Constanze Reila Schliwa

Constanze Reila Schliwa is an Academic Assistant for Teaching and Doctoral Candidate at the University of Hamburg's Faculty of Education, specializing in the Department of General, Intercultural and International Comparative Education and Educational Psychology. Her research focuses on historical educational practices in 20th-century Germany, particularly institutional childrearing in the GDR, employing biographical research methods such as oral history and narrative analysis. She holds a Master's in Pedagogy from TU Chemnitz (2016) and a Bachelor's in Pedagogy with Psychology (2013), both from TU Chemnitz.

Her academic work includes examining the long-term effects of GDR-era children's homes and sibling relationships within institutional settings. She has presented her research at conferences like the Netzwerk Oral History and the Forschungsstelle für Zeitgeschichte in Hamburg. Her publications explore themes of memory, institutional upbringing, and historical educational policies.

• Education:
• Bachelor's in Pedagogy & Psychology, TU Chemnitz (2010-2013)
• Master's in Pedagogy (focus: Learning Cultures), TU Chemnitz (2013-2016)

Her doctoral project investigates the experiences of children in GDR normal children's homes (1965–1989) using oral history. She has also contributed to projects on language learning in institutions and cooperative teaching practices in vocational schools.