and Future Learning“
Institute of English and American Studies (Dep. English Language Education), TU Braunschweig

10/2023-03/2024:
Teaching assignment: Seminar „Politische Bildung im Geographieunterricht“ (Winter term 2023/2024)
Institute of Science Education (Geography education), Leibniz University Hannover

07/2023 - 07/2025:
Research assistant in the project „Low-Emission-Schools in Northern Germany (LESSCO₂)“
Institute of Science Education (Geography education), Leibniz University Hannover

09/2020 – 10/2020:
Student assistant at the Equal Opportunities Office, Leibniz University Hannover (“Homeschooling-Project”)

05/2020 – 07/2020 and 10/2021 – 05/2020:
Participant in the LSE-project “LernenVernetzt”, Leibniz University Hannover (Volunteering)

2019 – 2023:
Master’s Teacher Training Course for Grammar Schools (M.Ed.): English, Geography
Leibniz University Hannover

10/2019 – 05/2020:
Teaching Assistant at Gorey Community School, Gorey (Wexford), Republic of Ireland

2016 – 2019:
Interdisciplinary Bachelor’s Degree Programme (2-Subjects bachelor) (B.A.): English, Geography 
Leibniz University Hannover

2014:
Abitur, Gymnasium Ulricianum Aurich

2025
“Water and our common future – raising awareness of water sustainability in geography education”, International Geographical Union's Commission of Geographical Education's (IGU-CGE) Conference, Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS), Stellenbosch, South Africa, 29.10.2025.

„Fostering transformative literacy to enable transformative action: Reflecting on the project “Low-Emission-Schools in Northern Germany (LESSCO2)”“, 10^th EUGEO Congress, Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW), Vienna, Austria, 09.09.2025.

2024
"Low-Emission-Schools in Northern Germany": Enabling Pupils' Climate-friendly Behaviour via Project-based Learning“, 35^th International Geographical Congress (IGC), Dublin City University (DCU), Dublin, Republic of Ireland, 27.08.2024.

2023
„Klimabewusstes Handeln für die planetare Zukunft: Das Projekt „Low-Emission-Schools in Norddeutschland (LESSCO2)““, Deutscher Kongress für Geographie (DKG), Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, 21.09.2023.

12/2023
Award of the “Leibniz Talents” prize, category: Special academic achievements
Leibniz University Hannover

02/2023
Master’s degree M.Ed. with distinction

since 04/2025:
Deputy Equal Opportunities Officer at the Faculty of Natural Sciences

Hochschulverband für Geographiedidaktik (HGD)