Dr. Isabel Wullschleger
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin
Raum
427 (Triforum, 4 OG)
Brieffach
Adresse
Innere Kanalstr. 15
50823 Köln
Sprechstunde
findet regelmäßig dienstags um 10 Uhr im Triforum, 4. OG Raum 427 statt. Anmeldung zur Sprechstunde bitte per Mail: isabel.wullschleger@uni-koeln.de
Research Focuses
- Early childhood and childhood in elementary school (spaces of experience, learning and educational theory)
- Ecological-ethical education in (early) childhood -
Child-nature relationships, materiality and physicality, objects and spaces
- Aesthetic education, aesthetic practices
- Phenomenological educational science, body phenomenology
Curriculum Vitae
Since 01/2025: Research Assistant at the University of Cologne, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Education and Social Sciences
April 2024–December 2024: Research Assistant at Humboldt University of Berlin, Institute of Education, General Elementary School Pedagogy
July 2023: Ph.D. (Dr. phil.) in Educational Sciences from Humboldt University of Berlin
01/2023–03/2024: Research Assistant at the University of Kassel, Division of Aesthetic Education and Physical Education (including participation in the Research College on Educational Regimes and the research project “Perspectives – On the Transformation of Higher Education and the University”)
08/2022–12/2022: Research Assistant at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Department of Art Studies and Music Education
12/2019–07/2022: Research Assistant at Humboldt University of Berlin, Institute of Educational Sciences, General Elementary School Pedagogy
03/2017–11/2019: Research Assistant in the BMBF collaborative project “Cultural Education and Inclusion” (led by Prof. Dr. Cornelie Dietrich), Institute of Educational Sciences, Leuphana University of Lüneburg
08/2013–07/2017: Teaching at the middle and upper school levels (grades 5–10) in general education schools, including in Bern, in various subjects
2015–2017: Studies at the Institute of Social Anthropology, University of Bern. Degree: Master of Arts in Research on the Arts (2017)
2005–2013: Studied music at the Bern University of the Arts and the Basel Music Academy. Degrees: Bachelor of Arts (2008); Master of Arts in Music Education (Violin) (2010); Master of Arts in Musical Performance (Violin) (Concert Diploma 2013)
Memberships
German Society for Educational Science (DGfE)
“Early Childhood Education” Commission of the DGfE
Commission on “Philosophy of Education and Upbringing” of the DGfE
Commission on “Educational Anthropology” of the DGfE
Society for Music Education (GMP)
Publications
Monograph and Edited Volume:
Wullschleger, Isabel (2025): Spaces for Practice and Learning. A Phenomenological Study. Weinheim: Beltz Juventa. Open Access: https://www.beltz.de/fachmedien/erziehungswissenschaft/produkte/details/57390-spielraeume-des-uebens-und-lernens.html
Nentwig-Gesemann, Iris; Stenger, Ursula; Wullschleger, Isabel; Kaiser, Silke; Rönnau-Böse, Maike; & Wadepohl, Heike (Eds.) (2025): Children and Nature in the Context of Sustainable Development. Research in Early Childhood Education, Vol. 18, FEL-Verlag, https://fel-verlag.de/produkt/forschung-in-der-fruehpaedagogik-xviii/.
Articles and book chapters:
Wullschleger, Isabel & Evelyn May (2026, in press): Professionalism through Aesthetic Practice in Elementary School. A Computer Story in German Class. In Journal for Interpretive School and Classroom Research (ZISU) Vol. 15. (double-blind peer review)
Wullschleger, Isabel (2026, in press): Things. In Agostini, Evi, Agnes Bube, Dennis Improda & Stephanie Mian (eds.): Phenomenology, Pedagogy, and Professionalization: Drafting a (Response) Register to the Demands and Fields of Application of Pedagogical Action. Weinheim: Beltz Juventa.
Stenger, Ursula & Isabel Wullschleger (2025): Introduction to the Field of Research: Children and Nature in the Context of Sustainable Development. In Nentwig-Gesemann, Iris, Ursula Stenger, Isabel Wullschleger, Silke Kaiser, Maike Rönnau-Böse, and Heike Wadepohl (eds.): Children and Nature in the Context of Sustainable Development. Research in Early Childhood Education, Vol. 18, FEL-Verlag, pp. 11–42.
Wullschleger, Isabel and Julia Peuke (2025): Expressing Crises: Aesthetic Practice as Political Education in Elementary School. In: Laner, Iris and Andreas Oberprantacher (eds.): Political Education as Aesthetic Education – Aesthetic Education as Political Education?! Weinheim Basel: Beltz Juventa (forthcoming).
Wullschleger, Isabel (2023): “Being in the World” with the Guitar: On Practicing and Shaping in a Physical-Practical Activity. In: Jenßen, Lars, Daniel Töpper, and Niels Uhlendorf (eds.): Interdisciplinary Contributions to Educational Research. Berlin: Berlin Universities Publishing. (Peer reviewed) https://doi.org/10.14279/depositonce-17783
Wullschleger, Isabel (2022): The Instrument as a Responsive Object and as a Constituent “With” in Social and Musical Events. In: Knowledge Platform Cultural Education Online. Vol. Conference Proceedings Network for Research on Cultural Education. (Peer-reviewed) https://doi.org/10.25529/724d-3y67
Wullschleger, Isabel (2022): Between Child and Guitar: A Bodily-Material Process of Response. In: Koch, Jan-Peter, Katharina Schilling-Sandvoß, and Andrea Welte (eds.): Interaction. Düren: Shaker, pp. 108–125.
Dederich, Markus, Cornelie Dietrich, Hannah Nitschmann, and Isabel Wullschleger (2020): Aesthetic Education and Inclusion. In: Timm, Susanne, Jana Costa, Claudia Kühn, and Annette Scheunpflug (eds.): Cultural Education. Theoretical Perspectives, Methodological Challenges, Empirical Findings. Münster: Waxmann, pp. 45–59.
Dietrich, Cornelie, and Isabel Wullschleger (2019): Being Taken as Part. Aesthetic Education and Inclusion. In: Brinkmann, Malte (ed.): Embodiments. Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien, pp. 109–129. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-27491-7_6
Upcoming Lectures
“Interaction Processes within the Context of Aesthetic Practices in Elementary School,” lecture at the RInG Forum, University of Kassel, with Dr. Evelyn May (12/2024)
“Body Knowledge and Body Schema: On Skill and (Musical) Creation Using the Example of a Physical-Practical Activity,” lecture at the symposium “Interdisciplinary Research Network on Implicit Knowledge FORIM” in Linz (2024)
“Educational Regime: Students’ Perspectives on the (Digital) Transformation of the University,” presentation at the Conference of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI) in Berlin, with Dr. Steffen Wittig (2024)
“Dimensions of socially shared learning spaces,” presentation at the Conference of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI) in Berlin (2024)
“Musical Experience Between Practice and Performance,” presentation at the annual conference of the Society for Music Research (GfM) in Cologne (2024)
“Dimensions of Experience in Practice and Music-Making,” poster presentation at the annual conference of the Society for Music Research (GfM) in Cologne (2024)
Additional presentations at conferences
Conference of the Network for Research on Cultural Education (2019, 2021, 2022)
International Annual Conference of Inclusion Researchers (IFO) (2018, 2019, 2020)
Congress of the German Society for Educational Psychology (DGfE) (2018), Special Education Section of the DGfE (2019)
Society for Music Education (GMP) (2020)
Interdisciplinary Center for Educational Research (IZBF) (2021)