Katharina Müller

Prof. Dr. Katharina Müller is a University Professor at the Leibniz University Hannover, affiliated with the Faculty of Philosophy and the Institute of Educational Science. She leads research in school pedagogy with a focus on teaching and learning research.

• Academic Focus: Teacher professionalization, inclusive education, sociocultural influences on learning, mobile eye-tracking in classrooms
• Key Projects: BIKO-LAMB (multilingual teacher competencies), WiNaLehramt (teacher motivation), Teaching Labs for core practices

Research Themes: Her work examines how internship structures affect teacher competency development, mentorship in inclusive schools, and the impact of heterogeneity on student outcomes. She employs quasi-experimental designs and secondary data from PISA.

Recent Publications (2025–2023) address teacher training innovations, refugee language education, and classroom perception studies. Awards include the 2020 Science Prize of Lower Saxony for digital teaching collaboration.

Additional Contributions: She co-led the textbook Textbook of Educational Sciences (2025), analyzed PISA data (2013–2017), and developed mentorship frameworks. Her full CV includes leadership roles at Leibniz School of Education and projects like Leibniz Principle (2019–2023).