Dani*el*a Pastoors is research associate at the Center for Interdisciplinary Sustainability Research (ZIN) at the University o fMünster, and responsible for building up an innovation hub on socio-ecological sustainability in the region of Münsterland and within an European University Alliance Network (Ulysseus).
Dr Pastoors researches and teaches at the interface of elicitive conflict transformation approaches, regenerative peacebuilding and socio-ecological transformation, studied peace and conflict research in Marburg and completed their doctorate on the question of how peace workers in the Civil Peace Service receive psychosocial support. They worked in different NGOs regarding peace education and nonviolence movements, human rights observation on indigenous land rights and are passionate about theater of liberation and nonviolent communication.