Academic Self-Administration of Prof. Dr. Winnie-Karen Giera

Since 2023 Deputy Head of the Examination Board for Special Needs Education
Since 2022 Deputy Head of the Examination Board for German Studies
Regular participation in the German Studies professorial council and in the German Studies institute assembly
Since 2022 Head of the Commission for Multimedia and Library Services (BWK) of the Faculty of Arts
Since 2022: Elected member of the Advisory Board of the University Library (UBB) of the Senate
2021-02/2025: Representative and spokesperson for all tenure-track professorships at the Potsdam Graduate School at the University of Potsdam
2021-2024: Member of the Special Needs Education Study Commission
2021 - 2023 Active participation and member of the Study Commission for Special Education (across several faculties!) at the University of Potsdam (Reorganisation of bachelor's teaching and transfer/adaptation of teaching from inclusive education to the chair and thus to German studies with a very high and long need for coordination, redesign of the modules for the special educational focus on language and adaptation of teaching for the subject German in the Master's programme from the 2023/24 winter semester)
2023-2024 Main organisation of a research collaboration with the University of Education in Winneba (Ghana) (Memorandum of Understanding in place, delegation visit in April 2023, faculty agreement signed with ZeLB 2024, close exchange with the Dean's Office of the Faculty of Arts and the ZeLB)
08/2021 - 07/2023 Main trainer for two trainees in the field of business administration
02/2021 - 11/2024 Regular active participation in ZeLB meetings, Faculty Council of the Faculty of Philosophy, FSR meetings for special education
2023 Active participation in the role of junior researcher (researchers in early career stages) in the site visit by the Science Council at the University of Potsdam