Univ.-Ass.in Mag.a
Sunet Grobler
PhD

Post-Doc
Schulentwicklungsforschung und Leadership

+43 512 507 44406
Sunet.Grobler@uibk.ac.at
Innrain 52a, 6020 Innsbruck, 3. Stock

Büro Nr.: 03A040
Sprechstunde: nach Vereinbarung
Am ILS seit 10/2020

Short Bio

Sunet Grobler is a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Institute for Teacher Education and School Research at Leopold-Franzens-University, Innsbruck, Austria. Her doctoral thesis, titled "Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG4) and Teacher Education: Global Perspectives for Change," explored global perspectives on quality teacher education. Her master’s thesis focused on "Life Sciences Teachers' Understanding, Application, and Experience of Indigenous Knowledge and Cooperative Learning Before, During, and After a Professional Development Intervention."

Her research interests include the professional development of teachers and teacher educators with an emphasis on teaching and learning methodologies. She focuses on cooperative learning and the integration of artificial intelligence, differentiated instruction and sustainability to promote the principles of Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG4), including fostering inclusion and equity in educational settings.

Professional Experience

  • Post-Doctoral Researcher, University of Innsbruck, Austria (October 2024 – present)
  • Research Assistant, University of Innsbruck, Austria (October 2020 – October 2024)
  • Grade R (Kindergarten) Teacher, Asjassies Pre-Primary School, Potchefstroom, South Africa (January 2018 – September 2020)
  • Lecturer, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa (January 2016 – December 2017)
  • Assistant Lecturer, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa (January 2015 - July 2015)
  • Research Assistant, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa (January 2017 - December 2017)

Additional Professional Activities

  • Faculty for Teacher Education – Master’s and PhD Conference Organizing Committee
  • Lead for Module 2: Foundations of Educational Science
  • JURE Conference – International Organizing Committee
  • Institute Intermediate Faculty Representative
  • Mentor for Master Students (at ILS)
  • Founder and Coordinator of the PhD Networking Group – Faculty for Teacher Education
  • Grade R Subject Head

Education

  • PhD in Teacher Education, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria (January 2021 – September 2024)
  • Master’s Degree in Baccalaureus Educationis in the field of Natural Sciences in Education, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa (January 2016 – October 2017)
  • Honours Degree in Baccalaureus Educationis in the field of Natural Sciences in Education, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa (January 2015 – December 2015)
  • Bachelor of Education in Senior and Further Education and Training Phase, Majored in Life Sciences and Computer Applications Technology, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa (January 2011 – December 2014)
    • Golden Key International Honour Society Award
  • Psychology I–III
    Coursework included: Introduction to Psychology, Social and Community Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Personality Psychology, Positive Psychology, Psychopathology, Research and Psychometrics, Basic Counselling and Ethics, Applied Psychology.
  • National Senior Certificate, High School Erasmus, Bronkhorstspruit, South Africa (January 2006 – December 2010)
    • Top 10 Academic Performance Award and Best Performer in Computer Applications Technology 

Recent Further Training and Certification

Digital skills

  • Examination and AI
  • Accessible PowerPoint Presentations

Professional development

  • Researcher to Innovator and Entrepreneur
  • Professional Conversations with Students for Lecturers
  • Career Development – Info Session (LBG Career Centre)
  • UN SDGs in University Teaching
  • Teaching in Higher Education
  • Conducting Assessments for Facilitators
  • Supplemental Instruction Leader

Scientific writing

  • Writing Science: Writing Workshop for PhD Students
  • Academic Literacy: Writing, Publishing, Collaborating

Wellbeing and psychological support

  • Resilience and Well-being in Academia for Post-Doc Females
  • Myths about and Dealing with Suicidal Behaviour in Others
  • Training for Doctoral Students: Realize Your PhD in a Successful, Efficient and Resilient Way

Languages

  • German as a Foreign Language – Online Course B2.2
  • German as a Foreign Language – Improvement Level I (B1)
  • German as a Foreign Language – Conversation (from B1+)
  • German as a Foreign Language – Online Course B2.1
  • German as a Foreign Language – Basic Level II (A2)
  • Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL)
  • Teaching Subject Content through Medium English

