Raum
1.04 – Gebäude 906, Modulbau, Campus Nord
Brieffach
11
Adresse
Besuchsadresse: Herbert-Lewin-Str. 10, 50931 Köln
Postadresse: Gronewaldstr. 2, 50931 Köln
Sprechstunde
Raum
1.04 – Gebäude 906, Modulbau, Campus Nord
Brieffach
11
Adresse
Besuchsadresse: Herbert-Lewin-Str. 10, 50931 Köln
Postadresse: Gronewaldstr. 2, 50931 Köln
Sprechstunde
Ellen Kollender
Ellen Kollender heads the Professorship of Educational Studies: Migration and Transnational Comparison at the University of Cologne.
Research Areas
- Education and educational processes at the intersection of (forced) migration, nation-state, and transnationalisation
- Racism, intersectionality, and institutional discrimination
- Orders of difference and belonging in migration societies: a transnational comparative perspective
- Educational professionalism, anti-discrimination counselling, and discrimination-critical school and organisational development
- Critical and poststructuralist social theories, as well as qualitative methods and methodologies in educational and social research
Selected Career Positions
- Since October 2026: Professor (W3) of Educational Studies: Migration and Transnational Comparison, University of Cologne, Department of Education and Social Sciences
- July 2025: Offered the professorship in Migration and Inclusion Research at the University of Klagenfurt, Austria (declined)
- April 2024 – September 2026: Junior Professor (W1) of Inclusion and Diversity, Leuphana University Lüneburg, Faculty of Education
- May 2022 – March 2024: Interim Professor (W3) of Heterogeneity, RPTU University Kaiserslautern-Landau, Faculty of Education
- January 2021 – April 2022: Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Research Area Intercultural and International Comparative Education, Helmut Schmidt University, Hamburg, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
- September 2019 – December 2020: Mercator Fellow at Sabancı University, Istanbul, Turkey
- April 2016 – August 2019: Predoctoral Research Associate in the Research Area Intercultural and International Comparative Education, Helmut Schmidt University, Hamburg, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
- April 2012 – March 2016: Doctoral scholarship holder funded by the Hans Böckler Foundation
Networks and Professional Memberships
- Since 2024: Gender and Diversity Research Network at Leuphana University Lüneburg
- Since 2020: Network for Refugee Research (Netzwerk Fluchtforschung)
- Since 2020: Council for Migration (Rat für Migration)
- Since 2019: German Educational Research Association (DGfE), Commission on Education in Migration Societiesand Commission on Social Pedagogy
- Since 2019: European Educational Research Association (EERA), Network Social Justice and Intercultural Education
Reviewing Activities (Selected)
- Berlin Senate Department for Integration, Labour and Social Affairs
- Federal Ministry of Education and Research
- Federal Ministry of Education, Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth
- European Educational Research Journal
- GENDER – Zeitschrift für Geschlecht, Kultur und Gesellschaft
- Global Centre for Pluralism, Canada
- International Journal of Comparative Sociology
- Nordic Journal of Migration Research
- Race, Ethnicity and Education
- Tertium Comparationis
- World Education Research Conference
- Zeitschrift für erziehungswissenschaftliche Migrationsforschung
- Zeitschrift für Pädagogik
Current Advisory Roles
- Academic liaison (Vertrauensdozentin) for the Hans Böckler Foundation
- Member of the Expert Advisory Board on Equal Opportunities in Schools and Education at the Lower Saxony Ministry of Education
- Member of the expert group of the Migrant Parents Network of Lower Saxony (MigrantenElternNetzwerk Niedersachsen)
- Member of the Expert Advisory Board of the Federal Network of Parents’ Organisations with a Migration Background
Current Editorial Roles
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Erziehungswissenschaftliche Revue: Co-editor of the section Education in Migration Societies, together with Aysun Doğmuş and Deniz Barasi (Julius Klinkhardt)