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The Team

Dr. Sey­ran Bostancı 

Dr. Sey­ran Bos­tancı foun­ded the GeDAB net­work in Octo­ber 2024 to put her rese­arch on insti­tu­tio­nal racism in day­care centers—and the recom­men­da­ti­ons for action deri­ved from it—into prac­tice. Its pri­mary goal is to sus­tain­ably streng­then par­ti­ci­pa­tion, reduce dis­cri­mi­na­tion, and fos­ter the full deve­lo­p­ment of poten­tial in a post-migrant society within the con­text of early child­hood education.

For the past fif­teen years, Dr. Bos­tancı has been working to com­bat dis­cri­mi­na­tion, pro­mote demo­cra­tic edu­ca­tion, and fos­ter inclu­sive struc­tures in early child­hood edu­ca­tion. She com­bi­nes aca­de­mic exper­tise with many years of prac­ti­cal experience—as a prac­tice con­sul­tant, inter­sec­tional diver­sity trai­ner, spea­ker, and chair of the board of the Kin­der­wel­ten Institute. 

She also worked as a rese­arch assistant at the Natio­nal Dis­cri­mi­na­tion and Racism Moni­tor (NaDiRa) at the Ger­man Cen­ter for Inte­gra­tion and Migra­tion Rese­arch (DeZIM). There, she was in charge of the area of edu­ca­tion and racism—the foun­da­tion from which the GeDAB net­work emer­ged. She has been the exe­cu­tive direc­tor of the Schwarz­kopf Foun­da­tion since Decem­ber 2025.

“When early edu­ca­tion reflects and actively values the diver­sity of our society, it lays a foun­da­tion on which all child­ren can rea­lize their poten­tial and expe­ri­ence respectful coexis­tence.
This is the key to a society based on soli­da­rity
and demo­cracy.”

Dr. Sey­ran Bostancı 
Seyran is standing against a light-colored background. Only her upper body is visible. She has her arms casually crossed and is smiling at the camera.

Kira Müns­ter­berg

Kira Müns­ter­berg works as a pro­ject mana­ger for the GeDAB net­work. She has expe­ri­ence in the field of early child­hood edu­ca­tion from various per­spec­ti­ves. After com­ple­ting her prac­tice-based trai­ning, she worked as a state-cer­ti­fied early child­hood edu­ca­tor and was invol­ved, among other things, in set­ting up a new day­care group. In addi­tion, she was able to gain expe­ri­ence in edu­ca­tio­nal jour­na­lism while pur­suing her degree in jour­na­lism and cor­po­rate communications. 

“I have per­so­nally expe­ri­en­ced the chal­lenges
within the early child­hood edu­ca­tion sys­tem.” “Through my work with the net­work, I want to do my part to ensure that all child­ren have a day­care expe­ri­ence where they feel com­for­ta­ble, can learn, and can thrive.”

Kira Müns­ter­berg