Publikationen 2026

Selbstständige Veröffentlichungen

Monographie, wissenschaftliche
  • Grobler, Sunet (2026): Quality education and Agenda 2030 - A sustainability transformation reference concept for change. Bad Heilbrunn: Verlag Julius Klinkhardt. ISBN 978-3-7815-2785-0. (Weblink)

Schulbuch / Lehrbuch, nicht-wissenschaftliches
  • Brocca, Nicola; Grobler, Sunet; Jäger, Stefanie; Konecny, Christine (Hg.) (2026): OER-Materialien des Projekts PromptLab der Universität Innsbruck: Aufgaben in geistes- und bildungswissenschaftlichen Fächern für die Förderung von Prompting-Kompetenzen und die Reflexion über die Effektivität von LLMs. Innsbruck: Universität Innsbruck. (DOI)

Beiträge in Büchern / Zeitschriften

Zeitschriftenaufsatz (Originalarbeit)
  • Engl, Jana-Marie; Dittrich, Ann-Kathrin; Grobler, Sunet (2026): ESD conceptualization and enactment in Austrian teacher education.
    In: Frontiers in Education 11, No. 1897128. (DOI) (Weblink)

  • Grobler, Sunet; Boon, Wietske; Verster, Marisa (2026): Learning for life and sustainability: a theory synthesis to sustainability mindset development in higher education institutions.
    In: International Journal Of Sustainability In Higher Education 27/10, S. 603 - 622. (DOI) (Weblink)

  • Grobler, Sunet; Hillmer, Gerhard; Sigaule, Lester; van de Wetering, Matthijs; Messerschmidt, Tobias (2026): Connecting Local Realities to Global Goals by Exploring Students’ Perceptions of the Quality of Higher Education in Uganda.
    In: Frontiers in Educational Practice and Research 2/1, S. 1 - 14. (DOI) (Weblink)

Beitrag in Proceedingsband
  • Grobler, Sunet (2026): Advancing Sustainability Competences in Teacher Education Through Reflective Practices: Introducing a Concept.
    In: Becker, Karina; Farstad, Britt Johanne; Folque, Maria Assunçao; Gómez Ramos, José Luis; Hermetet, Anne-Rachel; Ilhéu, Maria; Pillot, Laure; Pillot, William; Pohlenz, Philipp; Pust, Daniel; Rebelo, Hugo; Roselli, Antonio; Scahill, John (Eds.): Proceedings of the Conference of Growing up the Future: Education for Sustainability (GROUFES 2026). Growing up the Future: Education for Sustainability (GROUFES 2026, Magdeburg, Germany, 5-6 May 2026. Paris: Atlantis Press (= Atlantis Highlights in Social Sciences, Education and Humanities, 54)., ISBN 978-94-6239-760-6, S. 222 - 230. (DOI) (Weblink)

Medienbeiträge

Medienbeitrag
  • Ammann-Kapa, Katarzyna; Aysel, Asligül; Bacher, Sabrina; Egger, Katharina; Grobler, Sunet; Kumru Yagmurkaya, Zehra Sultan; Romano, Anna; van Staden, Surette: Leh­rerIn­nen­bil­dung: Tagung für junge For­schende (Selbstverfasster Beitrag).
    In: Newsroom - www.uibk.ac.at vom 06.05.2026. (Weblink)



Publikationen 2025

Beiträge in Büchern / Zeitschriften

Zeitschriftenaufsatz (Originalarbeit)
  • Eloff, Irma; Dittrich, Ann-Kathrin; Mathabathe, Kgadi; Grobler, Sunet; Matabe, Rosa Modiba; Agostini, Evi (2025): A Qualitative Study Conceptualizing Quality Education in Relation to Sustainability: A Focus on Teacher Education.
    In: Journal of Sustainability Research 7/3, No. e250046. (DOI) (Weblink)

Rezensionen

Zeitschriftenbeitrag (Rezension)
  • Grobler, Sunet (2025): Christin, Tellisch; Alexander C. Lang: Pädagogische Beziehung und Digitalisierung - Zur Gestaltung von Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehungen in digital unterstützten Bildungsprozessen. Opladen: Verlag Barbara Budrich, 2024.
    In: Erziehungswissenschaftliche Revue 24/2, online. (Weblink)

