Lea Grosser

Lea Grosser is a Researcher at the Department of Empirical Research in Education, School of Education and Psychology, Free University of Berlin. She focuses on social influences on motivational-emotional characteristics in middle childhood and adolescence, particularly examining parents and teachers as caregivers.

• Education: Master of Arts (MA) in Educational Science (2022–2024), Freie Universität Berlin (thesis: teacher sensitivity and mathematics anxiety)
• Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Educational Science (2018–2022), Free University of Berlin (thesis: coronavirus and social disparities in higher education)

Her research investigates how teachers’ emotional-affective and academic-instructional support affect secondary school students’ mathematics anxiety. Additionally, she explores how parental beliefs and behaviors influence children’s motivational development during the transition from primary to secondary school. Her recent work includes analyses of pandemic-induced educational disparities and migration-related differences in study dropout inclination.

Lea Grosser’s publications focus on multilevel modeling of classroom dynamics, social inequality in higher education, and the intersection of migration and academic persistence. These studies often employ empirical social research methods to address educational policy and practice.