Katharina Key

Katharina Key serves as a Lecturer and Team Leader of the PACKS Basic Research Center at Erfurt University of Applied Sciences since 2016, where she operates within the Basic School framework. Her responsibilities encompass teaching applied communication and academic work & writing across multiple degree programs, providing individual learning and writing coaching, and advising student groups through the Writing Fellow Program.

Her educational foundation includes a Master's degree in Education and Philosophy from Friedrich Schiller University Jena, complemented by a Certificate program in Educational Organizational Consulting from the same institution. Specialized qualifications feature Training in Mediation and Conflict Management from Indmedio Berlin, Betzavta Trainer Training from Gustav Stresemann Institute, and Continuing education in higher education didactics from Bauhaus University Weimar and Friedrich Schiller University Jena.

Key's professional focus centers on Applied Communication and Academic Writing methodologies, extending into Educational Consulting frameworks for institutional development. Her expertise in Conflict Management and School Development manifests through extensive project leadership including "School Mediation Ilm-Kreis" (2001-2005), "Find a Demo!" democracy development initiative (2006-2012), and the "Balu & Du" educational project (2012-2021).

Her advisory work spans individual student coaching and group facilitation across forestry, civil engineering, social work, and early childhood education programs. Current projects through the PACKS center emphasize cross-disciplinary writing support and communication skill development for diverse student cohorts.

As Team Leader of the PACKS Basic Research Center, she directs institutional initiatives for academic communication enhancement while maintaining active teaching roles in both specialized master's programs and university-wide writing workshops.