Prof. Dr Havva Engin
Member of the Expert Council
Heidelberg Centre for Migration Research and Transcultural Pedagogy (Hei-MaT) at Heidelberg University of Education
Havva Engin is Professor of General Pedagogy with a focus on Intercultural Pedagogy at Heidelberg University of Education and Head of the Heidelberg Centre for Migration Research and Transcultural Pedagogy (Hei-MaT). Her work and research focuses include the development of educational institutions in migration societies, intercultural and interreligious education, religion-based extremism in young people from Muslim families and language acquisition in the context of migration-based multilingualism.
Professional background:
- Teacher training (German and Biology at Secondary Level) and 1st State Exam at Technische Universität Berlin, 1987–1995
- MA in modern German literature and 2nd State Exam at Technische Universität Berlin, 1995–1998
- Lecturer in Intercultural Pedagogy and German as a Second Language at Technische Universität Berlin, 1998–2000
- Research Assistant at the Institute for Educational Science at Technische Universität Berlin and Lecturer in German as a Second Language at Freie Universität Berlin and at the Berlin Education Centre, 2000–2005
- PhD at Technische Universität Berlin, 2003
- Junior Professor of Language Support for Children With and Without a Migration Background at the Institute for German Language and Literature at Karlsruhe University of Education, 2005–2009
- Professor of Elementary Pedagogy with a focus on Child Language Development at Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences, 2009–2010
- Professor of General Pedagogy with a focus on Intercultural Pedagogy at Heidelberg University of Education and Head of the Heidelberg Centre for Migration Research and Transcultural Pedagogy (Hei-MaT) at Heidelberg University of Education, since April 2010
