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Kompetenzprofil von Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Walter Leal

Ausbildung

  • Biologiestudium an der Universität Bahia
  • Promotion, Bradford (Dr. rer.nat)
  • Post-doc, Hamburg
  • Doctor of Science  (Dr. rer.nat. habil.)
  • Doctor of Letters
  • Doctor of Philosophy

Berufstätigkeit

  • Research Assistant an der Universität Bradford
  • Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (Post-Doc), an der Universität Hamburg
  • Gründungsdirektor des Forschungszentrum ERTCEE an der Universität Bradford
  • Projektkoordinator, PREENE an der Universität Lüneburg
  • Leiter des Bereichs „Life Sciences“, TuTech Innovation GmbH, Hamburg,
  • Leiter des Forschungs- und Transferzentrums „Applications of Life Sciences“an der Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg

Zielgruppe

  • Nationale und internationale Organisationen (UNESCO, Welt Bank), Unternehmen, Behörden und sonstige Institutionen, die an Forschungs- und Anwendungsprojekten im Bereich Life Sciences interessiert sind

Weiterbildung

  • Zahlreiche Kurse, Seminare und sonstige Weiter- und Fortbildungsinitiativen im Bereich Biotechnologie, Medizintechnik, Pharma und Umweltschutztechnik.

Mitgliedschaft in Organisationen

  • Fellow des Institute of Biology (FIBiol) (GB)
  • Royal Geographical Society (FRGS) (GB)
  • Fellow der Royal Geographical Society (FRSA) (GB)
  • Fellow der Linnean Society (FLS) (GB)
  • Mitglied des Education Committee of IUCN (CH)

Consulting und Beratung

  • Consulting, Beratung und Gutachtertätigkeiten für: Britische Regierung (ODA, The British Council), UN Umweltprogramm (UN Environment Programme), UNESCO, NERC, OECD, Weltbank.

Forschungsgebiete

  • Life Sciences (allg.)
  • Umweltmanagement
  • Innovation
  • Nachhaltige Entwicklung (inkl. Energie, Klima)

Sonstige akademische Leistungen

  • Herausgeber der Zeitschrift  „International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management " (GB),
  • Herausgeber der Zeitschrift  „International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education" (GB),
  • Herausgeber der Reihe "Environmental Education and Sustainability" (Verlag Peter Lang) (DE)
  • Herausgeber der Reihe "Climate Change Management" (Springer Verlag) (DE)
  • Herausgeber der Zeitschrift  „Management of Environmental Quality“ (GB)
  • Mitglied des ‘editorial boards’ von  vier Zeitschriften: "Environmental Awareness" ;  "Biomedical and Environmental Sciences"; "Environment, Development and Sustainabiltiy";  "Sustainable Development and World Ecology"
  • Visiting Professor, Vrije Universitet (Brüssel, Belgien)
  • Associated Professor „Uppsala University (Schweden)
  • Honorary Professor „Allama Iqbal Open University“ (Pakistan), Universität Sannio (Italien), Hochschule Zittau-Görlitz (Deutschland), Universität Rezekne (Lettland)

Betreuung des wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchses  

Betreuung von zahlreichen „Masters“- und Doktorarbeiten sowie Habilitationsschriften in den Bereichen Life Sciences, Umwelttechnik, Umweltschutz und Umweltinformation.


Auszeichnungen

  • The Aurelio Peccel Prize on Educational and Scientific Studies and Research, Teatro del Dioscuri, Rom, Italien, April  1999.
  • Leading Editor Award 1999, MCB University Press, London, Mai 1999.
  • Editor of the Year Award, 2000, MCB University Press, London, Mai 2000.
  • North Sea Star Award, North Sea Commission, Aviemore, Scotland, Juni 2006.

