Council Members

The members of the Expert Council are appointed for three years
The current Council members:

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