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The Network for Joint Democracy-Building in Early Childhood Education is for everyone who is committed to ensuring equal educational opportunities.

  • bevki

    Since 2014, the Fede­ral Par­ents’ Repre­sen­ta­tive Body for Child­ren in Day­care Faci­li­ties and
    Child Day Care (bevki) has ser­ved as a sta­tu­tory, vol­un­­teer-based
    body repre­sen­ting the inte­rests of par­ents and legal guar­di­ans of child­ren of day­care age
    in dealings with poli­cy­ma­kers. The bevki may and should advise the fede­ral govern­ment; it must be con­sul­ted
    on all day­care issues. Its rights to co-deter­­mi­na­­tion are gua­ran­teed in SGB VIII
    Art. 83, para. 3. 

  • Das weiß/rote Logo der GEW ist zu sehen. In Schwarz steht darauf Gewerkschaft Erziehung und Wissenschaft und in Rot weiß steht groß daneben GEW

    GEW — The Edu­ca­tion Union

    As an edu­ca­tion union within the Ger­man Trade Union Fede­ra­tion, we stand up for all peo­ple working in edu­ca­tio­nal and aca­de­mic pro­fes­si­ons and advo­cate for their inte­rests. The GEW is poli­ti­cally inde­pen­dent but not impar­tial. This means we take a stand for workers and for the deve­lo­p­ment and expan­sion of a demo­cra­tic edu­ca­tion sys­tem. Edu­ca­tion must include ever­yone and break down exis­ting social ine­qua­li­ties. There must be no exclu­sion based on ori­gin, social sta­tus, reli­gion, gen­der, or natio­na­lity. We advo­cate for the right to edu­ca­tion for ever­yone within an inclu­sive edu­ca­tion system. 

  • Ein grüner Kreis in dem in weiß nifbe steht der I Punkt ist grün und liegt unten rechts auf einem etwas größeren roten Punkt

    nifbe e.V. – Lower Sax­ony Insti­tute for Early Child­hood Edu­ca­tion and Development

    Foun­ded in 2007, nifbe gui­des and sup­ports the pro­fes­sio­na­liza­tion of early child­hood edu­ca­tion in insti­tu­tio­nal child care set­tings. One of its main tasks is to fos­ter col­la­bo­ra­tion across the various levels of early child­hood edu­ca­tion and to focus on “know­ledge trans­fer through dia­lo­gue.” New sci­en­ti­fic fin­dings and con­cepts are dis­se­mi­na­ted to child care cen­ters, and cur­rent chal­lenges, needs, and suc­cessful prac­ti­cal approa­ches are fed back into the aca­de­mic com­mu­nity. This includes the imple­men­ta­tion and sup­port of needs-based and pro­cess-ori­en­­ted inter­ven­tion formats—such as the state-wide pro­fes­sio­nal deve­lo­p­ment initia­ti­ves addres­sing cur­rent edu­ca­tio­nal policy challenges—as well as know­ledge trans­fer through third-party fun­ded pro­jects. Trans­fer pro­ducts are then dis­se­mi­na­ted in the field. Fur­ther­more, demo­­cracy-buil­­ding is con­ti­nuously addres­sed in scho­larly publi­ca­ti­ons, in spe­cia­li­zed texts on the web­site, and in (online) event series. 

  • "Landeshauptstadt" ein roter Strich der sich nach rechts zu einem Kreissausschnitt entwickelt. Daneben steht "Hannover" und die rote Form ist etwas kleiner zu sehen.

    State Capi­tal of Hanover

    In the state capi­tal of Hano­ver, there are a total of 475 day­care cen­ters run by a wide variety of orga­niza­ti­ons. We have alre­ady made signi­fi­cant pro­gress in rai­sing awa­re­ness about dis­cri­mi­na­tion, for exam­ple, through the ongo­ing deve­lo­p­ment of our family cen­ters and through staff trai­ning. Tog­e­ther with the inde­pen­dent pro­vi­ders, we want to con­ti­nue working in prac­tice to eli­mi­nate dis­cri­mi­na­tion; to this end, we are happy to draw on the ideas from DeZIM and GeDAB and would like to con­tri­bute our fin­dings to the guide plan­ned by GeDAB. 

