Jessen, Svenja, M.A. // University of Oldenburg

Cultural scientist
WM Mediation and education for sustainable development

Biographical data

Since 2020 Research assistant at the Institute of Material Culture
2016/2017 Certificate programme in Sustainable Exhibition Management and Evaluation at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg
2008/2009 Part-time multiplier training in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in all-day schools organised by the Free University of Berlin
1999-2005 Master of Arts in Cultural Studies, Art History and German Studies at the University of Bremen, the University of Bergen (Norway) and the University of Sundsvall (Sweden)

2022 Media wall "Cotton stories" as part of the Futur 21 project for the Cromford textile factory, Ratingen
2022 Copywriter for the project "Follow the Future" at the sites St. Antony-Hütte in Oberhausen, Tuchfabrik Müller in Euskirchen, Zeche Nachtigall in Witten and Ziegelei Lage as part of the LWL Industriemuseen's Futur 21 project
2021/22 Participatory exhibition project "WohnKLIMA" with children and young people from Bremen at the Speicher XI harbour museum
2021 Conception of the workshop programme "HarbourClimate" for secondary school pupils at the Speicher XI harbour museum
2020 Digital exhibition project with Bremen schools: BauWELT digital
2019 Participatory exhibition project"FadenWERK" with children and young people from Bremen at the Speicher XI harbour museum
2018 - 2019 Travelling exhibition"use-less" at the Speicher XI harbour museum
2017 Educational and exhibition project Diversity in the Box with children and young people from Bremen at the Speicher XI harbour museum
2016/2017 ÜberLebensmittel (travelling exhibition of the DBU)
2014/2015 Future energy transition project (DBU travelling exhibition)
2012/2013 KonsumKompass (travelling exhibition of the DBU)
2008/2007 Patentwerkstatt Bionik and WasserWissen (DBU travelling exhibitions)

29.09.2022 The material box "Slow Fashion". Further training programme at the youth art school in Schmallenberg for teachers and extracurricular educators
31.08.2022 Lecture with Dr Heike Derwanz (Academy of Fine Arts Vienna) "Transfer through co-operation and service learning in textile didactics" at the conference "Subject didactics at the centre of research transfer and transfer research" of the German Society for Subject Didactics (GFD) and the Austrian Society for Subject Didactics (ÖGFD) from 29 to 31 August 2022 in Vienna
19 and 20 May 2022 Workshops on the "Slow Fashion" materials box for teachers and multipliers at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
28.05.2021 Lecture together with Ulrike Oltmanns (Grundschulverband e.V.) "Education for sustainable development with a focus on global learning" for the interdisciplinary colloquium on subject teaching at the Universities of Oldenburg and Bremen
23.02.2021 Online training "Slow Fashion" in digital and hybrid teaching as part of the festival "Die Textile"
2.12.2020 Online training material box "Slow Fashion" as part of the festival "Die Textile"

2019/2020 "Slow Fashion" Learning box and educational materials on the topic of clothing for primary and secondary schools
2019/2020 Building adventures Learning box and educational materials on the topic of sustainable building worldwide for primary and secondary schools
2018"KartoffelMIX" planting and exhibition project with Bremen daycare centres and primary schools
2018 Publication for "One World at School" and UNICEF Children's Rights - School and Reading Worldwide
2017 Educational materials for the competition"all for ONE WORLD for all" for grades 1 - 6 and jury work
Since 2017 Editorial work and authorship for the magazine"Eine Welt in der Schule"
2017 and 2018 Educational and public relations work for GEO Tag der Natur e.V.
2011 and 2014 Youth Congress on Biodiversity "Youth-Future-Diversity"
2009 - 2011 Pupil and youth competition "Discover diversity" organised by the German Federal Environmental Foundation

2018 Foundation of "kontexturei": Freelance work as an author and designer for exhibitions and educational programmes
2017-2018 Public relations and educational work for GEO Biodiversity Day
2017-2018 Project employee"One World at School" of the Grundschulverband e.V. (Primary School Association)
2008-2017 Research assistant at the Centre for Environmental Communication of the German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU) in the field of travelling exhibitions and education for sustainable development