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Sandro Franken

Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter

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1.01 – Gebäude 906, Modulbau, Campus Nord

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Adresse

Besuchsadresse: Herbert-Lewin-Str. 10, 50931 Köln

Postadresse: Gronewaldstr. 2, 50931 Köln

Sprechstunde

donnerstags 14.00-15.00 Uhr, mit E-Mail-Anmeldung: https://uni-koeln.zoom.us/j/98650201033?pwd=xAbOGlINkFS6aoPsQQSqZLuBqBBwWm.1 Meeting-ID: 986 5020 1033 Passwort: 067438 am 05.11.2025 fällt die Sprechstunde aus

Key Areas of Work

  • Professional Development of Teachers in a Society of Migration
  • Learning and Educational Work in the Context of Antisemitism and Racism
  • Theater Education and Education Critical of Power and Discrimination
  • Conditions for Successful Transfer in the Field of Multilingual Education

 

Professional Career

  • Since November 2026: Program coordinator for the Master’s in Intercultural Communication and Education / Academic advisor for the Intercultural Communication and Education track within the dual-major Master’s in Educational Science
  • Since April 2024: Research assistant in the interview study on conditions for successful transfer in language education as part of the research work in the meta-project Language Education in the Immigration Society
  • 2020–2022: Research Assistant with a bachelor’s degree at the Intercultural Education Research Unit, University of Cologne
  • 2017–2019: Student Assistant at the Intercultural Education Research Unit, University of Cologne

 

Academic Background

  • Since October 2025: Ph.D. program in the Department of Educational Sciences, specializing in migration and transnational comparison
  • Master’s Degree: Teacher certification for high school/comprehensive school in pedagogy and social sciences at the University of Cologne
  • Master’s semester abroad: Winter Semester 2022/23 and Summer Semester 2023 at the Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico
  • Master’s thesis: “How Social Studies Teachers Address Societal Challenges: A Study of the Hamas Terrorist Attack on October 7, 2023, in Secondary Schools in North Rhine-Westphalia”
  • Bachelor’s Degree: Teacher Education for High School/Comprehensive School in Pedagogy and Social Sciences at the University of Cologne
  • Bachelor’s study abroad semester, Winter 2019/2020, at the University of Málaga
  • Bachelor’s thesis: “Culture of Remembrance in Spain: A Qualitative Study on Coming to Terms with the Franco Dictatorship Based on Narrative Interviews with Spanish Migrants”

 

Teaching

Winter Semester 2026/2027

  • Master’s Colloquium on Intercultural Communication and Education (with Dr. Yasemin Uçan)
  • “School in a Migration Society” (Ruhr University Bochum)
  • Preparatory Seminar for the Aptitude and Orientation Internship (RWTH Aachen)

Summer Semester 2026

  • “School in a Migration Society” (Ruhr University Bochum)
  • Preparatory Seminar for the Aptitude and Orientation Internship (RWTH Aachen)

 

Winter Semester 2025/2026

  • “School in a Migration Society” (Ruhr University Bochum)
  • Preparatory Seminar for the Aptitude and Orientation Internship

Summer Semester 2025

  • Accompanying Seminar for the Practical Semester (RWTH Aachen)
  • Preparatory Seminar for the Aptitude and Orientation Internship (RWTH Aachen)

Winter Semester 2024/2025

  • “Practical Seminar on In-School and Out-of-School Methods for Diversity-Conscious and Diversity-Critical Educational Work with Youth and Multipliers” (with Sabrina Klein, M.A.)
  • “Thinking About Racism and Anti-Semitism Together—A Look at Educational Work” (with Sabrina Klein, M.A.)
  • Preparation for the Practical Semester (RWTH Aachen)

Summer Semester 2024

  • “Theater Education and Political Education”
  • “Educational Work in the (Tension-Filled) Relationship Between Anti-Semitism and Racism” (with Sabrina Klein, M.A.)

Winter Semester 2023/2024

  • Master’s Colloquium on Intercultural Communication and Education (with Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Roth)