Annett Maiwald

Annett Maiwald is a researcher at the Institute of Sociology within the Faculty of Philosophy at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, specializing in Early Childhood Education. As project leader of the BMBF-funded BiPWissTransKita initiative, she investigates knowledge transfer mechanisms between academic systems and daycare centers.

• Doctorate in Educational Sociology (MLU Halle-Wittenberg, 2008-2011)
• Master's in Sociology (Leibniz University Hanover, 1992-1998)

Research Focus examines:

• Academicization processes in non-academic professions
• Structural specificity of pedagogical interaction systems
• Societal functional system relationships (education-science-policy)
• Knowledge transfer through educational plans

Recent Publications analyze:

• Cognitive transformations in childcare
• Professional inequality in early education
• Curriculum development as transfer instrument
• Structural dependencies in pedagogical quality

Awards & Activities:

• Heinrich Böll Foundation doctoral scholarship
• Keynote speaker on knowledge transfer mechanisms
• Editorial contributions to academicization discourse

Her teaching portfolio includes courses on:

• Education as societal functional system
• Academic impacts on non-scientific fields
• Qualitative research methods in sociology
• Professional development in education

Active in collaborative research teams with MA Nathalie Schönburg and MA Jakob Schreiber, Maiwald's work bridges theoretical sociology with practical childcare implementation challenges.