Anna-Lena Demi

Dr. Anna-Lena Demi is a Researcher at the Department of Education and Psychology, specifically in the Didactics of German - Linguistic and Cultural Education at the Free University of Berlin. Since 2024, she has focused on integrating digital media and inclusive practices into primary school German didactics.

• Education: M.Ed. in Primary School Pedagogy (2015-2017), B.A. in Primary School Education and German Philology (2011-2015), and Diploma in Protestant Religious Pedagogy (2007-2011), all from Free University of Berlin.
• Research: Specializes in symmedial and inclusive literature instruction, children's cultural expression in digital environments, and multimodal learning. Her 2024 monograph Inklusiver und symmedialer Literaturunterricht in der Grundschule explores innovative teaching frameworks.
• Recent Articles: Her publications address digital storytelling with Scratch, memes as literary tools, and transdisciplinary makerspaces, emphasizing pedagogical adaptation to postdigital cultures.
• Projects: Leads the Kinderkultureller Selbstausdruck in Digitalität project and contributed to the Promotionsprojekt ISLU (2019-2024).
• Teaching: Offers seminars on multilingual and multimodal literacy, postmigrant literature education, and digital teaching in seriality contexts at Free University of Berlin and Humboldt University.