Prof. Dr Viola Georgi
Member of the Expert Council
The "Zentrum für Bildungsintegration. Diversity und Demokratie in Migrationsgesellschaften"
Viola B. Georgi is Professor of Diversity Education at the University of Hildesheim Foundation and Director of the Centre for Education Integration: Diversity and Democracy in Migration Societies. Her work focuses on, among other issues, diversity education, heterogeneity in schools, educational media, historical/political education in a migration society, democracy education and citizenship education. Viola B. Georgi acts in an advisory capacity in various expert committees and civil society organisations.
Professional background:
- Teaching degree and state examinations at the Goethe University Frankfurt and the University of Bristol (England), 1987–1992
- Dual degree in sociology and educational sciences (Diplom) at the Goethe University Frankfurt, 1992–1998
- Doctoral studies at the Goethe University Frankfurt and Harvard University (Cambridge, USA), 1996–2002
- Researcher in the department for social sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, 1993–1998
- Research project manager at the Center for Applied Policy Research, Ludwig Maximilians-Universität München, 2000–2006
- Visiting scholar at York University, Toronto, Canada, 2010
- Junior professor for intercultural education at the Freie Universität Berlin, 2006–2012
- Professor for diversity education at the University of Hildesheim Foundation and Director of the "Zentrum für Bildungsintegration. Diversity und Demokratie in Migrationsgesellschaften" (Centre for Education Integration. Diversity and Democracy in Migration Societies), since 10/2012
- Visiting scholar at Uppsala University, Sweden, 2015