Educational Psychology
Fachbereich 05

Professional Career

since 01.09.2018
Full Professor (W3) for Educational Psychology, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany

since 01.09.2016
Professor II at the Centre for Educational Measurement at the University of Oslo (CEMO), Norway

04/2016 – 08/2018
Full Professor (W3) for Empirical Methods of Educational Research, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany

03/2011 – 03/2016
Associate Professor (W2) for Empirical Methods of Educational Research, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany

2010 to 2011
Professor (stand-in) of Educational Measurement at the German Institute for International Educational Research (DIPF), Frankfurt, Germany

2009 to 2010
Senior Research Scientist, Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education (IPN), Kiel, Germany

2005 to 2008
Research Coordinator of the OECD Study PISA 2006 (Programme for International Student Assessment), Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education (IPN), Kiel, Germany

2004 to 2005
Research assistant, University of Bremen, Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Bremen, Germany

2000 to 2004
Research assistant, Humboldt University of Berlin (Germany), Chair for Psychological Methods

1999
Research assistant, project “Virtuelle Hochschule Oberrhein” (VIROR), University of Mannheim, Germany

Academic Qualifications

2005
Ph.D. in psychology with summa cum laude, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany

1991 – 1999
Graduate studies in psychology (M.Sc.), Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany

Professional Activities and Service

2020 – present
Associate Editor Behavior Research Methods

2019 – present
Chair Joint Examination Board Psychology (Goethe University Frankfurt)

2019 – present
Scientific advisory board member KERMIT-Online (project “measuring competencies”, Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and the Hanseatic City of Bremen)

2018 – present
Member of the German consortium Progress in International Reading Literacy Study 2021 (PIRLS)

2017 – present
Advisory board member ITEMS - educational module series within the journal Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice (EM:IP)

2015 – present
Editorial board member Psychological Test and Assessment Modeling

2012 – present
Editorial board member Journal of Computerized Adaptive Testing

2012 – 2014    
Member board of directors (treasurer) German Psychological Association (DGPs)

2012 – 2015    
Director department “Research on Evaluation and Methodology” in the “Center for Teacher Education and Educational Research” (Friedrich Schiller University Jena)

2012 – 2015    
Director Institute of Educational Science (Friedrich Schiller University, Jena)