Professorship of School Development
Welcome to the professorship of School Development!
We are an interdisciplinary team that, in research and teaching, deals with how schools address student heterogeneity and inclusive schooling as well as related school development processes.
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Archiv
2026
- 01.01.2026: We bid farewell to Chenru Hou as a research assistant in our MuHiK project.
- 07.01.2026: We welcome Anja Henke as a new research assistant in our MuDiRe project.
- 02.02.2026: We welcome Helene Charlotte Przygoda as a new research assistant in our department.
- 11.02.2026: Prof. Rjosk was interviewed on ZDF about the immigration of students and teachers
- 19.02.2026: We are delighted to announce that the new homepage for our MuDiRe project is now online!
- 02.03.2026: We welcome Maria Christina Agerkop as a new research assistant in our department.
- 15.03.2026: We welcome Sabine Hertenstein as a new research assistant in our MuDiRe-Project.
- 20.03.2026: We were represented at the GEBF at TU Munich. Franziska Rogge gave a presentation on the effects of multiprofessional collaboration.
- 01.04.2026: Social diversity encourages mutual support between groups and can help to reduce educational inequality – but it is actual interactions that are key.
- 01.04.2026: We bid farewell to Rebecca Wetter, who has been working as a research assistant on our MuHiK project.
- 01.04.2026: Representatives from school administration and teaching staff came together for the workshop (27 February 2026) to discuss diversity in the classroom.
- 01.04.2026: Ethnic diversity has little impact on networks: despite ethnic homophily, social cohesion in school classes remains largely stable.
- 08.04.2026: On 25 March 2026, we held a discussion with MuDiRe’s practice partners on the question: “How can diversity be harnessed in democracy education?”
- 08.04.2026: In the study, researchers succeeded in reproducing the results of 54% of the published articles using the original data.
- 13.04.2026: The MuHiK project presents findings on multidimensional heterogeneity within the University of Potsdam’s journal “Portal”.
- 23.04.2026: Rebecca Wetter is interviewed on the University of Potsdam podcast on the topic of diversity in the classroom and provides insights into the project’s research.
- 29.04.2026: Following our conference titled “Diversity in the Classroom,” a video of the event is now available.
2025
- 08.01.2025: We welcome Anine Özmen as a new student assistant in our department.
- 08.01.2025: We welcome Anna-Lena Hahne as a new research assistant in our department.
- 31.01.2025: We say goodbye to Annika Scheerer as a student assistant in our department.
- 31.01.2025: Cindy Ballaschk and Claudia Neuendorf presented results from MuHiK and Kaleidoskop.
- 12.02.2025: Dr. Franziska Rogge presents the FiT-S tool for a structured and efficient support plan process at LIBRA.
- 18.02.2025: Prof. Rjosk reported on our research on multidimensional heterogeneity in the classroom.
- 19.03.2025: In the MuHiK project, 2 positions were awarded as student employees, limited until 31.03.26
- 27.03.2025: Prof Rjosk presented the results of the MuHiK project on multidimensional heterogeneity in the classroom.
- 01.04.2025: We welcome Rebecca Wetter as a new academic employee in our MuHiK project.
- 25.04.2025: A temporary position was advertised in the structural area of Educational Sciences in the Professorship of School Development.
- 28.05.2025: Research project on diversity management in Brandenburg secondary schools: Join now and receive a customized report for your school.
- 05.06.2025: Presentation by Cindy Ballaschk (TH Köln, June 2, 2025): Qualitative Study on Gender and Sexuality in School-Based Sex Education.
- 02.07.2025: Lecture by Prof. Rjosk at the DGBV's 2025 online forum series ‘Strengthening diversity, shaping heterogeneity’.
- 16.07.2025: Contribution: Prof. Edele, Prof. Rjosk & Prof. Stanat published a statement in the BIM news.
- 07.08.2025: We say goodbye to Elena-Sevgi Hildebrand as a research assistant in our department.
