Maike Maria Domsel

Dr. Maike Maria Domsel is a Private Lecturer (Privatdozentin) in Religious Education at the Faculty of Catholic Theology, University of Bonn. She teaches at multiple institutions including Universities of Duisburg-Essen, Cologne, and Freiburg, with expertise spanning religious pedagogy, interreligious learning, and spiritual identity formation in secular contexts.

Her academic journey includes completing her habilitation at the University of Bonn (2019-2023) on spiritual-religious self-understanding of religious teachers, and her dissertation at PTH St. Augustin (2015-2019) on theological foundations of end-of-life care. Her research interests focus on spiritually-religious identities in plural and secular contexts, critically-emancipatory religious education, compassion learning, religious aesthetics, and religious education for sustainable development.

Her recent publications reveal a strong focus on contemporary challenges in religious education, including digital teaching methods, crisis response pedagogy, decolonial theology, and interfaith dialogue. Her work consistently bridges practical religious education with theological reflection, particularly exploring how spiritual competencies can strengthen professional identity in educators.

Domsel actively participates in numerous academic associations including the Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Katholische Religionspädagogik und Katechetik (AKRK), International Center for Comparative Theology and Social Issues (CTSI), and Religions for Peace Europe. She has delivered lectures at prestigious institutions including Cambridge University and Princeton University, demonstrating her international scholarly impact.