Educationist Blanka Hartmann appointed

Dr. Blanka Hartmann has been appointed Professor of Pedagogy and Didactics for Emotional and Social Development with special focus on inclusive educational processes.

The professorship is based at the Department of Special Needs Education and Rehabilitation. Hartmann studied education with a focus on rehabilitation and education for persons with disabilities at the Technical University of Dortmund, where she received her PhD in 2001. From 2001 to 2010 she held posts as a research assistant and research associate at the University of Leipzig, where in 2010 she also earned her Habilitation. Before coming to Oldenburg she was a lecturer at the University of Bremen’s Faculty of Pedagogy and Educational Sciences in the area of inclusive education, specialized in emotional-social development and learning. Hartmann's research interests include school development in the context of inclusive education, diagnostics in inclusive settings and the professionalization of teaching staff.