- 07.08.2025: By members of the department on the topic " How does classroom heterogeneity affect students' psycho-social experience in school?" (Session L, Wednesday, August 27th, 4:00–5:30 pm).
- 01.09.2025: We welcome Marie-Christine Schatz as a new student assistant in our MuHiK project.
- 01.09.2025: We welcome Jakob Friedrich Klingemann as a new research assistant in our MuHiK project.
- 01.10.2025: We say goodbye to Theresa Mros as an academic staff member in our department.
- 09.10.2025: Svenja Hascher gave a presentation titled " Social Processes in Heterogeneous Classrooms: Links to Classroom Composition and Teaching " at the Conference for Educational Psychology (PAEPS) in Jena.
- 13.10.2025: Martin Bücher is participating in the Innovative Teaching Projects at the University of Potsdam with a block seminar in the 2025/26 winter semester.
- 29.10.2025: Prof. Lorenz, Dr. Neuendorf und Prof. Rjosk (MuHiK project) published the preprint of a paper on the measurement of multidimensional heterogeneity in the classroom
- 04.11.2025: In January a new project starts on multidimensional diversity as a resource of cooperative learning in digital & analogous learning settings (MuDiRe).
- 14.11.2025: Rebecca Wetter presented on the relationship between measured and perceived classroom heterogeneity and its implications for educational outcomes.
- 14.11.2025: The MuHiK team presented the project's research findings and transfer strategies to other junior research groups in empirical educational research.
- 21.11.2025: ZIM and MuHiK have jointly produced a video explaining what multidimensional classroom heterogeneity is and how it can be effectively measured.
- 30.11.2025: We say goodbye to Svenja Hascher as an academic staff member in our MuHiK project.
- 30.11.2025: The work area was awarded first place in the Inclusion Prize for its idea of making the accessibility of rooms directly visible in PULS.
- 01.12.2025: We welcome Lena Külker as a new academic employee in our department.
- 02.12.2025: Cindy Ballaschk discussed questions about how to provide good sex education with representatives from politics, schools, and education.
- 17.12.2025: Schotte, Edele, Heppt, Rjosk, & Stanat published research on perceived discrimination of students from minoritized ethnic groups.
- 18.12.2025: Together with teachers, school leaders, and education administrators, we discuss how the MuHiK results can be used in everyday school practice.
2024
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25.01.2024: Dr. Claudia Neuendorf gives an interview to SWR on the topic: "Nerds are popular"
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01.02.2024: Theme: Self-assessed competence in inclusive teaching of teachers and the design of learning opportunities. "Journal of Education"
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20.02.2024: Theme: Research on the social integration of high-performing students. "Shooting spree in Prague, doctors' strike, nerds"
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11.03.2024: Podcast with Dr. Georg Lorenz on the topic: Various school classes promote the integration of refugee schoolchildren. "Podcast"
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15.06.2024: Topic: Impact of school structural reforms on the educational ambitions of students "Study of educational assessment"
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27. - 30.08.2024: Georg Lorenz and Chenru Hou presented research results from the MuHiK project
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31.08.2024: We say goodbye to Carina Riedmiller as assistant in the department. "Former employee"
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31.08.2024: We say goodbye to Georg Lorenz and congratulate him on his position as Assistant Professor in Utrecht. "Former employee"
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01.09.2024: We welcome Lisa Roth as the new assistant in our department. "New employee"
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03.09.2024: Svenja Hascher presents results from MuHiK project "How do teachers teach diverse classrooms?" at the "Future of Education" conference in Graz "conference in Graz"
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04.09.2024: Topic: Relationship between teaching quality and class composition in classes with the same teacher "teaching quality"
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12.-14.09.2024: Chenru Hou presented a lecture at the conference ECSR 2024 with research from MuHik projekt
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16.09.2024: Dr. Claudia Neuendorf presents results from the MuHiK project at the DGPs conference in Vienna
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18.09.2024: Topic: Youth involvement in sports clubs "sport club"
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since October 2024: Svenja Hascher visits Prof. Patricia Jennings at the University of Virginia for six weeks from mid October on.
