Marie-Ann Sengewald

Dr. Marie-Ann Sengewald is a postdoctoral researcher at the Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories (LIfBi), specializing in quantitative methods, psychometrics, and causal inference. Her work focuses on fair group comparisons, psychological measurement, and replication research, with applications in randomized experiments and large-scale assessments. She collaborates with institutions like GESIS and has been awarded the prestigious Sigrid Blömeke Scholarship Award 2025 for her project on app-based treatment evaluations. Dr. Sengewald holds teaching roles at Otto Friedrich University Bamberg and Friedrich Schiller University Jena, instructing advanced statistics courses for psychology and education students. Her voluntary work emphasizes supporting early-career researchers and promoting gender equality in academia, including surveys on family-friendly policies in research communities.

• Holds a PhD and extensive teaching experience since 2006.
• Recipient of DAAD scholarship (2009–2010) for international studies.
• Key projects include DFG-funded META-REP research on replication guidelines and machine learning applications in differential item functioning detection.

Her research bridges methodological innovation and substantive applications, with over 15 peer-reviewed publications in journals like Psychometrika and Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science. She regularly organizes workshops and symposia on causal inference and quantitative practices, fostering collaboration across disciplines.