Educationist Ulla Licandro appointed

Dr. Ulla Licandro has been appointed Junior Professor of Heterogeneity and Diversity with special focus on inclusive educational processes at the Department of Special Needs Education and Rehabilitation.

Prior to this appointment she was Acting Professor for Language and Communication and its Special Educational Support. Licandro studied rehabilitation and speech and language therapy at the Technical University of Dortmund, the Eötvös Loránd University (Hungary), and the University of Iowa, USA. In 2010 she has held research and teaching posts at the University of Hanover, where she earned her PhD with a thesis on the narrative skills of multilingual children. She spent three semesters conducting research at the University of Iowa and the University of Ohio (USA) on scholarships from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the Robert Bosch Foundation.

Licandro's research focuses on the prevention of linguistic-communicative impairments. She also investigates intervention options for language/speech disorders and the importance of peer interaction in language acquisition.