Cornelia Averdunk

Cornelia Averdunk (née Franke) is a part-time lecturer and doctoral researcher at the Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Leipzig. She holds a Dr. rer. nat. in Biology Didactics and works at Freies Gymnasium Borsdorf in Leipzig. Her research focuses on Conceptual Change Stories and systems thinking in ecological education.

• University of Leipzig (PhD in Biology Didactics, 2022–present)
• Hans Böckler Foundation (Doctoral Scholarship, 2023)
• Freies Gymnasium Borsdorf (Part-Time Lecturer, since 2024)

Research Interests: Her work explores narrative teaching strategies to enhance systems understanding in ecology, applying Conceptual Change Theory to secondary school biology education. She investigates food web interactions and conceptual shifts in ecological contexts.

Scientific Awards:

• Pre-Doc Award (2021), University of Leipzig
• Doctoral Scholarship (2023), Hans Böckler Foundation