Mareike Brehmer

Mareike Brehmer is a Senior Lecturer in Pedagogy at the Department of Pedagogy, Faculty of Humanities and Education, University of Agder, Norway. She serves as the study program director for the master's program in education and coordinates courses on democracy and human rights in education. Her teaching focuses on quantitative research methods at both bachelor's and master's levels, and she supervises academic theses.

• PhD Project: Investigated socio-cognitive, emotional, and moral determinants of bystander behavior in higher education bullying via the Theory of Planned Behavior.

Research Interests center on democratic education, social psychology, and quantitative methodologies. Her work explores bystander interventions in university bullying, moral norm influences, and comparative curriculum analysis for democratic competencies across Germany, Poland, and Norway.

Publication Trends highlight applications of behavioral theories to bullying dynamics, cross-cultural educational frameworks, and quantitative studies on prosocial intentions in academic settings.

• Scientific Awards: Best of JURE 2022 - Best Roundtable Award for bystander behavior research.

Collaborative Efforts include co-developing the VALIDE international project for democratic education and comparative studies on teacher training curricula. She contributes to academic discourse through peer-reviewed journals and conference presentations.