Dr. Brigitte Kürsteiner
Profile
Dr. Brigitte Kürsteiner Leiterin Global Engagement Office
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Address
Berner Fachhochschule
Office of the Vice-President Research
Global Engagement Office
Falkenplatz 16
3012 Bern
Activities
Responsibilities
Government of the Global Engagement Unit
Development of global strategic core areas
Monitoring of global educational policies and politics
Content analysis of strategic issues
Content expertise of issues of global engagement
Content expertise of global competences
Focus areas
Project management of the Pioneer Alliance at BFH
Country strategies
Risk management
Multilateral programs (Interreg)
Global competence development
CV
Biography
- Dr. Brigitte Kürsteiner is the Head of the Global Engagement Unit at Berne University of Applied Science and a researcher at the Hugo P. Cecchini Institute. She is a lecturer at the departement of geography of the University of Teacher Education Luzern. She is a former high school teacher and has a Master degree in Geography from the University of Berne and a Master of Advanced Study in Intercultural Communications from the Università della Svizzera Italiana. Finally she optained a PhD in Social Politics at the University of Fribourg in the field of posthumanist learning assemblages. Her research interests cover posthumanist pedagogies, mobility learning, transformative global education and education for sustainable development, design thinking and critical pedagogies. Geographically, her research focus is in Subsaharan Africa and Europe. She teaches Social Geography at the University of Teacher Education Luzern.
Professional experience
- June 2023 - today Head of Global Engament Unit Berne University of Applied Science
- 2014 - today University lecturer University of Teacher Education Lucerne
- 2007-2023 Director of International Relations and International Education University of Teacher Education Lucerne
- 2021-2023 Head of Core Area Global Issues Teaching University of Teacher Education Lucerne
- 2003-2007 Program Manager University of Fribourg
- 1999-2003 Assistant State Secretariat of Economic Affairs
Education
- 2022 Doctor of Philosophy University of Fribourg
- 2014 Master of Advanced Studies in Intercultural Communication Università della Svizzera Italiana
- 2001 Master of Science in Geography Universität Bern
Memberships
Internal memberships
Vice rectorate Research
Vice Rectorate Education
Hugo P. Cecchini Institut
External memberships
European Association for International Education (EAIE)
Pioneer Alliance
Member of Cluster of Cooperation East Afica and the Horn, Swissuniversities
Swiss Society for African Studies https://www.sagw.ch/africa/
Hochschulverband für Geographiedidaktik https://geographiedidaktik.org/
International Relations of the Universities of Applied Sciences and Arts, Swissuniversities
Language skills and intercultural knowledge
Language skills
- German - Native or bilingual proficiency
- French - Full professional proficiency
- English - Full professional proficiency
- Spanish - Elementary proficiency
Intercultural knowledge
- France
- Switzerland
- Cameroon
- Ghana
- Tanzania, United Republic of