News from the research programme:

• Consumer and nutrition education,
• Teacher competences for education for sustainable development
• Consumer responsibility and consumer protection as a field of tension
• Models of the ethics of a "good life"

Third-party funded projects:

• "Reform of nutrition and consumer education in general education schools" REVIS project - funded by BMVEL (2003 - 2005) (Heseker, Schlegel-Matthies)
• "Money & Kids" (MoKi project) (Schlegel-Matthies)
• "Consumer education at general education schools in North Rhine-Westphalia" - sponsored by the MKULNV NRW (funding period 01.09.2011 - 31.05.2012) (Schlegel-Matthies)
• "Model module for sustainable nutrition education, focus: appreciation and waste of food" - sponsored by the Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Agriculture, Nature and Consumer Protection of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (sponsorship period 15 November 2012 - 30 April 2012) (Schlegel-Matthies)
• Project to test a model module for sustainable nutrition education: Appreciation and waste of food in a pilot phase - sponsored by the Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Agriculture, Nature and Consumer Protection of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (funding period 01 December 2012 - 30 November 2013) (Schlegel-Matthies)
• "Researching, evaluating and commenting on teaching materials in the fields of financial literacy, healthy eating and sustainable consumption for inclusion in the NRW Curriculum Navigator" - sponsored by the Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Agriculture, Nature and Consumer Protection of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (sponsorship period 01 October 2012 - 31 March 2013) (Schlegel-Matthies)
• Development of model teaching projects in the fields of financial literacy, healthy eating and sustainable consumption for the Curriculum Navigator NRW and commenting on teaching material from non-commercial providers for inclusion in the Curriculum Navigator NRW and in Learnline NRW - sponsored by the Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Agriculture, Nature and Consumer Protection of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (sponsorship period 01/04/2013 - 30/11/2013) (Schlegel-Matthies)

Federal-Länder Teaching Quality Pact programme:

• Studiengangsbezogenes Lernzentrum Ernährung, Konsum, Gesundheit (LEKG) (Teil­projekt 3.2.2.3)
  1. Förderphase: Förderzeitraum: 1.10.2011 – 30.09.2016
  2. Förderphase: Förderzeitraum: 1.10.2016 – 30.09.2020
• Hellweg, J. (2015). Fachspezifische Lernbegleitung durch Peer-Learning im Lernzentrum Ernährung, Konsum und Gesundheit der Universität Paderborn. Haushalt in Bildung & Forschung, 4 (4), S. 63 – 78.
• Hellweg, J. (2016). Entwicklung von Evaluationsinstrumenten zur Selbst- und Fremdeinschätzung der prozessbezogenen Kompetenzen von Tutor*innen in Lernbegleitungsgesprächen. Die Hochschullehre. Interdisziplinäre Zeitschrift für Studium und Lehre 2 Download unter: http://www.hochschullehre.org/?dl_id=78

• "Model schools consumer education Paderborn (Schlegel-Matthies) Cooperation project with the Consumer Advice Centre North Rhine-Westphalia, the comprehensive school Paderborn-Elsen and the Erich-Kästner comprehensive school Bünde - funded by the German Consumer Protection Foundation (duration: June 2013 - June 2016)