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Research and Projects


Project Lead

“International Teachers in Schools: Towards a Strengths-Based Approach to Professional Re-Entry in North Rhine-Westphalia” in cooperation with the Professional School of Education Bochum (2024–2026, together with Henning Feldmann, Jane Lia Jürgens, Kira Lewandowski and Adna Curo, funded by the Ministry of Culture and Science of North Rhine-Westphalia).

“It Is Served – A Blended-Learning Lecture as a Learning Buffet on the Topic of Socialisation (LeBuSoz)” (2024–2025, 34th round of the 5x5000 e-learning competition of the Centre for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education at Ruhr University Bochum, “Buffet Instead of Standard Fare – New Paths towards Individualised Learning”).

R/EQUAL – Requalification of (Recently) Immigrated and Refugee Teachers in Europe (ERASMUS+ Higher Education Partnership, 2018–2021, funded by the European Union, coordination of the higher education partnership, project partners: University of Vienna, Stockholm University and Weingarten University of Education).

International and Refugee Teachers. A Professional-Biographical Perspective on Transnational Professionalisation within Professional Requalification Programmes (2018–2020, own funds).

Content-Analytical Study of References to International Students on the Websites of German Boarding Grammar Schools (2017–2019, together with Semra Krieg, own funds).

Co-Lead

“Virtual Education: Examination Practices and the (Trans-)Formation of Educational Knowledge” within the Collaborative Research Centre SFB1567 “Virtual Lifeworlds” (2026–2030, together with Norbert Ricken, Joachim Scholz (co-leads), Kristin Flugel and Henning Röhr, German Research Foundation)

Teaching project “DEMOS – Experiencing, Shaping and Organising Democracy in the Seminar”, together with Sandra Aßmann and Jane Lia Jürgens (winter term 2026/27, funded by Quality Improvement Grants from the State of North Rhine-Westphalia).

Qualify Development Project for Establishing a Teaching and Research Platform for Qualitative Social Research at the Institute of Educational Science at Ruhr University Bochum (2025, together with Katharina Keßler, Sandra Aßmann (co-leads), Kathrin Zimmermann and Monika Gesing, funded by Quality Improvement Grands of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia).

Accompanying research project “International Teachers in Schools: A Preliminary Study on Materials for a Strengths-Based Approach to Professional Re-Entry in North Rhine-Westphalia” in cooperation with the Professional School of Education Bochum (2023, together with Henning Feldmann (co-lead), Rebacca Duacha and Brit Bonde, funded by the Ministry of Culture and Science of North Rhine-Westphalia).

Subproject “Multiplication in Transfer” on the transfer and continuing professional development of teachers within the “BiSS-Transfer Research Network” (2020–2025, qualitative study components, together with Hans-Joachim Roth (co-lead), Yasemin Uçan, Cedric Lawida, Sonja Sieger and Antonia Schmidt, University of Cologne, funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research).

Lehrkräfte Plus Cologne: A Qualification Programme for Refugee and International Teachers at the University of Cologne, academic lead (2020–2022, application for 2023–2027, funded by the Ministry of Culture and Science of North Rhine-Westphalia).

A Qualitative Study on Teaching Newly Immigrated Children and Adolescents at Schools in Cologne (2014–2015, supported by the Centre for Multilingualism and Integration Cologne, together with Nora von Dewitz and students of the University of Cologne as part of a teaching research project).

Survey and Recommendations on Newly Immigrated Children and Adolescents in the German School System (2014–2015, together with Mona Massumi, Nora von Dewitz, Johanna Grießbach, Katarina Wagner, Kathrin Hippmann and Lale Altinay).

Project Participation

MehrKita – Multilingualism in Cologne Daycare Centres. A Mixed-Methods Study on Linguistic Resources and Attitudes towards Bilingual and Multilingual Services among Educational Professionals in Cologne Daycare Centres (2014–2015, together with Hans-Joachim Roth (lead), Christoph Gantefort, Stefan Karduck and Christina Winter, funded by the City of Cologne).

Interview Study on the Parent Education Programme “Rucksack” for Multilingual Families at Cologne Daycare Centres and Primary Schools (2012–2013, together with Hans-Joachim Roth (lead), Christoph Gantefort, Charis Anastasopoulos, Inga Röglin and Christina Winter, funded by the City of Cologne).

Little Heroes – A Qualitative Study on the Favourite TV Characters of Eight- to Twelve-Year-Old Children with a Migration Background (2007–2008, together with Hans-Joachim Roth (lead), funded by the International Central Institute for Youth and Educational Television, Bayerischer Rundfunk).