  • Miriam Haberer-Zeleke steht in einem schwarzen Meshoberteil vor einer Wand, sie hat die Hände locker in den Hosentaschen und schaut in die Kamera. ihre kurzen Haare trägt sie offen.

    Miriam Zeleke, Cer­ti­fied Educator

    Miriam Zeleke holds a degree in edu­ca­tion and ser­ves as the State Com­mis­sio­ner for the Sup­port and Par­ti­ci­pa­tion of Child­ren and Youth in Hesse. She also ser­ves on the board of the Child Pro­tec­tion Asso­cia­tion in Rhi­­ne­­land-Pala­­ti­­nate. Her areas of focus include early child­hood edu­ca­tion, orga­niza­tio­nal deve­lo­p­ment, and children’s rights. 

  • Petra Wagner lächelt in die Kamera. Sie trägt die blonden Haare offen und ein dunkles Oberteil passend zu ihrer Brille

    Petra Wag­ner, Cer­ti­fied Educator

    Petra Wag­ner was a co-foun­­der and, from 2000 to 2024, direc­tor of the Kin­der­wel­ten Cen­ter for Anti-Bias Edu­ca­tion and Upbrin­ging at ISTA/INA Ber­lin gGmbH. From 2011 to 2021, she ser­ved as direc­tor of ISTA. Since 2025, she has been working as a con­sul­tant at the Insti­tut Kin­der­wel­ten für dis­kri­mi­nie­rungs­kri­ti­sche Bil­dung e.V. (Insti­tute for Edu­ca­tion Cri­ti­cal of Dis­cri­mi­na­tion). She has also aut­ho­red num­e­rous publi­ca­ti­ons on the theory and prac­tice of inclu­sion, demo­cracy edu­ca­tion, mul­ti­l­in­gua­lism, and anti-bias edu­ca­tion and upbrin­ging in early child­hood edu­ca­tion centers. 

  • Das Logo von ista: Es sind vier Quadrate zu sehen, die ersten drei sind orange. Das Vierte ist gelb und wird oben mittig von einem kleineren, über es herausragendes oranges Quadrat verdeckt. Unter den Quadraten steht Institut für den Situationsansatz. Rechts daneben steht "ista" Die Schrift ist auch orange.

    ISTA

    The Insti­tute for the Situa­tio­nal Approach (ISTA) at the Inter­na­tio­nal Aca­demy Ber­lin (INA) gGmbH was foun­ded in 1996 and is dedi­ca­ted to the fur­ther deve­lo­p­ment and dis­se­mi­na­tion of the situa­tio­nal approach.
    Through con­ti­nuing edu­ca­tion and trai­ning pro­grams, as well as various rese­arch and prac­ti­cal pro­jects focu­sed on the Situa­tio­nal Approach, qua­lity deve­lo­p­ment, and eva­lua­tion, children’s rights, and child pro­tec­tion, ISTA works to ack­now­ledge and take seriously all perspectives—including, and espe­ci­ally, those of children—to explore them, and to give them space—at all levels, from rese­arch to day­care prac­tice, from daily group life to the orga­niza­tio­nal level.
    To this end, children’s per­spec­ti­ves have been gathe­red in all pro­jects since 2016. 

  • DKJS ist in fetter schwarzer Schrift zu sehen. Darunter steht dünn „Deutsche Kinder- und Jugendstiftung“

    Ger­man Foun­da­tion for Child­ren and Youth

    For over 30 years, the Ger­man Child­ren and Youth Foun­da­tion has been working to pro­mote a just, demo­cra­tic, and diverse society in which child­ren and young peo­ple can grow up well and find oppor­tu­ni­ties for their future. To this end, it focu­ses on edu­ca­tion that sup­ports every child from the very begin­ning and ensu­res that young peo­ple can have a say, help shape their future, and get involved. 

