Profile

Professional career

• since 11/2022
  Project Collaborator,Arqus Inclusion & Diversity Hub (Co-Leader - University of Padua )University of Leipzig, Faculty of Education,Inclusive Education and Special Educational Needs in Learning (Prof.' Dr.' Conny Melzer)
• since 11/2022
  Research Associate & Doctoral Student,University of Leipzig, Faculty of Education,Emotional and Social Development in Special Education and Inclusive Contexts- (Prof. Dr. Heinrich Ricking)
• 07/2022 - 10/2022
  Research Assistant,University of Leipzig, Faculty of Education,Inclusive Education and Special Educational Needs in Learning (Prof.' Dr.' Conny Melzer)Research Project L-Of-esE (Development of Organisational School and Learning Structures for Students with Special Educational Needs in Emotional and Social Development in the District of Leipzig)
• since 08/2022
  Assistance of the Editoral Staff,Zeitschrift für Heilpädagogik (Journal of Special Education)
• 11/2020 - 07/2022
  Student Research AssistantUniversity of Leipzig, Faculty of Education,Pedagogical Psychology (Prof. Dr. Henrik Saalbach), Research Projects TINEO, CogComm, KEeKS
• 08/2016 - 08/2017
  International Youth Exchange Service Italy, University of Padua - Student Services Office support to students with disabilities and Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD)

Education

• 10/2017 - 07/2022
  State Examination: Special Needs EdcuationUniversity of Leipzig, Faculty of Education,
• 01/2021 - 06/2021
  Erasmus+ Exchange Semester Norway,University of Stavanger,Comparative Education Studies
• 08/2008 - 06/2016
  A-Levels / High-School Diploma, Rosa-Luxemburg-School (Berlin)
• 08/2013 - 06/2014
  High-School Exchange Sweden, (Visby, Gotland)

My research interests focus on individual and educational dimensions of school attendance problems related to internalizing problems from the perspective of professionals in international comparative contexts, especially Sweden and Germany.

I am also interested in the role of teachers' self-efficacy towards young pupils who belong to certain risk groups (e. g. school refusal, emotional distress, psychosocial health problems such as depression, anxiety, somatic symptoms etc.).

Further, my research interests revolve around international networking and the establishment of hubs in the context of inclusive higher education (as part of the Arqus University Alliance).

My main research methods are quantitative (esp. statistical programs R and SPSS for data analysis).

I wish to gain knowledge in mixed methodology, combining a qualitative research approach (esp. interviews with focus groups for data gathering).

• Arqus Inclusion & Diversity Hub (Co-Lead)

  Melzer, Conny

  Duration: 11/2022 – 10/2026

  Funded by: EU Europäische Union

  Involved organisational units of Leipzig University: Inklusive Bildung unter besonderer Berücksichtigung sonderpädagogischer Lernförderung; Universität Leipzig
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• ProSA - Promotive Factors for School Attendance Among Swedish Youth

  Enderle, Chiara; Kreitz-Sandberg, Susanne

  Duration: 03/2025 – 02/2027

  Involved organisational units of Leipzig University: Inklusive Bildung unter besonderer Berücksichtigung sonderpädagogischer Lernförderung; Emotionale und soziale Entwicklung unter Berücksichtigung sonderpädagogischer Förderung und inklusiver Kontexte
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• "School Attendance und handling of School Attendance Problems"

  Ricking, Heinrich

  Duration: 04/2024 – 12/2027

  Funded by: Ministerien anderer Bundesländer (ohne Sachsen)

  Involved organisational units of Leipzig University: Emotionale und soziale Entwicklung unter Berücksichtigung sonderpädagogischer Förderung und inklusiver Kontexte
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more projects

• ES1000 - Special needs in emotional and social development - Manifestations and approaches