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Short CV
Since April 2021
Permanent academic staff member (effective April 1, 2021) and program coordinator for the Higher Teaching Degree Program in Social Pedagogy at vocational schools
at the Institute of Education at the University of Tübingen
2022
Doctoral Award
Awarded the Doctoral Prize by the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences at the University of Tübingen
2020
Doctorate (Dr. rer. soc.)
at the Institute of Education at the University of Tübingen
(Thesis title: “Inklusion & Differenz. (Multi-)professionelles Handeln in Kindertageseinrichtungen zwischen ‚die Kinder wirklich alle gleich zu sehen‘ und ‚die Ränder beachten‘" (summa cum laude)
[Inclusion & Diversity. (Multi-)professional practice in early years settings: between ‘truly seeing all children as equal’ and ‘taking the margins into account’]
2016-2020
Academic staff member
in the Department of Social Pedagogy, Institute of Education, University of Tübingen
2011-2016
Pedagogical Consultant for Child Day Care (Focus Areas: Inclusion, Child Protection, and Language Development)
at Reutlingen City Council
2010-2012
Academic staff member
in the project "Institutionen und Akteure in der Ausbildungsphase der ErzieherInnen und KinderpflegerInnen", Institute of Education, University of Tübingen
[Institutions and stakeholders involved in the training of early years educators and childcare workers]
2009-2013
Academic staff member
in the project "Evaluation der Implementierung der Bildungs- und Lerngeschichten des Dachverbandes der Eltern-Kind-Gruppen e.V.Stuttgart", Institute of Education, University of Tübingen
[Evaluation of the implementation of the education and learning narratives of the Umbrella organization for parent-governed childcare centers Stuttgart e.V.]
2004-2009
Degree in Educational Science (specializing in Social Pedagogy)
University of Tübingen
2004
General University Entrance Qualification
obtained through the aptitude test for exceptionally gifted working professionals, Freiburg and Tübingen Regional School Authorities
1995-2003
Parental leave and work in the field of early childhood music education
1987-1995
Worked as a preschool teacher
at various daycare centers in Baden-Württemberg