Field of work
I am professor of Educational Science and Academic head of the PhD-program Studies of Bildung and pedagogical practices at the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (Norway).
My research and work fields include
- comparative educational research
- Bildungstheory, Bildungsresearch
- education and social inequality
- migration and education
- intercultural pedagogy
- teacher research
- internationalisation
- scientific theory
- critical pedagogy
- praxeological educational research
- sociology of education.
HORIZON2020: Pioneering Policies and Practices Tackling Educational Inequalities in Europe -
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Education
2009 – Doctor Philosophiae Habilitatus (Leipzig University/Germany)
2002 – Doctor Philosophiae (Leipzig University/Germany)
1998 – Master in Sociology, Education Science, English (University of Leipzig, Germany)
Academic positions
Since 2014 - Professor in Education (Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway)
Since 2015 - Head of the PhD-program “Studies on Bildung and pedagogical practices” (Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway)
2009-2014 - Professorship in International and Intercultural Educational Research (University of Magdeburg, Germany)
2002-2009 - Associate Professor (Faculty of Education, University of Leipzig, Germany)
1999-2002 - PhD candidate and research fellow (Faculty of Education, University of Leipzig, Germany)
1998-1999 - Lector/Research assistant for methods of empirical social research (Faculty for Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of Leipzig, Germany)
1993-1998 - Student research assistant (Faculty for Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of Leipzig, Germany)
Courses taught
- PhD-program "Studies of Bildung and pedagogical practices"
- Critical Pedagogy, Sociology of Education, Intercultural Pedagogy, Scientific theory, Praxeological theory, Teaching profession, Research methodology
Research areas
Education and social inequality, educational theory, International and intercultural education, comparative education, educational policy, teacher research
Research groups
- HORIZON2020: Pioneering Policies and Practices Tackling Educational Inequalities in Europe Website: www.pioneered-project.eu
- Research cluster: Critical and Practice-Oriented Educational Research
Publications
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Challenges Faced in Pioneering Practices Tackling Educational Inequalities in Europe
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Paulo Freire in Times of Liquid Integration
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Kritische Pädagogik und Bildungsforschung Anschlüsse an Paulo Freire
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Facilitating agency in Norwegian pupils struggling to stay in school—An alternative approach to emancipatory education
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Janus-faced discourse in contemporary Norwegian policy framing for tackling educational inequality? A critical analysis of contemporary tensions and contradictions