Claudia Böhme

Claudia Böhme is a researcher at the Georg-Eckert-Institute for International Textbook Research, specializing in media transformations in educational contexts. She collaborates with Dr. Andreas Weich and Prof. Dr. Macgilchrist on the Telekom Foundation-funded project Educational Ecosystems - Patterns, Practices and Services (EPPS), focusing on digital STEM education for children and youth through maker spaces and museum-school partnerships.

• Doctorate from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (Swahili film studies)
• Former DFG-funded researcher at the University of Trier
• Expertise in East African media practices and refugee camp digital cultures

Her research bridges digital media studies and anthropology of migration, examining how educational ecosystems evolve through transnational technological interactions. Recent publications explore:

• Arts' role in refugee future-making
• Temporal dimensions in African art forms
• Swahili film industry representation
• Digital communication during resettlement

She actively presents findings at academic conferences, discussing topics like:

• STEAM educational ecosystem dynamics
• Queer representation in Kenyan cinema
• Media practices in maker spaces

Current work engages with Nairobi-Kakuma research networks and German educational infrastructure development.