  • BAGE. Bundesverband Elterninitativen E.V. Das BAGE ist sehr groß und beginnt mit einem umgedrehten B das sich an das A lehnt, das G ist auf einer Höhe mit dem A und das E ist weiter unten neben der Unterüberschrift. Der Schriftzug hat einen Farbverlauf und wird von dem hellroten B, bis zum schwarz-roten E immer dunkler.

    The Fede­ral Asso­cia­tion of Parent Initia­ti­ves, Inc.

    The Fede­ral Working Group of Par­ents’ Initia­ti­ves (BAGE) e.V. is a nati­on­wide asso­cia­tion of 29 regio­nal cont­act and coun­seling cen­ters, umbrella orga­niza­ti­ons, and state working groups of par­ents’ initia­ti­ves and other pro­vi­ders of self-orga­­ni­­zed child day care. Its exe­cu­tive office repres­ents the inte­rests of par­ents’ initia­ti­ves at the fede­ral level. Foun­ded in 1986, the initia­tive pro­mo­tes self-help among par­ents and fami­lies, paren­tal auto­nomy, and civic engagement. 

    Through its mem­bers, BAGE offers advice and sup­port to parent-led initia­ti­ves and self-orga­­ni­­zed child care pro­grams. It also orga­ni­zes nati­on­wide con­fe­ren­ces and pro­fes­sio­nal deve­lo­p­ment events for advo­ca­tes, edu­ca­tors, and par­ents. They also publish mate­ri­als on various edu­ca­tio­nal and struc­tu­ral topics rele­vant to parent-led initia­ti­ves and small inde­pen­dent pro­vi­ders. Tog­e­ther, they advo­cate for self-orga­­ni­­zed, needs-based, and high-qua­­lity child care. 

  • Vier Kreise in verschiedenen Größen überschneiden sich links oben im Bild. Sie sind der Größe nach hellgrün beerenfarben, orange, blau und braun. Darunter steht rechtsbündig "migranten eltern netzwerk niedersachsen. Wobei die Anfangsbuchstaben der ersten drei Worte gefettet und dunkler sind, so dass die Abkürzung "men" zu lesen ist

    Lower Sax­ony Migrant Par­ents Network

    The Lower Sax­ony Migrant Par­ents Net­work, which is sup­ported by the umbrella orga­niza­tion amfn e.V., has been advo­ca­ting for equal oppor­tu­ni­ties for child­ren and youth with a migra­tion back­ground since 2011. The goal is to create the con­di­ti­ons for grea­ter social par­ti­ci­pa­tion through impro­ved edu­ca­tio­nal oppor­tu­ni­ties. To achieve this, we con­nect, inform, and empower immi­grant par­ents both sta­te­wide and locally so that they can con­fi­dently and asser­tively advo­cate for their children’s edu­ca­tion. By repre­sen­ting their con­cerns as a poli­ti­cal advo­cacy group before schools, muni­ci­pa­li­ties, and the state of Lower Sax­ony, we con­tri­bute to grea­ter equa­lity of oppor­tu­nity. Our work is empowe­ring, par­ti­ci­pa­tory, and desi­gned to address both indi­vi­dual and struc­tu­ral issues, and it is firmly roo­ted in the local community. 

  • Es sind drei Kreise zu sehen die von drei Strichen durchzogen werden. Die Striche ergeben ein Dreieck, welches die Kreise verbindet. Die Kreise sind orange, rot und hellgrün Links unter dem orangenen Kreis steht in grau "bbt". Unten seteht in klein Bundeselternnetzwerk Bildung & Teilhabe

    Fede­ral Par­ents’ Net­work of Migrant Orga­niza­ti­ons for Edu­ca­tion and Participation

