Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Faculty of Humanities and Social Science - Department of General Pedagogy

Research areas

• Theory and Philosophy of Education, Bildung and Übung
• Phenomenological Research in Education
• Pedagogical Anthropology
• Qualitative video-based Research on Teaching and Learning

International network

• Honorary Professor at the Phenomenological Research Centre, College of Teacher Education, Capital Normal University Beijing 
• Foreign Chief Expert of Educational Video and Image Analysis Lab at Zheijang Normal University, Jinhua
• Visiting scholar at the Research Center for German Education at the Institute of Moral Education, Nanjing Normal University,
• East-China-Normal-University Shanghai
• Charles University in Prague
• Faculty of Education and Arts at NORD Universitet, Bodø

Functions

• Executive Director Institute of Educational Sciences
• Speaker of Comittee for "Kommission Erziehungs- und Bildungsphilosophie" (german commission of philosophy of Bildung and Education) at Deutsche Gesellschaft für Erziehungswissenschaft, Sektion Allgemeine Erziehungswissenschaft (German Society of Educational Studies, Section General Educational Studies)
• Member of "Kommission für Qualitative Bildungs- und Biographieforschung"(Commission of Qualitative Research in Bildung and Biography ) at Deutsche Gesellschaft für Erziehungswissenschaft, Sektion Allgemeine Erziehungswissenschaft (German Society of Educational Studies, Section General Educational Studies)
• Gesellschaft für Wissen und Bildung  (German Society for Knowledge and Education)

Supervision and evaluation

• Qualified expert for german-speaking and international journals, foundations and knowledge organisation in the field of educational studies
• Qualified expert for evaluation and accreditation of degree courses in educational studies

Member of Editorial Board

• Phenomenology and Practice:International Editorial Board (IEB)

• Paideutika. Notebooks on education and culture. 

• Encyclopedia. Journal of Phenemenology and education (EnCP)

• Educationalfutures. e-journal of the British Education Studies Association (BESA)

• Eugen-Fink-Zentrum Wuppertal. Institute for transcendental philosophy and phenomenology

Functions at Humboldt University

• Executive Director of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Educational Research (IZBF)
• Member of the Professional School of Education (PSE)
• Member of the Institute Council of the Institute of Education Sciences
• Chairman of the Budget Commission (HHK) of the Institute of Education Sciences