Imke Brummer

Dr. Imke Brummer serves as a Researcher in the Department of Educational Sciences at Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Erasmus University Rotterdam. Her work critically examines intersections of education, emotion, and citizenship within diverse societal contexts.

Her research focuses on affective dimensions of citizenship education, exploring how emotional experiences shape democratic engagement in classrooms. Key interests include collective emotion formation, ethnic identity negotiation, and European identity development among students through qualitative methodologies like focus groups and semi-structured interviews.

Recent publications analyze spatial-relational dynamics in citizenship pedagogy and emotional politics of belonging, revealing how discomfort and boundary negotiations impact ethnic minority/majority student experiences. Her work consistently addresses democratic education challenges in multicultural secondary school settings.

Dr. Brummer contributes to leading journals including Teaching and Teacher Education and Emotions and Society, with research metrics indicating significant scholarly engagement through Mendeley readership and social media references.