Prof. Dr. Barbara Darr

• Head of the ‘Urban Forests’ Programme, State Forestry and Timber Agency of North Rhine-Westphalia (Landesbetrieb Wald und Holz NRW), subject area IV, Ruhr Region Regional Forestry Office (RFA), Gelsenkirchen
• Research assistant in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) on the Early Childhood Education degree programme, Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences (HSWR), Department of Society and Economics, Kleve
• Research Assistant, Further Development of the Forest Youth Games, State Forestry and Timber Agency of North Rhine-Westphalia, Subject Area IV Environmental Education, Lower Rhine Regional Forestry Office (RFA), Wesel
• Visiting Researcher (3 months), ESD in Forests, Vietnamese National Forestry University, Hanoi, Vietnam
• DAAD short-term lecturer (6 months) at Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University and Kyrgyz National Agrarian University, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
• Special lecturers (HSRW)
• Lecturing assignments (HSWR)
• Freelance examiner, FFH site management in Saxony
• Freelance environmental education staff member for Staatsbetrieb Sachsenforst, Saxon Switzerland National Park Authority, schools and nursery schools
• Skilled animal care worker at Dresden Zoological Garden

• MC Member, Germany, COST Action CA23148: European Network for the Integrative Approach to Urban Forestry (INTUF) 
• Member of the European Forum on Urban Forestry (EFUF)

Compulsory modules:

• Innovation Lab: Arboriculture and Urban Forest Management
• Urban Forest Management
• Participation and Visitor Management
• Fundamentals of Social Sciences
• Communication

Compulsory elective modules:

• Urban nature education
• Scientific Work
• Fundamentals of Forestry

• Hölz, Juliane 2026 (Bachelor’s in Urban Planning) Participation in a planning workshop as part of the ‘CommuniTree’ urban greening project in Freising
• Kersten, Alina 2026 (MCC) Perception, Use, and Spatial Patterns of Cultural Ecosystem Services in Urban Green Spaces: A PPGIS-based Case Study of Freising. Second examiner: Prof. Dr Simone Linke
• Hämpel, Jannis 2025 (Bachelor’s in Forestry) The One Million Trees Project. Is the City of Ingolstadt’s initiative realistic?
• Schildt, Lilian 2025 (Bachelor’s in Landscape Architecture) Climatic analysis of the integration of ‘tiny forests’ in urban areas, using the city of Chemnitz as an example. First examiner: Prof. Dr Simone Linke
• Herb, Theresa 2024 (Bachelor’s in Forestry) Alienation from nature in conurbations and its impact on forests.

• Conference: Urban Forests – Tiny Forests, Opportunities and Limitations of Mini-Forests in the City, 7 March 2024, NUA NRW, Landesbetrieb Wald und Holz NRW, Ruhr Region Forestry Office
• Webinar: An Introduction to Clearinghouse Tools: Improve Your City’s Nature-Based Solutions. (2 February 2024) https://clearinghouseproject.eu/
• The Industrial Forest Project in Gelsenkirchen. A More Valuable, Wilder Forest. 2023. GONASIP Workshop, ZEW Mannheim
• Panel discussion on the Emscher Art Trail in Herne – Königsgrube, Bruchwald in the former pumping station, “On site with Markus Jeschaunig (the artist)” 12 February 2023, Volkshaus Röhlingsdorf in Herne
• Staff contribution to the forest chapter of the Regional Biodiversity Strategy for the Ruhr Area in Keil, P.; Hering, D. & Bothmann, F. (eds.) (2022): Regional Biodiversity Strategy for the Ruhr Area – Ruhr Area Urban Biodiversity Network. Oberhausen, Essen [online] urbane-biodiversitaet.de/biodiversitaetsstrategie.html (12 March 2023)
• Participation in the 1st Biennial of Urban Landscape, 10–24 September 2022; 18 September 2022: ‘Baukultur vernetzt’ on tour – a walk to the Prigann sculptures in the Rheinelbe industrial forest, followed by a panel discussion [online] baukultur.nrw/artikel/programm-von-baukultur-nrw-fuer-biennale-der-urbanen-landschaft/ (11 March 2023)
• Panel discussion “Focus on Landscapes” – cultural heritage as an opportunity. 27 October 2022. Annual conference of the Specialist Group for Urban Heritage Conservation, Hansa Coking Plant, Dortmund 
• Organisation of the ‘Waldjugendspiele’ conference in North Rhine-Westphalia with the German Forest Protection Association: ‘Challenges and Opportunities after Two Years of the Pandemic’, 22 June 2022, Ruhr Regional Forestry Office, Gelsenkirchen
• How can trees play a role in social change in cities? Gelsenkirchen industrial sites. CLEARINGHOUSE (2021) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1FW5l_ET1o&list=PLkoAQ65N7h-U5NbeMIAZN6xLvPYCIetdI&index=4 (last accessed 9 February 2025)
• Darr B., Dohmen A. (2021) Professional development: A breath of fresh air for the NRW Forest Youth Games, 24 February 2021 (Webex) and 6 July 2021 (Märkische Waldschule) – forestry education programme 
• Darr B., Schmidt G., Wiener C., (2021 and 2022) Transformation-focused continuing professional development in forestry and timber, North Rhine-Westphalia: Didactics and ESD, 3 days each

• Ecology, Current issues in ecology and natural resource management, Project Management (Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University and Kyrgyz National Agrarian University, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan)
• Forest Education – Practical Project, Nature and Environmental Education, Early Intervention in Science and Technology, Children’s Literature and Storytelling Workshop, Empirical Foundations of Early Childhood Education, Scientific Work, Practical Project KLEX (Children’s Experiences and Experimentation) – Garden Planning, Practical Project in Language Education, Teaching and Learning Research, Language and Literacy, Horticulture and Agroforestry, Crop Health, Sustainable Field Crop and Speciality Crop Production, Scientific Work, Advanced Sociological Research Methods (HSRW) 
• Extension and forest culture (as part of the Master’s programme in Tropical Forestry, guest lectures at TU Dresden)