    The Fede­ral Par­ents’ Net­work of Migrant Orga­niza­ti­ons for Edu­ca­tion and Par­ti­ci­pa­tion (bbt) works nati­on­wide to streng­then par­ents and fami­lies with a migra­tion back­ground through poli­ti­cal advo­cacy, edu­ca­tio­nal and empower­ment pro­grams, and the net­wor­king of migrant orga­niza­ti­ons. At the heart of its work is close col­la­bo­ra­tion with mem­ber orga­niza­ti­ons; the asso­cia­tion brings tog­e­ther their expe­ri­en­ces and per­spec­ti­ves, rai­ses their visi­bi­lity, and incor­po­ra­tes them into deba­tes on edu­ca­tion and social policy. In addi­tion, the bbt deve­lops con­cepts and mate­ri­als, orga­ni­zes events, and advi­ses poli­cy­ma­kers and insti­tu­ti­ons on how to break down bar­riers in the edu­ca­tion sys­tem and pro­mote the equal par­ti­ci­pa­tion of fami­lies with a migra­tion background. 

  • Es sind von links nach rechts: eine hellblaue Sprechblase, dunkleblaue Hände, ein Umriss eines Kopfes, eine beerenfarbene Gedankenblase und ein rosa Puzzleteil zu sehen. Darunter ist eine schräge graue Fläche die zum Puzzleteil hin schmaler wird. Darauf steht Sprachenbildung in Kitas.

    Lan­guage Edu­ca­tion in Day­care Centers

    “Lan­guage Edu­ca­tion in Day­care Cen­ters” is a pro­fes­sio­nal deve­lo­p­ment and rese­arch pro­ject focu­sed on trai­ning and qua­lity assu­rance in the area of lan­guage edu­ca­tion inte­gra­ted into daily life in Schles­­wig-Hol­stein, which is fun­ded by the Minis­try of Social Affairs, Youth, Fami­lies, Seni­ors, Inte­gra­tion, and Equa­lity (pro­ject dura­tion: 2021–2028). “Lan­guage Edu­ca­tion in Day­care Cen­ters” has deve­lo­ped con­cep­tual gui­de­lines for a con­ti­nuing edu­ca­tion pro­gram focu­sed on pro­fes­sio­nal deve­lo­p­ment and qua­lity assu­rance and is imple­men­ting con­crete mea­su­res for qua­lity deve­lo­p­ment, manage­ment, and assu­rance with a view to pro­fes­sio­na­li­zing early child­hood edu­ca­tors in Schles­­wig-Hol­stein. The two-stage con­ti­nuing edu­ca­tion pro­gram is sci­en­ti­fi­cally groun­ded and empi­ri­cally vali­da­ted. It expands the com­pe­ten­cies of early child­hood edu­ca­tors and con­tri­bu­tes to the fur­ther deve­lo­p­ment of their pedago­gi­cal prac­ti­ces in the area of lan­guage edu­ca­tion inte­gra­ted into ever­y­day life. 

  • Eine Art angedeutetes Auge ist zu sehen. Links Grün, mit einem türkisenen Punkt daneben und rechts blau. Darunter steht gefettet: verband binationaler und darunter nicht gefettet: familien und partnerschaften

    Asso­cia­tion of Bina­tio­nal Fami­lies and Part­ner­ships, iaf e.V.

    The Asso­cia­tion of Bina­tio­nal Fami­lies and Part­ner­ships, iaf e.V., has been advo­ca­ting for the inte­rests and needs of bina­tio­nal, migrant, and trans­na­tio­nal fami­lies for deca­des. One of its core issues is education—and, in par­ti­cu­lar, early child­hood edu­ca­tion. In parent groups, family gathe­rings, and our num­e­rous pro­jects, we take up the ideas and input from fami­lies and share them with pro­fes­sio­nals, advo­ca­tes, and poli­cy­ma­kers through work­shops, con­ti­nuing edu­ca­tion pro­grams, publi­ca­ti­ons, con­fe­ren­ces, and posi­tion state­ments. A par­ti­cu­lar focus has been—and con­ti­nues to be—incorporating fami­lies’ mul­ti­l­in­gua­lism into edu­ca­tio­nal approa­ches, as well as deve­lo­ping gui­de­lines for edu­ca­tio­nal and play mate­ri­als that are diver­­­sity-con­­scious and cri­ti­cal of discrimination. 

