Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Faculty of Humanities and Social Science - History of Education

History of Science and Education

Topical focus

• German education research since 1945 (constructing ‚empirical research‘)
• History of Science as History of Knowledge? (esp. normative/ethically based research & ‘practical relevance’ of science - problems and praxis of validity)
• Development of modern societies / theory of modernization / theory of the knowledge society (Wissensgesellschaft) (esp. positioning of education research)
• History of German-Jewish education in the 18th century

Current project

• Research project since December 2014 (working titel)
  Constructing ‚empirical research‘. The formation of education science in Western-Germany, 1945-1975 – a study on the history of knowledge
  (Wissenschaft-Politik-Wirklichkeitskonstruktionen. Eine wissensgeschichtliche Studie zur ersten Phase "empirischer Bildungsforschung" in Westdeutschland, 1945-1975)

Finished projects

• PhD (1996-2001)
  Moses Mendelssohn und die Trans­for­ma­tion der jüdischen Erzie­hung in Berlin. Eine bildungs­­geschichtliche Analyse zur jüdischen Aufklärung im 18. Jahrhundert