Biography
Prof. Dr. Dr. Johann-Bernhard Haversath |
Curriculum vitae
Background & Education |
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1973 - 1975 |
Trainee teacher at a German high school (Wirsberg-Gymnasium) in Würzburg. |
1980 | Dissertation on Agricultural Landscapes in Roman Germany (Die Agrarlandschaft im römischen Deutschland der Kaiserzeit) at the University of Würzburg. |
1993 | Habilitation on the Development of Rural Settlements in the Southern Bavarian Forest (Die Entwicklung der ländlichen Siedlungen im südlichen Bayerischen Wald) at the University of Passau. |
Professional Experience |
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1975-1981 | Teacher at Ebern Comprehensive School / Lower Franconia. |
1981-1983 | Teacher at a German high school in Bamberg. |
1983-1993 |
Lecturer for Geography Education at the University of Passau (Since 1989: director of studies). |
1993 | Offer of a C3-professorship of Geography Education at the University of Augsburg. |
1993 | Offer of a C4-professorship of Geography Education at the University of Giessen. |
1994 | Appointment to a Chair at the University of Giessen. |
1996-2004 |
Chairman of the VDSG (Verband Deutscher Schulgeographen - Association of Geography teachers in Hesse). |
1996-2004 | Board member of the HGD (Hochschulverband für Geogrpahie und ihre Didaktik - Association for Geography and its Didactics). |
1998-2005 | Co-editor of the journal geography heute. |
Since 1999 | Consulting editor of the journal Themes in Education (Ioannina / Greece). |
2001-2005 | Member of the chairmanship of the DGfG (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Geographie - German Geography Association). |
2004-2009 | Member of the chairmanship of the DGfG (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Geographie - German Geography Association). |
Since 2006 | Editor of the journal GuiD (Geographie und ihre Didaktik - Journal of Geography Education). |
Since 2007 | Vice-chairman of the Geography Association in Gießen (Gießener Geographische Gesellschaft). |
Since 2008 | Member of Advisory board of Georg-Eckert-Institute of International Textbook research (Braunschweig) |