Andrea Rössler

Prof. Dr. Andrea Rössler is a leading academic at Leibniz University Hannover, serving in the Romanesque Seminar under the Faculty of Philosophy. With a focus on Spanish and Latin American youth literature, her work spans vocabulary didactics, intercultural competence, and language mediation in foreign language education. She has contributed extensively to audiovisual media and foreign language policy, emphasizing the professionalization of foreign language teachers.

Her research projects include the development of intercultural competence standards for teachers, exploration of language mediation as an innovative skill, and leadership in the Leibniz Principle initiative to enhance practical teaching phases. She co-edits the series Romance Foreign Language Research and Teaching Development and has published widely in journals like Der fremdsprachliche Unterricht Spanisch and FLuL.

Recent publications highlight trends in digital vocabulary learning, audiovisual text comprehension, and social media-based literary genres. Her editorial work includes anthologies on contemporary women's literature and multimedia teaching resources. She actively participates in academic networks, including the German Society for Foreign Language Research and the Hispanists Association.