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15.10.2024: We welcome Anna Picht as a new research assistant in our department.
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The MuHiK project is looking to fill a position (100%, E13) as soon as possible. The project runs until 31.03.2026. More information here:
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16. -18.10.2024: Claudia Neuendorf presented a poster with results from the MuHiK-project at the LEAD-retreat October 16th-18th in Schwäbisch-Gmünd.
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06.11.2024: The Senate selected Dr. Peter Kossack as a representative of the mid-level academic staff as a member of the Commission for Development Planning and Finance.
2023
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On December 1st, 2023, our new colleague, Ms. Cindy Ballaschk, was welcomed to the professorship. She strengthens our team in the areas of research and teaching.
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New publications:
Porsch, R., Schipolowski, S., Rjosk, C. & Sachse, K. A. (2023). Effects of an early start in learning English as a foreign language on reading and listening comprehension in Year 9. Language Teaching for Young Learners. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1075/ltyl.22017.por
Lorenz, G., Kogan, I., Gentrup, S., & Kristen, C. 2023. Non-native accents among school beginners and teacher expectations for future student achievements. Sociology of Education. https://doi.org/10.1177/00380407231202978.
Lorenz, G., Lenz, S., & Rjosk, C. (2023) Efficiency and social inequality in strictly performance-based educational systems. A critical review of the Model of Ability Tracking (MoAbiT). Zeitschrift für Soziologie. https://doi.org/10.1515/zfsoz-2023-2028. -
Since November 1st, 2023, we welcome 2 new team members to the Professorship of School Development. A warm welcome to Dr. Claudia Neuendorf, research assistant in the MuHiK project team, and Ms. Elena-Sevgi Hildebrand. She is strengthening the project team as a research assistant.
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New Publication: Henschel, S., Rjosk, C. & Heinschel, A. (2023). Characteristics of teaching quality in the subject of German. In P. Stanat. S. Schipolowski, R. Schneider, S. Weirich, S. Henschel & K. A. Sachse (Hrsg.), IQB-Bildungstrend 2022. Sprachliche Kompetenzen am Ende der 9. Jahrgangsstufe im dritten Ländervergleich (S. 359-387). Waxmann. https://www.iqb.hu-berlin.de/bt/BT2022/Bericht/
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The Professorship of School Development welcomes two new employees as of October 15, 2023. On the one hand, Ms. Emily Waap supports the Professorship as a research assistant and on the other hand, Mr. Martin Bücher (M.A.) strengthens the Professorship as an academic employee in teaching and research.
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We are delighted to welcome two new employees to the School Development department on October 1, 2023. Theresa Mros (M.Ed. & M.A.) is doing her doctorate on the importance of identification with the culture of origin and host culture for learning and professionalization processes in the school context and is strengthening our work area in teaching and research. We also welcome Annika Scheerer, who supports our work area as a research assistant, especially with regard to improving the quality of teaching. Welcome!
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New publication: Künstler-Sment, J., Kocaj, A., Lorenz, G.; Jansen, M. (2023): Are adolescents more socially integrated in all-day schools than in half-day schools? Zeitschrift für Pädagogische Psychologie. doi: 10.1024/1010-0652/a000370
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New publication: Sachse,K.A., Weirich, S., Mahler, N., Rjosk, C.(2023): Explaining performance decline over the course of taking comprehensive proficiency tests: the roles of effort and omission propensity. International Journal of Testing. DOI: 10.1080/15305058.2023.2250889
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New publication: [among others by Rogge, F.]: The development of technology-related beliefs in the context of inclusive education professionalization in secondary school teacher training during the Corona semesters.QfI -Qualification for Inclusion
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New publication: [among others by Lorenz, G.] in Nature Human Behaviour: Ethnic diversity in school classes promotes positive social relationships among refugee youth. Press release