Claire Förster

Claire Förster is a researcher at the Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education (IPN) in Kiel, Germany, working within the Subject-related knowledge transfer department since 2023. Based in Berlin as part of the learning:digital Transfer Office, she conducts research on "co-construction" in knowledge transfer regarding digitalization topics and school development. Previously, from May 2021 to August 2023, she served as a researcher at the Museum of Natural History Berlin (MfN) for the NuForm project, which investigated digitization of museum experiences.

Her research focuses on:

• Digital transformation in educational settings
• Ethnographic approaches to technology adoption
• Collaborative knowledge construction processes
• Science communication strategies for public engagement
• Creative methodologies in social science research

She examines how digital technologies reshape learning environments in schools and museums through practitioner-researcher co-design, emphasizing participatory frameworks for sustainable educational innovation.