Christian Scheel

Christian Scheel is a Researcher at the Georg Eckert Institute (GEI), specializing in Human-Centered Technologies for Educational Media. He currently supports the Global Textbook Resource Center (GLOTREC) as a project staff member, focusing on the maintenance and development of the International TextbookCat (ITBC) into a multilingual research tool. Previously, he coordinated the SemKoS and International TextbookCat projects, advancing semantic systems and metadata-driven educational media research.

His academic background includes a PhD in Computer Science from Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg (2020), with a thesis on Quality of implicit preference feedback and its effect on learned preference models. His expertise bridges search engine technologies, machine learning, and digital humanities to enhance educational media retrieval systems.

Research trends in his publications highlight the integration of historical textbook datasets for cross-cultural analysis, development of NLP pipelines for full-text processing, and metadata standards for international collaboration. His work emphasizes digital preservation of educational media as cultural heritage and the creation of interoperable research tools.

Christian contributes to interdisciplinary teams within GLOTREC, collaborating with institutions like the Biblioteca Nacional de Maestros (Argentina), Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa (Brazil), and Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (Spain). He actively participates in workshops and conferences like the GLOTREC Conferences and International Standing Conference for the History of Education (ISCHE).