Dr.*in Daniela Pastoors
Current affiliations
- Center of Interdisciplinary Sustainability Research (ZIN)
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- Regenerative Peace Work: Connecting Inner & Outer Transformation for Life
- Socio-ecological Transformation & (More-than-human)Environmental Peacebuilding
- Psychosocial Support, Staff Care & Culture of Care
- Transformative Education, Peace Education & Futurabilities (e.g. IDGs)
- Approaches of Elicitive Conflict Transformation (Nonviolent Communication, Theater of Liberation & more)
- Cultures of Peace, of Care, of Regeneration & of Sustainability
Academic Education | |
| 2015 - 2020 | Dr. phil. in Educational Science at the University of Marburg, Topic: "From the Duty of Care to the Culture of Care. Psychosocial staff care for peace workers in the Civil Peace Service" |
| 2012 - 2015 | M.A. peace & conflict research, University of Marburg |
| 2006 - 2010 | B.A. Cultural & Social Anthropology and Political Science (2-subject B.A.), University of Münster |
Work Experience | |
| since 04/2024 | Postdoc at ZIN & Innovation Hub Management "Socio-Ecological Sustainability" in ULYSSEUS |
| since 2017 | Freelance speaker, lecturer, moderator, and researcher in the M.A. Conflict Studies and Peacebuilding (University of Osnabrück), M.A. Peace & Conflict Studies at the Center for Conflict Research (University of Marburg), in the certificate program for university lecturers in the Central Hesse University Didactics Network, for the Working Group of Development Services e.V., the Consortium for Civil Peace Services, and others. |
| 2021 - 2023 | Executive Director in the International Fellowship of Reconciliation - German Branch |
| 2015 - 2021 | Research Scientist at the Institute of Educational Science (Department of Counseling), University of Marburg |
| 2012 | Human Rights Observation with the International Peace Observers Network (Mindanao, Philippines) |
| 2011 | Project assistance in a peacebuilding project at medica mondiale in Cologne |
Functions and Memberships | |
| since 2024 | Member, Sustainability Council of the City of Tecklenburg |
| since 2023 | Project coordination & Regional Facilitation, Project "Good life in the land of Westphalian Peace" in the program “Miteinander Reden” of the Federal Agency for Civic Education and the “Mitmach-Regionen” of the Pioneers of Change and others |
| since 2021 | Chair member, Working Group Curriculum & Didactics of the German Association for Peace and Conflict Studies (AFK) |
| since 2015 | Member, Platform Peaceful Conflict Transformation (PZKB) |
| since 2013 | Member, Center for Conflict Studies of the University of Marburg |
Publications
Pastoors, Daniela ; Buchwald, Christine ; Hartke, Lisa ; Tekath, Miriam (2025) In: Wissenschaft und Frieden, 1(2025), 61-62. Conference report (journal) | Published | |
Pastoors, Daniela ; Buchwald, Christine ; Hartke, Lisa ; Tekath, Miriam (2025) Web publication (blog article) | Published | |
Pastoors, Daniela (2025) In: ECOLOGIES OF CARE. Crossing Boders Scientific, Artistic and Activistic Residency 2023., Kyov, Czech Republic. Agronauts* Collective. Research article in digital collection (conference) | Published | |
Pastoors, Daniela ; Drees, Lukas (2025) Web publication (blog article) | Published | |
Pastoors, Daniela (2025) Review article (book contribution) | Published |
Projects
Duration: 02/07/2025 - 31/10/2027 Type of project: Own resources project | |
Duration: 01/04/2025 - 31/03/2028 Funded by: Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt Type of project: Individual project | |
Duration: 01/04/2025 - 31/03/2026 Type of project: Own resources project | |
Duration: 01/11/2023 - 31/10/2027 Funded by: EC - Lifelong Learning Programme: Erasmus+ Type of project: EU-project hosted outside University of Münster |
Talks
| Co-Creating Sustainable Futures: Inter- & Transdisciplinary Research in Real-world Lab Contexts Gumbert, Tobias ; Pastoors, Daniela ; Fuchs, Doris ; Buttschardt, Tillmann ; Steinhäuser, Cornelia (20/10/2025) Navigating Pathways: Digital Transformation of Industry – Ulysseus R&I Conference 2025, Košice Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| Experimenting for Sustainability – Envisioning Rur:ban Futures.Creating Inclusive Spaces with Tasty Tables of Utopias Pastoors, Daniela ; Froese, Rebecca (16/10/2025) URBAN.KIT: Urban Transformation - Connecting Urban Sustainability Labs, Karlsruhe Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| Roundtable on the Future of Transfer in Peace and Conflict Research Pastoors, Daniela ; Wiebering, Kees ; Held, Thomas ; Whittaker, Catherine ; Schmitz, Ginger ; Weller, Christoph (14/10/2025) TRANSFER - Herausforderung und Thema für die Friedens- und Konfliktforschung. Abschluss-Workshop des Forschungsverbunds…, Augsburg Type of talk: practical talk | |
| Conceptualization and implementation of transformative education in the project “Making the future appealing!” Pastoors, Daniela; Buttschardt, Tillmann (19/09/2025) Begleitforschungstagung des DBU-Projektclusters „Transformative Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung“, Münster Type of talk: practical talk | |
| Transformational Resilience for Regenerating People & Earth – Connecting Inner & Outer Transformation to Foster Personal, Collective & Planetary Wellbeing Pastoors, Daniela (25/08/2025) Crises and Resilience: Multidisciplinary Perspectives from Germany and Japan, Münster Type of talk: scientific talk |