  • Ein schwarzes Schaf steht in einem schwarzen Rahmen, über ihm steht Schwarze Schafe. Der Schriftzug ragt auf beiden Seiten etwas über den Rand des Rahmens

    Black Sheep, Inc.

    Schwarze Schafe e.V. is a nati­on­wide orga­niza­tion that offers edu­ca­tio­nal pro­grams, pro­fes­sio­nal deve­lo­p­ment cour­ses, orga­niza­tio­nal deve­lo­p­ment pro­ces­ses, and lec­tures focu­sed on empower­ment and anti-racist edu­ca­tion. The association’s goal is to create spaces for rai­sing awa­re­ness and fos­te­ring dia­lo­gue, as well as to sup­port the empower­ment of peo­ple who are iden­ti­fied with soci­ally mar­gi­na­li­zed groups. 

    There is a par­ti­cu­lar focus on the prac­ti­cal appli­ca­tion of theo­re­ti­cal con­tent. All pro­grams are tail­o­red to the real-life situa­tions of their respec­tive tar­get groups in order to achieve a sus­tainable and tar­ge­ted impact. The tar­get groups include, in par­ti­cu­lar, child and youth wel­fare ser­vices, early child­hood edu­ca­tion insti­tu­ti­ons, schools, govern­ment agen­cies, self-help orga­niza­ti­ons, and associations. 

  • In schlichter schwarzer Schrift: ZEOK e.V.

    ZEOK

    ZEOK e. V. is a well-estab­­lished edu­ca­tio­nal orga­niza­tion in eas­tern Ger­many, based in Leip­zig. Through its edu­ca­tio­nal and cul­tu­ral pro­grams, the asso­cia­tion crea­tes spaces for encoun­ter, exch­ange, and col­la­bo­ra­tive lear­ning and relear­ning. It advo­ca­tes nati­on­wide for a society that is cri­ti­cal of racism, ori­en­ted toward diver­sity, and just: dis­cri­mi­na­tory struc­tures are brought to light in trai­ning pro­grams for edu­ca­tors and com­mu­nity lea­ders and addres­sed in publi­ca­ti­ons and edu­ca­tio­nal mate­ri­als. From 2020 to 2024, the asso­cia­tion was a part­ner in the nati­on­wide Com­pe­tence Net­work on Isla­mo­pho­bia and Anti-Mus­­lim Sen­ti­ment, fun­ded by “Demo­kra­tie leben!” Since 2025, it has been a part­ner in the nati­on­wide “Cri­tique of Racism” coope­ra­tive net­work within the fede­ral “Demo­kra­tie leben!” pro­gram, spe­ci­fi­cally in the pro­gram area “Deve­lo­p­ment of a Natio­nally Cen­tra­li­zed Infrastructure.” 

  • Ein dunkelroter Kreis der nach rechts hin aufgeht. In ihm steht in grau-grün FIF. Daneben steht Forum Internationaler Frauen BW

    Forum of Inter­na­tio­nal Women of Baden-Wür­t­­te­m­­berg, Inc.

    The Forum Inter­na­tio­na­ler Frauen Baden-Wür­t­­te­m­­berg e.V. was foun­ded in Novem­ber 2015, initi­ally under the name “Arbeits­ge­mein­schaft der inter­na­tio­na­len Frauen” (Working Group of Inter­na­tio­nal Women), with its head­quar­ters in Stutt­gart. In 2018, the orga­niza­tion was ren­a­med and regis­tered as the “Forum of Inter­na­tio­nal Women in Baden-Wür­t­­te­m­­berg” (FIF), a non­pro­fit pro­fes­sio­nal asso­cia­tion dedi­ca­ted to repre­sen­ting women and women’s orga­niza­ti­ons with migra­tion back­grounds in Baden-Wür­t­­te­m­­berg. The FIF advo­ca­tes for the rights of women and girls with migra­tion and refu­gee back­grounds in Baden-Württemberg. 

