Carlos Kölbl

Prof. Dr. Carlos Kölbl holds the Chair of Psychology at the University of Bayreuth's Faculty of Cultural Sciences since 2011. He specializes in cultural psychology, historical consciousness, and transcultural education. His academic career includes roles at Georg-August-University Göttingen, Justus Liebig University Giessen, and Leibniz University Hannover. He serves as Addiction Officer at the University of Bayreuth and contributes to editorial boards of journals like cultura & psyché and Frontiers in Cultural Psychology. His research focuses on cultural-historical psychology, literacy studies, and decolonial educational theory.

Publications span over 25 years, emphasizing methodological innovation in qualitative research, Soviet psychological influences in post-war Germany, and intercultural learning dynamics. Key works include Kulturhistorische Psychologie: Vygotskij, Lurija, Leont'ev (2024) and Decolonising Education (2022). Awards include the Ernst-E.-Boesch Prize (2021) for cultural psychology contributions.

His research examines historical consciousness formation, societal understanding processes, and Bolivian-German educational exchanges. Collaborations with institutions like the University of British Columbia and Universidad de los Andes highlight his international reach. Current projects explore literacy's sociocultural dimensions and memory politics in migration contexts.