Dagmar Abendroth-Timmer

Dagmar Abendroth-Timmer is a full Professor in Romance Studies - Didactics at the University of Siegen, Faculty I. She is actively engaged in research, teaching, and international academic collaboration, with a focus on innovative approaches in foreign language education.

Her research interests include action-oriented language teaching, intercultural and transcultural learning, multilingual didactics, teacher education, and empirical research methods. She emphasizes context-sensitive, plurilingual, and critical approaches to language education, integrating identity development, agency, and reflexivity.

Her recent publication, Action Orientation in Foreign Language Teaching: An Introduction, represents a foundational contribution to postmodern discourse in language didactics, building on earlier work by Bach and Timm. The research promotes situated, multilingual, aesthetic, and critical educational orientations, with practical applications for teachers and trainees.

• Network Consultant, LANGSCAPE – International Research Group on Language Acquisition and Learning
• Coordinator, ENROPE – European Network for Junior Researchers in Plurilingualism and Education (2018–2021)
• Lead Researcher, ViMuLEnc: Virtual Multilingual Learning Encounters
• Principal Investigator, Dramapädagogische Ansätze in der Fremdsprachenlehrer*innenbildung (since 2016)
• Participant, TEaP – Teacher Educators as Professionals (since 2015)
• Lead, INFRAL: Interkulturell France Allemagne Online (2009–2010)
• Lead, CONFORME – Cognitions, Emotions and Mentoring in Language Teacher Education (2014/2015)
• Co-Lead, BiLiSE – Bilingual Education and European Sections
• Lead, Lehrpraxis im Fremdsprachenunterricht (since 2007)
• Lead, Task Orientation in Foreign Language Teaching

She has supervised research assistants and contributed to doctoral co-tutelle programs through Erasmus+. Her work emphasizes professionalization of language teachers, international collaboration, and transfer of research into practice. She has developed curricula, intensive study programs, and qualification handbooks for junior researchers.

Dagmar Abendroth-Timmer leads and participates in virtual and in-person workshops, summer schools, and research colloquia. She is active in organizing academic events such as the Siegen French Teachers' Day and international conferences on multilingualism. Her lab and team include researchers like Dr. Christian Koch and Marta Maria Röder, and she collaborates with institutions in Berlin, Exeter, Istanbul, Paris, Barcelona, and Tokyo.