Personal Profile
Academic Career
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1996 Diploma in Educational Science, University of Münster.
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2002 Dr. phil in Educational Science, Freie Universität of Berlin.
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2005 Habilitation in Educational Science, Freie Universität of Berlin.
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1997-1998 Scientific researcher, Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Human Development, Berlin.
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1998-2001 Predoctoral research fellow, MPI for Human Development, Berlin.
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2001-2005 Scientific researcher, MPI for Human Development, Berlin.
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2004-2005 Professor for Empirical Research in Education (stand-in), University of Erfurt.
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2005-2011 Full Professor für Education and Empirical Research in Schools, Georg-August University of Göttingen.
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2011- Full Professor for Empirical Research in Education, Freie Universität of Berlin.
Scientific Activities
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Spokesman of the Center for Empirical Research on Teaching and Learning in Schools (ZeUS, University of Goettingen, 2008-2010)
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Member of the Advisory Board Pathways to Higher Education of the “Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft”, “Deutsche Bank Stiftung”, “Accenture-Stiftung”Member of the Editorial Board “Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Bildungswissenschaften” [Swiss Journal for Educational Sciences], “Empirische Erziehungswissenschaft” [Empirical Educational Science]
Reviewer Activities
- Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft [Journal of Educational Science, German]
- Zeitschrift für Pädagogik [Journal of Education, German]
- Journal of Educational Research Online
- Zeitschrift für Evaluation [Journal of Evaluation, German]
- Zeitschrift für Pädagogische Psychologie [Journal of Educational Psychology, German]
- Zeitschrift für Pädagogische Psychologie und Entwicklungspsychologie [Journal of Educational Psychology and Developmental Psychology, German]
- Psychologie in Erziehung und Unterricht [Psychology in Education and Instruction, German]
- Psychologische Rundschau [Psychological Review, German]
- Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Bildungswissenschaften [Swiss Journal for Educational Sciences, Swiss]
- Unterrichtswissenschaft [Instructional Science, German]
- Zeitschrift für Didaktik der Naturwissenschaften [Journal of the Didactics of Science Education]
- Zeitschrift für Soziologie [Journal of Sociology, German]
- European Sociological Review
- Zeitschrift für Soziologie der Erziehung und Sozialisation [Journal of Sociology of Education and Socialization, German]
- Reihe Pädagogische Psychologie [Series Educational Psychology, German] (Waxmann)
- Reihe Empirische Erziehungswissenschaft [Series Empirical Educational Science] (Waxmann)
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) [German Research Foundation]
- Schweizerischer Nationalfonds (SNF) [Swiss National Fonds]
- Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) [Federal Ministery of Education and Research]