Publikationen

Autor, Mitautor und Herausgeber von zahlreichen Büchern, 'refereed papers' und 'conference papers' über Aspekte der Life Sciences, insbesondere im Bereich Umweltschutz, Innovation und Weiterbildung. Beispiele (2006-2010):


Books/Bücher

  • LEAL FILHO, W., GREIF, D., DELAKOWITZ, B. (eds) (2006) Sustainable Chemistry and Biotechnology- A Contribution to Rivers Management. ISBN 3631550537. Peter Lang Scientific Publishers, Frankfurt.
  • LEAL FILHO, W. , CARPENTER, D. (eds) (2006) Sustainability in the Australasian University Context. ISBN 3631552726. Peter Lang Scientific Publishers, Frankfurt.
  • LEAL FILHO, W. UBELIS, A., BERZINA, D. (eds) (2006) Sustainable Development in the Baltic and Beyond. ISBN 3631552823. Peter Lang Scientific Publishers, Frankfurt.
  • LEAL FILHO, W. (ed.) (2006) Innovation, Education and Communication for Sustainable Development. ISBN 3631556446 . Peter Lang Scientific Publishers, Frankfurt.
  • LEAL FILHO, W., SALOMONE, M. (eds) (2006) Innovative Approaches to Education for Sustainable Development. ISBN 3631553110. Peter Lang Scientific Publishers, Frankfurt.
  • LEAL FILHO, W., DZEMYDIENE, D., SAKALAUSKAS, L. (eds.) (2006) Cities and Governance for Sustainable Development. ISBN 9955-28-041-7. Mikolas Romerius University Press, Vilnius.
  • LEAL FILHO, W., RIOS, R. (2007) Accountability Mechanisms in International Banks. ISBN 3631541716. Peter Lang Scientific Publishers, Frankfurt.
  • LEAL FILHO, W. and WERESA, M. (eds) (2007) Achieving Competitiveness through Innovation. ISBN 3631561369. Peter Lang Scientific Publishers, Frankfurt.
  • LEAL FILHO, W., MANNKE, F., SCHMIDT-THOMÉ, P. (eds.) (2007) Information, Communication and Education on Climate Change -European Perspectives. ISBN 978-3-631-56682-4. Peter Lang Scientific Publishers, Frankfurt.
  • LEAL FILHO, W., MANOLAS, E., SOTIRAKOU, M., BOUTAKIS, G. (eds) (2007) Higher Education and the Challenge of Sustainability: Problems, Promises and Good Practice. Evrographics, Orestiada. ISBN 978-960-98058-1-0.
  • AZEITEIRO, U. GONÇALVES, F., LEAL FILHO, W. , MORGADO, F., PEREIRA,M., PEREIRA,R. (eds) (2008) Science and Environmental Education. ISBN 978-3-631554067. Peter Lang Scientific Publishers, Frankfurt.
  • LEAL FILHO, W. BRANDT, N., KRAHN, D. WENNERSTEN, R. (eds) (2008) Conflict Resolution in Coastal Zone Management. ISBN 978-3-631573754. Peter Lang Scientific Publishers, Frankfurt.
  • LEAL FILHO, W. and WERESA, M. (eds) (2008) Fostering Innovation and Knowledge Transfer in European Regions ISBN 978-3-631-58195-7.   Peter Lang Scientific Publishers, Frankfurt.  
  • LEAL  FILHO, W., IDOWU, S. (Eds) (2009) Global Practices of Corporate Social Responsibility.  ISBN 978- 3- 540-68812-9. Springer Verlag Berlin. LEAL FILHO, W., MANNKE, F. (eds) 2009) Interdisciplinary Aspects of Climate Change. ISBN 9783631581537. Peter Lang Scientific Publishers, Frankfurt.
  • LEAL FILHO, W., KUCHTA, K., MANNKE, F., HAKER, K. (eds) (2010) Renewable Energy in Turkey and Selected European Countries. ISBN 9783631599228. Peter Lang Scientific Publishers, Frankfurt.
  • LEAL FILHO, W. (ed) (2010) Sustainability at Universities: Opportunities, Challenges and Trends. ISBN 9783631596906. Peter Lang Scientific Publishers, Frankfurt.
  • LEAL FILHO, W, IDOWU,  S. (eds) (2010)  Professional Perspectives on Global Social Responsibility. ISBN 978-3-642-02629-4. Springer, Berlin.

