Contributor: Alexander Lautensach
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The Human Security Institute, New Zealand
Born in Munich, Germany. Canadian and NZ Citizen; married.
Academic Background
- Dipl. Biol. Genetics, Zoology, Biochemistry. University of Munich, Germany
- M.Sc. Molecular Biology. University of Guelph, Canada
- B.Ed. University of Toronto, Canada
- M.Sc.T. (science education). McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
- PhD. (education in environmental ethics). University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Research Expertise
- Environmental ethics and human behavior;
- Determinants of human security in the areas of health and environmental support structures;
- Science education and values;
- Teaching for sustainability.
Other Areas of Expertise
- Associate editor of the Australasian Journal of Human Security; in charge of educational and environmental aspects of human security.
- Twenty years of teaching experience at the secondary, tertiary, postgraduate and continuing education levels in science, ethics, and education, mostly in New Zealand and Canada. (details in CV)
- Principal investigator in a project on affective learning outcomes in first-year biology. (Univ. of Auckland Teaching Improvement Grant 2004/5)
- Researcher and co-director of the Human Security Institute. I carry out teaching and research assignments with academic institutions and NGOs worldwide.
Recent Publications
- Lautensach, A.K. 2006. “Moral Concern for the Objects of Scientific Research”. International J. of the Humanities, 3(6):1447-1456.
- Lautensach, A.K. 2005. “The Values of Ecologists”. Environmental Values, 14(2):241-250.
- Lautensach, A.K. and Lautensach, S.W. “New Thinking The Challenge of Global Sustainability”. New Thinking, 2(1):(Winter/Spring 2004).
- Lautensach, A. “Agenda for curriculum reform towards sustainability”. Lautensach, S.W. and A. Lautensach. “Pursuing Environmental Justice from a Human Security Perspective”. Both presented at the 4th Global Conference on Environmental Justice and Global Citizenship, Mansfield College, Oxford University 5-7 July 2005. (Proceedings forthcoming)
Email: Alexander K. Lautensach



