Marcel Mierwald

Marcel Mierwald is a Junior Professor at the Technische Universität Braunschweig and researcher at the Leibniz Institute for Educational Media (GEI). His work focuses on the didactics of educational media with a specialization in history, emphasizing digital transformation, empirical research in history teaching, and language-sensitive pedagogy. He contributes to interdisciplinary projects such as Empowering Police Officers and Teachers in Arguing Against Antisemitism (EMPATHIA³) and leads Generative KI als Bildungsmedium (GeKIB).

• Education: Studied history, politics, and educational science at Freie Universität Berlin and German studies at Ruhr University Bochum.
• Research: Explores digital educational media, generative AI applications, empirical history teaching, and historical consciousness in the post-digital era.
• Projects: Leads GeKIB, co-heads the working group Empirische Zugänge der Geschichtsdidaktik, and contributes to INTERXR and HiPBXR.
• Publications: 2024–2025 works address AI in education, digital source criticism, and migration history.
• Awards: No specific awards listed.