  • In lockerer grüner Schrift "JUS" wobei das Z etwas breit gezogen ist und ein gelber Kreis hineingemalt wurde. Über dem Kreis mit etwas Abstand zu ihm sind drei gelbe Striche zu sehen. Daneben steht "Jugend- und Sozialwerk" und darunter ganz klein gemeinnützige GmbH

    Youth and Social Ser­vices gGmbH

    Jugend- und Sozi­al­werk gemein­nüt­zige GmbH – Ber­lin Region ope­ra­tes 24 day­care cen­ters throug­hout the city of Ber­lin. All day­care cen­ters ope­rate in accordance with the Ber­lin Edu­ca­tion Pro­gram. Whe­ther in the green neigh­bor­hood of Rei­ni­cken­dorf or in the family-fri­endly dis­trict of Lich­ten­berg, all cen­ters prac­tice and con­ti­nue to deve­lop edu­ca­tion and care that is free from pre­ju­dice. From the very begin­ning, child­ren are given the oppor­tu­nity to rea­lize their deve­lo­p­men­tal poten­tial and expand their skills in line with their inte­rests. They are sup­ported in this by dedi­ca­ted and sen­si­tive edu­ca­tio­nal professionals. 

  • Laura Di Venanzio lächelt gerade in die Kamera. Sie hat ihre Hände locker in ihren Hosentaschen und trägt einen dunklen Blazer über einem dunklen Oberteil. Das braune Haar trägt sie offen.

    Dr. Laura Di Venanzio

    Dr. Laura Di Ven­an­zio works as a rese­arch assistant at the Insti­tute for Ger­man as a Second and For­eign Lan­guage at the Uni­ver­sity of Duis­­burg-Essen. Her work focu­ses on aspects of mul­ti­l­in­gual lan­guage acqui­si­tion and the insti­tu­tio­nal pro­mo­tion of
    ever­y­day multilingualism. 

  • Frau Schaugg lächelt in die Kamera. Sie trägt eine Brille. Ihre hellen Haare fallen leicht auf das schwarze Kleid dass sie trägt.

    Isolde Schaugg, Cer­ti­fied Educator

    Isolde Schaugg is a cer­ti­fied edu­ca­tor and sys­te­mic the­ra­pist. She works as an edu­ca­tor at the Insti­tut für Soziale Berufe gGmbH in Stutt­gart, where she tea­ches future social ser­vice assistants and early child­hood edu­ca­tors. One of her areas of focus is the lan­guage deve­lo­p­ment of mono­lin­gual and mul­ti­l­in­gual child­ren and edu­ca­tio­nal part­ner­ships with parents. 

  • Dr.Julia Jancsó steht seitlich. Sie lächelt in die Kamera. Sie trägt eine Brille und ein Jeanshemd.

    Dr. Julia Jancsó

    Dr. Julia Jancsó is a socio­lo­gist and works as a con­sul­tant in the muni­ci­pal day­care cen­ters of the City of Frank­furt am Main, focu­sing on diver­sity, sex edu­ca­tion, and child pro­tec­tion. She ear­ned her Ph.D. in edu­ca­tion with an eth­no­gra­phic study on pedia­tric checkups. 

  • Dr. Dres. Agata Skalska steht im Grünen und lächelt in die Kamera. Sie trägt einen türkisenen Hidschab und hat eine schwarze Sonnenbrille darauf gesteckt.

    Agata Skalska, Ph.D. candidate

    Agata Skalska, Ph.D. can­di­date, is a child­hood edu­ca­tion spe­cia­list and assistant pro­fes­sor at Düs­sel­dorf Uni­ver­sity of Applied Sci­en­ces. Her rese­arch focu­ses on children’s rights, diver­sity, cri­ti­cal per­spec­ti­ves on racism, and child­hoods within gene­ra­tio­nal frame­works. She is an advo­cate for bias-aware edu­ca­tion and upbrin­ging in early child­hood edu­ca­tion cen­ters. In addi­tion, she ser­ves as vice chair of the Ger­man Kor­c­zak Society, a board mem­ber of the Inter­na­tio­nal Kor­c­zak Society, and vice chair of the Düs­sel­dorf Mus­lim Community. 

