Heike Walk

Heike Walk is a Professor at Eberswalde University of Sustainable Development (HNEE), holding the Professorship for Transformation Governance. Based in Eberswalde, Germany, her work focuses on participatory governance, civil society engagement, and sustainability transformations through interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches.

• Habilitation in Political Science, Westfälische Wilhelms-University Münster
• PhD in Political Science (Dr. phil.), Otto-Suhr-Institute, Free University Berlin
• Diploma in Political Science, Otto-Suhr-Institute, Free University Berlin

Her research addresses democratic innovation, citizen participation, and cooperative models for sustainability. She leads the TRANSECTS project (2022–2028), creating international learning labs for transdisciplinary sustainability education, and contributes to the Inno4Ufo project (2022–2025) on business succession strategies.

Publications analyze biosphere reserve governance, environmental movement dynamics, and cooperative systems. Articles span 2018–2024, emphasizing participatory learning, transdisciplinary research methods, and innovation in sustainability education.

• Spokesperson/Board member of the University Network "Bildung durch Verantwortung" (HBdV)
• Member of the Board of Trustees of the Barnim Uckermark Citizen Foundation
• Scientific Advisory Board member at nexus Institute for Cooperative Management and Interdisciplinary Research, Berlin

Heike Walk actively bridges academia with practice through co-creative teaching methods, comparative research frameworks, and international collaboration, advancing participatory governance in sustainability contexts.