User Profile

Name: Alexander Lautensach

Member Since: September 18th, 2006

Member Name: Alexander.lautensach

Last Logged In: September 18th, 2010

Location: Terrace,

Biography:

Assistant Professor, School of Education, University of Northern British Columbia, Canada

Deputy Director,

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

Training student teachers for primary & elementary schools in BC.
Associate editor of theJournal of Human Security; in charge of educational and environmental aspects of human security.
Twenty-five years of teaching experience at the secondary, tertiary, postgraduate and continuing education levels in science, ethics, and education, mostly in New Zealand and Canada.
Researcher and co-director of the Human Security Institute. I carry out teaching and research assignments with academic institutions and NGOs worldwide.

Selected Publications

Lautensach, A. 2010. Environmental Ethics for the Future: Rethinking Education to Achieve Sustainability. Saarbruecken, Germany: Lambert Academic Publishing. [mailto:]ISBN 978-3-8383-6124-6]
Lautensach, A. & S. W. Lautensach. “A Curriculum for a Secure Future: Agenda for Reform”. 2010. In Suoranta, Juha, Houston, Donna, Martin, Gregory & Peter McLaren (Eds.). The Havoc of Capitalism: Educating for Environmental and Social Justice. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.
Lautensach, A. 2009. “Teaching Values Through the Ecological Footprint”. Green Theory and Praxis: Journal of Ecopedagogy5(1): 153-168.
Lautensach, A. 2009. “The ethical basis for sustainable human security: A place for anthropocentrism?” Journal of Bioethical Inquiry6 (4): 437-455.
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.

Email:[[alex.lautensach@gmail.com ]ISBN 978-3-8383-6124-6]

Lautensach, A. & S. W. Lautensach. “A Curriculum for a Secure Future: Agenda for Reform”. 2010. In Suoranta, Juha, Houston, Donna, Martin, Gregory & Peter McLaren (Eds.). The Havoc of Capitalism: Educating for Environmental and Social Justice. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.
Lautensach, A. 2009. “Teaching Values Through the Ecological Footprint”. Green Theory and Praxis: Journal of Ecopedagogy5(1): 153-168.
Lautensach, A. 2009. “The ethical basis for sustainable human security: A place for anthropocentrism?” Journal of Bioethical Inquiry6 (4): 437-455.
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.

Email:[[alex.lautensach@gmail.com] alexl@unbc.ca

Alexander Lautensach