  • Chantal Chisley sitzt vor einem gut gefüllten Bücherregal. Sie hat ihre Hände auf ihre locker überschlagenen Beine gelegt und strahlt in die Kamera. Ihre Haare trägt sie so, dass die blonden Locken vorne aus dem Zopf fallen.

    Chan­tal Chisley

    Chan­tal Chis­ley works at the Polish Social Coun­cil e.V. and is com­mit­ted to streng­thening par­ti­ci­pa­tion and co-deter­­mi­na­­tion in a diverse society. Since 2024/2025, she has been a mem­ber of the Par­ti­ci­pa­tion Advi­sory Board and the Com­mit­tee on Diver­sity and Anti-Dis­cri­­mi­na­­tion for the Frie­d­richs­hain-Kreu­z­­berg dis­trict. Her areas of focus include par­ti­ci­pa­tion, social inclu­sion, and anti-racism. In addi­tion, she has a par­ti­cu­lar inte­rest in working with child­ren and young peo­ple and is com­mit­ted to invol­ving young peo­ple in demo­cra­tic pro­ces­ses and making their per­spec­ti­ves visible. 

  • Nejla Coşkun steht vor einem roten Hintergrund. Sie hält den kopf leicht schräg und lächelt in die Kamera. Sie trägt einen hellgemusterten Hidschab und ein dunkles Oberteil.

    Nejla Coş­kun

    Nejla Coş­kun is an NLP coach and NLP trai­ner, as well as a cer­ti­fied anti-dis­cri­­mi­na­­tion coun­se­lor. Throug­hout her pro­fes­sio­nal career, she has spe­cia­li­zed in diver­­­sity-sen­­si­­tive edu­ca­tio­nal work, sys­te­mic sup­port, and empower­ment pro­ces­ses. Pre­viously, she worked in various edu­ca­tio­nal and con­sul­ting con­texts, deve­lo­ping a broad pro­fes­sio­nal pro­file that shapes her cur­rent work as an adult edu­ca­tion ins­truc­tor and course lea­der for Ger­­man-as-a-Second-Lan­­guage cour­ses. Her com­mit­ment to social and edu­ca­tio­nal policy was reco­gni­zed with the Fede­ral Cross of Merit. 

  • Eda Kaya lächelt in die Kamera. Sie trägt einen dunklen Hidschab und ein braunes Oberteil.

    Eda Kaya

    Eda Kaya works as an edu­ca­tio­nal sci­en­tist and rese­arch assistant at the Uni­ver­sity of Hil­des­heim. Her rese­arch inte­rests focus on the fields of early child­hood edu­ca­tion, the con­s­truc­tion of dif­fe­rence, and anti-racist edu­ca­tio­nal approa­ches. In her doc­to­ral rese­arch, she is exami­ning stra­te­gies for addres­sing and coping with racism in child care centers. 

  • Nina Hogrebe ist in einer Bibliothek vor den Buchreihen zu sehen. Sie lächelt in die Kamera. Sie trägt eine Brille, ein dunkles Oberteil und ihre dunkelblonden Haare offen.

    Prof. Dr. Nina Hogrebe

    Prof. Dr. Nina Hogrebe is a pro­fes­sor of edu­ca­tion at the Insti­tute for Social Pedagogy, Adult Edu­ca­tion, and Early Child­hood Edu­ca­tion at TU Dort­mund Uni­ver­sity. Her rese­arch focu­ses on early child­hood edu­ca­tion in child care set­tings, edu­ca­tio­nal ine­qua­li­ties and segre­ga­tion, gover­nance and fun­ding in the edu­ca­tion and social ser­vices sec­tors, as well as qua­lity deve­lo­p­ment and evaluation. 