Medienbeiträge

Medienbeitrag
  • Ammann, Markus; Ammann-Kapa, Katarzyna; Grobler, Sunet; Schreier, Andreas; Kumru Yagmurkaya, Zehra Sultan: ILS stärkt Bil­dungs­ko­ope­ra­tion mit Indo­ne­sien.
    In: Newsroom - www.uibk.ac.at vom 07.08.2025. (Weblink)

  • Grobler, Sunet: Inter­na­ti­o­nale Part­ner­schaf­ten für nach­hal­tige Ent­wick­lung.
    In: Newsroom - www.uibk.ac.at vom 28.02.2025. (Weblink)



Publikationen 2024

Beiträge in Büchern / Zeitschriften

Zeitschriftenaufsatz (Originalarbeit)
  • Grobler, Sunet; Dittrich, Ann-Kathrin (2024): Envisioning quality education for sustainability transformation in teacher education: Perspectives from an international dialogue on Sustainable Development Goal 4.
    In: International Journal of Comparative Education and Development 26/3, S. 270 - 285. (DOI) (Weblink)

  • van Staden, Surette; Grobler, Sunet (2024): From policy to practice: monitoring SDG targets with PIRLS 2021 Austrian data.
    In: Studia Paedagogica 2024/3, S. 52 - 79. (DOI) (Weblink)

Beitrag in Proceedingsband (Abstract)
  • Grobler, Sunet; Kraler, Christian (2024): Transformational Pattern Shifts in SDG4 - Educators´ Voices and Expertise.
    In: Kangas, Joanna; Niemi, Laura et al.: Abstract Booklet - Reimaging Teachers and Teacher Education for our Futures Conference. 18-20 June 2024, Helsinki, Finland. Helsinki: University of Helsinki., S. 30. (Weblink)

Sonstige Publikationen

elektronische Publikation, transferorientierte
  • Grobler, Sunet; Romano, Anna (2024): Writing Retreat des PhD-Netzwerks der Fakultät für LehrerInnenbildung 26.-27. April 2024. (Weblink)



Publikationen 2023

Beiträge in Büchern / Zeitschriften

Beitrag in Proceedingsband (Abstract)
  • Grobler, Sunet (2023): Quality Teacher Education in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals.
    In: Kyza, Eleni; et al.: EARLI 2023 - Book of Abstracts. The 20th Biennial EARLI Conference for Research on Learning and Instruction
    22-26 August 2023 Thessaloniki,Greece. Leuven: European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI)., S. 97.     (Weblink)



Publikationen 2022

Beiträge in Büchern / Zeitschriften

Zeitschriftenaufsatz (Originalarbeit)
  • Grobler, Sunet (2022): Quality Education in the Context of the Sustainable Development Goals: An Interpretation Model.
    In: Forum Oświatowe / Educational Forum 34/1 (67), S. 153 - 164. (DOI) (Weblink)

  • TeachWell - Teacher Wellbeing as a Pathway to Quality Education (Project leader: Ann-Kathrin Dittrich) - OeAD AfricaUninet (2026-2028) (https://www.uibk.ac.at/de/projects/teachwell/).
  • Pro4ESD - Education for Sustainable Development and the Professionalism of Teacher Educators (Project leader: Ann-Kathrin Dittrich) - Land Tirol (2025- 2027).
  • PromptLab - Documenting Prompts and Critically Reflecting the Effects of LLMs for Learning (Project leader: Brocca, Nicola) - Universität Innsbruck - Vizerektorat für Digitalisierung und Nachhaltigkeit, Innovationsfond Digitalisierung (2025-2026) (https://www.uibk.ac.at/de/projects/promptlab/)
  • Development of 21st Century Skills for Semi-Skilled Workers in Indonesia and Austria Project (Project leader: Ammann, Markus) - AsiaUninet (2025-2026) (https://www.uibk.ac.at/de/newsroom/2025/ils-starkt-bildungskooperation-mit-indonesien/)

  • Teach4Reach 1.0 - Teaching the Global Goals: Exploring synergies between teacher education programmes and the Sustainable Development Goals - (Project leader: Irma Eloff) - OeAD AfricaUninet (2021-2023) (https://www.uibk.ac.at/de/projects/teach4reach/1-0/)

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