Job History
| December 2019 | Visiting Professor, University of São Paulo (Brazil) |
| 2018 – current | Associate Professor, Centre for Engineering in Society, Concordia University, Montréal (Québec, Canada) |
| 2017 | Professor at University of Education Upper Austria (Linz, Austria) |
| 2016 | Lecturer at Zurich University of Teacher Education in cooperation with University of Zurich (Switzerland) |
| 2014/2015 | Lecturer at University of Vienna for “Language awareness in the science classroom” (Austria) |
| 2014/2015 | Research Associate at the Department of Cultural Studies, University Paderborn (Germany) |
| 2007 – 2017 |
Lecturer at Humboldt Universität zu Berlin (HU-Berlin, Institute of German Literature and Professional School of Education): Language of schooling/Language acquisition in all subjects (Germany) |
| 2005 – 2007 | Project management of PROMISE at HU-Berlin (see projects section) (“Promotion of Migrants in Science Education”), funded by EU FP6; Partner universities: HU-Berlin (Germany), University of Vienna (Austria), University of Sarajevo (Bosnia & Herzegovina), Yildiz Technical University Istanbul (Turkey) |
| 2004 – 2007 | Research Assistant, HU-Berlin (Germany) Department of Physics, Division of Science Education |
| 2000 – 2004 | Science teacher at secondary and high school (grade 7 to 12) in Graz and Vienna (Austria) |
University Education
| Ph.D. | Humboldt Universität zu Berlin (HU-Berlin, Germany), Department of Physics, Dr. rer. nat. (summa cum laude) Doctoral thesis: “Reflexive Science Education – a Multidisciplinary Analytical Framework with Particular Emphasis on Language and Migration” – Abstract – (orig.: “Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung in der Migrationsgesellschaft – Grundzüge einer Reflexiven Physikdidaktik und kritisch-sprachbewussten Praxis”) |
| M.Sc. | University of Graz (Austria), Department of Theoretical Physics, Mag. rer. nat. (equ. M.Sc.) with excellence Master thesis: „Physical and philosophical aspects of time travel” Studies of Physics, Science Education, and Philosophy at Graz University of Technology (Austria), University of Graz (Austria), and Universitá degli studii di Padova (Italy) |
| B.A. | Studies of Philosophy, Pedagogy and Psychology at University of Graz (Austria) |
| B.Sc. | Studies of Meteorology and Geophysics at University of Graz and Physics at Graz University of Technology (Austria) |
Research Interests
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