Book chapters /Beiträge in Bücher

  • LEAL FILHO, W & PACE, P. (2006) The UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development: meeting the Challenges or Another Missed Opportunity? In Manolas, E. (ed) Sustainable Management and Development
    of Mountainous and Island Areas. ISBN 9608934508. Media, University of Crete.
  • LEAL FILHO (2007) SmartLIFE: Towards European Approaches to Sustainable Building. In Marx-Goméz, J., et al (eds) (2007) Information Technologies for Environmental Engineering. Springer Verlag, Heildeberg. ISBN 3540713344.
  • LEAL FILHO, W. (2007) Ausbildung in Industrial Ecology. In In Isenmann, R. & von Hauff, M. (Hrsg.) (2007) Industrial Ecology: mit Ökologie zukunftsorientiert wirtschaften. Elsevier, Munich. ISBN 9783827418067.
  • LEAL FILHO, W., KRAHN, D. (2007) COASTMAN: Integrative Approaches to Sustainable Coastal Zone Management in the Baltic Sea. In Schernewski, G. Glaeser, B., Scheibe, R., Sekscinska, A., Thamm, R. (eds.) Coastal Development: the Oder Estuary and Beyond. EUCC, Rostock. ISBN 0928-2734. pp. 237-244.
  • LEAL FILHO, W. (2007) New technologies and their transfer in industry, research and universities. In Buszewski, B., Jaskula, M., Rozploch, F. (eds.) "The Science and Education in Europe". Societas Humboldtiana
    Polonorum. ISBN 978-83-923622-1-0.
  • LEAL FILHO, W., HOLDA, A., KRAHN, D. (2007) An Analysis oft he Environmental Management Elements of the Water Framework Directive and its Implementation Components. In Mäkinen, H. (ed.) Enhancing Training
    on Collaborative Planning of Natural Resources Management. Finnish Environment Institute. ISBN 1796-1718.
  • LEAL FILHO; W., MANOLAS, E., TAMPAKIS, S., KARANIKOLA, P. (2008). Who should bear the cost of environmental protection? The use of survey results in environmental education, Scientific Annals of the Department of Forestry and Management of the Environment and Natural Resources, Democritus University of Thrace, 1st Volume, Thessaloniki: Kyriakidis Publications, pp. 471-480.
  • LEAL FILHO, W., MANNKE, F. (2009)   Addressing the use of non-traditional methods of environmental education: achieving the greatest environmental and educational benefit for the European region. In Addressing Global Environmental Security Through Innovative Educational Curricula. In Allen-Gil, S., Stelljes, L., Borysova, O. (eds). Springer Verlag, Doordrecht. ISBN 978-1-4020-9313-5.

