Christine Ott

Dr. Christine Ott is a Professor at the Chair of Didactics of German Language and Literature at the University of Würzburg, Faculty of Philosophy. Her work bridges educational media research, gender studies, and discourse linguistics, with a focus on cross-institutional literacy education and public pedagogy.

• Education: PhD in German Linguistics (University of Würzburg).

Research interests include:

• Gender and diversity in educational materials
• Digitality in didactic contexts
• Pragma-didactic approaches to language teaching
• Public libraries as educational partners

Recent projects involve the DFG-funded ‚G+Media: Mediatization of Gender and Diversity in Early Language Education‘ (2024–2027) and the ‚SILEM-Pilot‘ initiative (2023–2025). Her publications analyze how educational media shape societal norms, particularly regarding gender and accessibility. Scientific awards include the Bavarian Culture Prize (2017) and Georg Eckert Research Prize (2018). She actively contributes to teacher training, interdisciplinary conferences, and public science communication through

• Radio interviews (Saarland Broadcasting, SR2 Kultur 2024)
• Print media features (Süddeutsche Zeitung, SPIEGEL bento 2019–2024)