  • Dr. Sylvia Nienhaus steht seitlich und lacht in die Kamera. Sie trägt eine Brille und einen grünen Blazer.

    Dr. Syl­via Nienhaus

    Dr. Syl­via Nien­haus works as a rese­arch asso­ciate at the Pro­tes­tant Uni­ver­sity of Applied Sci­en­ces Bochum and as a con­sul­tant at the Dia­ko­ni­sches Werk Rhein­­land-Wes­t­­fa­­len-Lippe e.V. Her rese­arch and tea­ching focus on early child­hood edu­ca­tion, diver­sity and ine­qua­lity, as well as qua­li­ta­tive mul­ti­le­vel ana­ly­sis and ethnography. 

  • Bennet Kohl lächelt in die Kamera, er trägt ein hellblaues Hemd und hat die Arme locker verschränkt.

    Ben­net Kohl

    Since 2021, Ben­net Kohl has been working as a pro­ject coor­di­na­tor at the Euro­pean Uni­ver­sity of Flens­burg on the rese­arch and pro­fes­sio­nal deve­lo­p­ment pro­ject “Lan­guage Edu­ca­tion in Day­care Cen­ters.” His work focu­ses on advi­sing and sup­port­ing various stake­hol­ders in the field of day­care cen­ters, as well as orga­ni­zing the con­tent for annual con­fe­ren­ces in Schleswig-Holstein. 

  • Solveig Chilla lächelt in die Kamera. Sie trägt eine Brille. Ihre dunkleblonden Haare offen und einen rotorangenen Schal.

    Prof. Dr. phil. Solv­eig Chilla

    Prof. Dr. Solv­eig Chilla is a pro­fes­sor of edu­ca­tion for indi­vi­du­als with lan­guage and com­mu­ni­ca­tion impairm­ents. She has been working at the Euro­pean Uni­ver­sity of Flens­burg since 2018. In her rese­arch and tea­ching, as well as in her pro­jects and publi­ca­ti­ons, lin­gu­i­stic hete­ro­gen­eity, edu­ca­tio­nal ine­qua­lity, mul­ti­l­in­gua­lism, lan­guage impairm­ents, inclu­sion, and lan­guage edu­ca­tion in day­care cen­ters are cen­tral themes.

  •  Kari Bischof-Schiefelbein strahlt in die Kamera. Sie trägt ihre Haare zusammen und hält einen Fächer in Regenbogenfarben am links seitlich ins Bild.

    Kari Bischof-Schie­­fel­­bein is an edu­ca­tio­nal con­sul­tant and spea­ker spe­cia­li­zing in children’s rights, par­ti­ci­pa­tion, inclu­sion, and demo­cracy edu­ca­tion in early child­hood edu­ca­tion. As a free­lan­cer, she sup­ports day­care teams and pro­vi­ders in con­cep­tual and qua­lity deve­lo­p­ment pro­ces­ses and, as an edu­ca­tor, con­ducts pro­fes­sio­nal deve­lo­p­ment ses­si­ons, work­shops, semi­nars, and trai­ning pro­grams. Learn more on her web­site.

    Image cre­dit: C. Mangler/Der Paritätische / 

  • Jessica Schuh steht seitlich und lächelt in die Kamera. Sie trägt ihre roten Locken offen und hat eine weiße Bluse an.

    Jes­sica Schuch

    Jes­sica Schuch is a super­vi­sor (DGSV), social pedago­gue, and psy­cho­dra­ma­tist. She works as a free­lance pro­fes­sio­nal in con­ti­nuing edu­ca­tion and trai­ning, focu­sing on insti­tu­tio­nal child pro­tec­tion and demo­cracy edu­ca­tion in early child­hood. Her pro­grams com­bine crea­tive methods, such as impro­vi­sa­tio­nal thea­ter, with pro­fes­sio­nal reflec­tion. She also sup­ports teams and lea­ders through super­vi­sion, coa­ching, and pro­cess consulting. 

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