Papers

  • LEAL FILHO, W., GELI, A. M. (2006) Education for Sustainability in Education Studies: experiences from a project involving European and Latin American Universities. International Journal of Sustainability in
    Higher Education, 7 (1), pp. 81-93.
  • LEAL FILHO, W., JUURIKAS, J. (2006) An Overview of the Environmental Management Dimensions of Current and Future Conflicts in the Use of the River Elbe in Hamburg. International Journal of Global Energy Issues, 6
    (4), pp. 362-372.
  • LEAL FILHO, W. , KYVELOU, S. (2006) Sustainable management and urban space quality in the Mediterranean: challenges and perspectives" . Management of Environmental Quality, 17 (5), pp 611-624.
  • LEAL FILHO, W. (2006) Promotion and support of innovation infrastructure: examples from the City of Hamburg. In Int. J. Foresight and Innovation Policy, 2 (2), pp. 119-132.
  • LEAL FILHO, W. (2007) Communicating Sustainability in Europe: some international considerations and challenges. In Environmental Awareness, 30 (1), pp. 15-18.
  • LEAL FILHO, W. (2007) An Overview of Education for Sustainable Development in Europe. In Environmental Education, 86 (2), pp. 15-18.
  • LEAL FILHO, W. ; ONWUEME, I., BORSARI, B. (2008) An analysis of some paradoxes in alternative agriculture and a vision of sustainability for future food systems. In International Journal of Agricultural Resources,
    Governance and Ecology, Vol. 7, No. 3, pp. 199-210.
  • LEAL FILHO, W., POLYZOS, S., CHRISTOPOULOU, O., MINETOS, D. (2008) An overview of urban-rural land use interactions in Greece. In International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology,
    Vol. 7, No 3, pp. 276-296.
  • LEAL FILHO, W. (2008) Preventing an Environmental Crisis in the Baltic Region: an outline of the action needed. In Transformations, 5 (7), pp. 172-183.  LEAL FILHO, W. (2008) An overview of trends related to tropical rainforest depletion and climate change. In  International Journal of Environmental Monitoring, vol 10, issue 9, pp.  1001-1006.  
  • LEAL FILHO, W. KLIUCININKAS, L., BALKEVICIENE, B., MOCKUVIENE, J. (2008) Experiences in the modelling of traffic  policy measures for ambient air quality management in Lithuania.  In Int. J. Environment and Pollution, Vol. 35, No. 1, pp. 13-24.  
  • LEAL FILHO, W., PACE, P., MANOLAS, E. (2008) Education for Sustainable Development: current discourses and practices and their relevance to Technology Education. In  International Journal of Technology and Design Education 19 (1), pp 17-34 .
  • LEAL FILHO, W., SCHWARZ, J. (2008) Engaging Stakeholders in a Sustainability Context: the Regional Centre of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development in Hamburg and Region. In International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 9 (4), pp. 498-508.                
  • LEAL FILHO, W., LOUCA, S., KATSIOLOUDES, M. (2008) Fostering innovation by reengineering the academic research area: examples from Cyprus. In International Journal of Foresight and Innovation Policy 2008 - Vol. 4, No.3/4  pp. 359 – 382.
  • LEAL FILHO, W. & MANNKE, F. (2009) Towards policies and adaptation strategies to climate change in the Baltic Sea region — outputs of the ASTRA project. In Boreal Environmental  Research 14, pp. 250–254. LEAL FILHO, W., FINISTERRA DO PACO, A. RAPOSO, M.L.B. (2009) Identifying the green consumer: a segmentation study. In Journal of Targeting, Measurement and Analysis for Marketing 17 (1), pp. 17-26.
  • LEAL FILHO, W. , BABIR, J. SPIRIC, J. (2009) An appraisal of measures to cope with climate change in the Baltic Sea. In Management of Environmental Quality, 20 (1), pp 82-91.
  • LEAL FILHO, W. (2009) Communicating climate change: challenges ahead and action needed. In International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management, 1 (1), pp. 6-18
  • LEAL FILHO, W., SANTOS, R., WENNERSTEN, R., OLIVA, E. B. L. (2009) Strategies for competitiveness and sustainability: Adaptation  of a Brazilian subsidiary of a Swedish multinational corporation. In Journal of Environmental Management,  vol 90 (8), pp. 3708-3716.
  • LEAL FILHO, W., TOPAL, S., ÖNGEN, A. (2009) An Analysis of Corporate Social Responsibility and  its Usefulness in Catalysing Ecosystem Sustainability. In International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development. In International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development, Vol. 8, No.2  pp. 173 - 189.  
  • LEAL FILHO, W., ELTAYEB, T.K., ZAILANI, S. (2010) Green business among certified companies in Malaysia towards environmental sustainability: benchmarking on the drivers, initiatives and outcomes. In Int. J. Environmental Technology and Management, Vol. 12, No. 1, pp.95–125.
  • LEAL FILHO, W., POCIOVELITEANU, D-M., THALASSINOS, E. (2010) Trends and challengesin the energy sector of Romania in the post-accession to the European Union. In Int. J. Environmental Technology and Management, Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 3–15.