Transformational and aspirational knowledge.
For a sustainable future.
Sustainability requires that policies and decisions be primarily based on evidence and on reason.
Expert and scientific knowledge is the backbone of sustainable development. At the same time, this knowledge is an outcome of deliberations, critical debate, and moral judgment. My mission is to help link science with compassion, creativity and empathy. Expert and scientific knowledge is transformational, when its purpose is to help the weakest of us to be part of a sustainable future.
THE NEW INSTITUTE has given me the opportunity to commence my project „Homo Curans“ this Autumn 2023 in the context of a Fellowship that “develops concrete visions of future socio-economic and political realities (…) on the basis of humanistic and social-scientific reflection on human becoming.” The project is also part of my collaboration with the Deep Institutional Innovation for Sustainability and Human Development (DIIS) network hosted by the University College Cork.
New project
Our sustainable future is driven by critical minds.
As an academic scholar, I see myself in a unique and yet challenging position. My perspectives connect the aspirations of the Global North and the Global South. I employ research methods that follow the systems analytical approaches that highlight the details in terms of context without losing the bigger pictures as explained through global discourses.
Recent Publications:
Hernandez, A.M. (2022) Tying the knot: questions on voluntary sustainability standards and corporate due diligence laws
in: United Nations Forum on Sustainability Standards (UNFSS) (ed.), Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS), Sustainability Agenda and Developing Countries: Opportunities and Challenges, Geneva: UNFSS, 49-50
Hernandez, A.M. (2022) The phases model of the transformation to sustainability (T2S): structuring through the negotiation perspective
in: Sustainability (14/9), 5024
Hernandez, A.M., Dombrosky, I., Keppler, D. & Remy, M. (2022) Die Macht von Geschichten: Warum brauchen wir neue Narrative für eine nachhaltige Zukunft – und wie können quantitative Analysen diese unterstützen?, published on www.sdsngermany.de, 05.12.2022
Hernandez, A.M. & Fockenberg, N. (2022)
Security cooperation and partnership between Germany, Europe and the Indo-Pacific region: addressing new threats and vulnerabilities through the convening power approach, published on www.factsasia.org, 03.11.2022
Hernandez, A.M. (2022) The exports of morality and ethics vs. the morality and ethics of exports: exploring the side-effects of the European corporate social and environmental due diligence regulations in the Indo-Pacific region, published on www.factsasia.org, 25.10.2022
Hernandez, A.M. (2022) When cooperation meets negotiations: an approach to address the complexity of transformation to sustainability
in: Imme Scholz / Lilian Busse / Thomas Fues (eds.), Transboundary Cooperation and Global Governance for Inclusive Sustainable Development (Festschrift Dirk Messner), Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlag, 199-205
Hernandez, A. (2021) Knowledge Diplomacy and Future(s) of Global Cooperation, in: E-International Relations
Hernandez, A. (2021) Taming the Big Green Elephant. Setting in Motion the Transformation towards Sustainability, Wiesbaden: Springer VS
Hernandez, A.M., Pacheco Rojas, D.A. & Barrón Villaverde, D. (2021) Carbon Lock-In and Contradictions—Applied Guide to Academic Teaching of Mexico’s Energy Transition, Applied Sciences, 11(18), 8289; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11188289
Hernandez, A.M. & Prakoso, Y.T.B. (2021) The Learning Activation Approach—Understanding Indonesia’s Energy Transition by Teaching It, Energies, 14(17), 5224; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14175224
Hernandez, A.M. (2021) Between Disaster Resilience & Energy Security – The Imperative for a PH Climate Change Discourse, Philippine Strategic Forum
We understand. We explain.
Teaching is a vocation - my vocation. Sharing critical and innovative knowledge to future leaders must be a legacy of the present generation. I do my part by designing and implementing solution-oriented classes that employ interactive and innovative formats that allow students to “experience” knowledge. I have experience in teaching in universities in Germany, the Philippines, Mexico, Spain, Estonia and Jamaica. In addition, I give seminars and trainings on various issues related to sustainable development, conflict management, negotiations, international development and cooperation, climate protection, climate justice, environmental politics, and Global North-South relations.
Leon’s Den.
A compilation of photographs, short stories, poems and novels.
