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

born in Essen

High school diploma (Abitur), elementary school and classical Gymnasium

Studies in German language and literature, History and Social Studies at the Universities of Bochum and Würzburg

Philosophy and Education Science

Teaching degree for higher education, subjects History, German language and literature and Social Studies, Würzburg

1975

PhD, Education Science, Philosophy, History, University of Würzburg

Research Assistant at the Pedagogical Seminar of the University of Würzburg

Professor for Philosophy of Science and Methodology of Education Studies at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main

Professor for History of Education, Humboldt University Berlin

Member of the Bavarian Conference of Assistants

Member of the Committee of Experts for Pedagogy, Education Science and History of Education of the German Research Foundation (DFG) 

Research Assistant in the Selection Committee of the DFG Heisenberg-Program

Member of the Committee of Experts "Rearranging the principles of the upper secondary schools (gymnasiale Oberstufe) and the high school diploma (Abitur), Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs

2000 - 2008

Member in the Professional Counsel Education Science of the German Research Foundation (DFG)

Chairman of the Committee for Evaluation of Research in the subjects for teacher training in Lower Saxony

Member of the Committee for Structural Evaluation of Education Science in the Universities of Bavaria

Member of the Committee for the Evaluation of Education Science and teacher training in Baden-Württemberg

Authorised expert of the Committee of the Science Counsel for Evaluation at the University of Erfurt

Member of the Committee Teaching and Studying of the Conference of University Rectors

Board member of the Institute for Quality Development in the Educational System (IQB) for the federal states of the Federal Republic of Germany at Humboldt University Berlin

Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the steering group from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs (KMK) according to § 91 b (2) to determine the effectiveness of the system of education in international comparison

Authorised expert of the Committee of Teaching for the Scientific Counsel

Member of the Scientific Committee of Lower-Saxony (WKN)

Member of the University Research Committee of the Georg-August-University Göttingen

Member and Representative Chairman of the University counsel for the University of Bielefeld

Member of the Advisory Board of the Professional School of Education for the Ruhr-University Bochum

Member of the Advisory Board of the Institute for Research Information and Quality Assurance, Berlin (IFQ)

Authorised expert of the working group "system of appeal" of the Research Committee

Member of the Senate of the Leibniz Association

Member of the „Council for Cultural Education“

Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Institute for the Berlin-Brandenburg Institute for School Quality Improvement (ISQ)

Member and Co-Chairman, in cooperation with Prof. Margarete Götz, in the Council of the Academy for Educational Research and Teacher Training (ABL) der Akademie für Bildungsforschung und Lehrerbildung (ABL), Goethe University Frankfurt am Main

Chairman of the Committee for Securing  Sufficient Teacher Staffing at Vocational Colleges in North Rhine-Westphalia

Authorised expert of the working group „Qualification of Professionals in Times  of Demographic Change" for the Scientific Counsel

Chairman of the Audit Commission of the Faculty of Education at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main

Corresponding member of the Austrian Academy of Science, class of philosophy and history

Member of theThe German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina

University related

Member of the Committee for Teaching and Studies of the Academic Senate of the Humboldt University Berlin

1993 - 1997

Chairman of the Committee for Teaching and Studies

Member of the Academic Senate and the Counsel of the Humboldt University Berlin

Dean of the Philosophical Faculty IV

Vice President for Teaching and Studies at Humboldt University Berlin

International

Visiting Professor at the Universities of Bern, Fribourg, Zurich, Eötvös-Lorant-University, Budapest, University of Hiroshima

Co-editor of the Journal of Pedagogy ("Zeitschrift für Pädagogik")

Member of the editorial staff

Executive editor

Member of the "International Editorial Board" of "Paedagogica Historica", New Series

Editor of the "Yearbook for the History of Education"

Editor

Member of the "International Editorial Board" of the  "Journal for Pedagogical Historiography", Zurich („Zeitschrift für Pädagogische Historiographie“)

Member in the Committee of the "Journal for Social Pedagogy"

Member of the editorial board of „Context. The Journal of Educational Media, Memory and Society”

Cornelsen-Foundation Teaching and Studies, Cusanus-Foundation, Fritz-Thyssen-Foundation, Volkswagen-plant Foundation, Donors' Association for German Science, Study Association Villigst

German Research Association, Swiss National Fund, Austrian National Foundation

Journal for Education Studies, Journal for Pedagogy, Teaching Science, Paedagogica Historica, Swiss Journal for History of Education

Federal Constitutional Court; Administrative Appeals Court Bremen

Scientist in Residence, University Essen

Honour doctorate Dr. phil. h.c., Ruhr-University Bochum

Erwin-Stein-Prize of the Erwin-Stein Foundation

Dr. et Prof. honoris causa der Eötvös-Lorant-Universität Budapest

Ernst-Christian-Trapp-Award of the German Educational Research Association (GERA)