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Paula Jäger

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Paula Jäger Fellow

Research assistant Geography Education

Mail: paula.jaeger@geo.uni-halle.de Tel: +49 (0)345 55 ​26072 Room: H3 4.26 Consultation hours: by arrangement(during the semester break only by appointment)

Focus Areas:

Research fellow in the OERLe project

Research

Research interests

  • Transformation processes in educational institutions
  • Institutionalisation practices of ESD & ESD in teacher education
  • Open Educational Practices

Biography

Currently

Parental leave

Since 06/2024

Research fellow in the OERLe project

09/2021-03/2024

Teacher traineeship, graduation: second state examination

01/2021-07/2021

Honorary teacher at Elisabeth-Gymnasium Halle (Saale)

08/2019-12/2020

Student research assistant in the Department of Anthropogeography at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

03/2019-06/2019

Internship at the Galabov-Gymnasium in Sofia, Bulgaria

09/2018-07/2020

Teacher at Loop e.V.

10/2017-12/2018

Student research assistant in the Department of Geography Education at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

06/2016-09/2017

Student research assistant in the Department of Economic Geography at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

10/2014-01/2021

Studies for the teaching profession at grammar schools for the subjects geography, biology at the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, degree: First state examination

Publications

Enzmann, J., Jäger, P., & Lindau, A.-K. (2026). Drawing the Boundaries of Controversy: Justifying the Inclusion and Exclusion of Climate Change Perspectives in Geography Teacher Education. European Journal of Geography, 17(2), 318-337. https://doi.org/10.48088/ejg.j.enz.17.2.318.337

Talks

Jäger, P. (2025). ESD practices in the second phase of teacher education. Presented at the HGD Young Teachers’ Conference 2025 “Future-oriented paths in geography: Didactic approaches for a complex world” in Augsburg, Germany

Workshops

02.09.2025 “I have to be neutral! – Dealing with controversy in the context of ESD” – Workshop at the Senatra final conference “Learning the future, shaping change: Innovative Formats for Education for Sustainable Development in Higher Education” at the University of Vechta (together with Janna Enzmann)

30.04.2025 “Between neutrality and positioning: Shaping controversy in ESD” – Workshop for university lecturers, second-phase trainers and students as part of the study day “Education for Sustainable Development in Teacher Training” at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (together with Janna Enzmann)

18.06.2024 “Experiencing, understanding and planning ESD” – workshop for teachers preparing to teach at secondary schools