Marsilia Podlech

Marsilia Podlech is a Research Associate at the WiBeG (Scientific-Didactic Advisory and Continuing Education Center for Professionalization in Basic Education) within the Weingarten University of Education since 2021. Her career spans diverse roles in adult basic education, including part-time freelance collaboration with Berlin’s Senate Department for Education since 2016 and prior work as a basic education teacher at AOB e.V. in Berlin (2014–2023) and as a pedagogical collaborator managing an intercultural education center in Frankfurt (1999–2013). She is currently pursuing a part-time Master’s degree in Literacy and Basic Education at PH Weingarten.

• Education: First degree in Ethnology and Sociology from Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main (1989–1997); currently enrolled in a part-time Master’s in Literacy and Basic Education at PH Weingarten (2018–2024).

Marsilia’s research focuses on educational professionalization, particularly in adult basic education and literacy. She emphasizes inclusive teaching frameworks, intercultural collaboration, and multiprofessional team dynamics. Her recent publications explore pedagogical innovation, role clarification for educators, and systemic challenges in scaling adult literacy programs.

She contributes to the Research Center for Educational Innovation and Professionalization at PH Weingarten (since 2021), co-facilitates the Research Workshop Documentary Method (since 2022), and serves as a board member of the Federal Association for Literacy and Basic Education (since 2022). Her work bridges policy, practice, and academic research in adult education.