Petra Stanat

Prof. Petra Stanat is the Director of the Institute for Quality Improvement in Education (IQB) at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Head of the Department of Education and Integration. She holds a professorship in empirical educational research and has led institutions like the Central Institute for Research on Teaching and Learning. Her work focuses on educational equity, particularly for immigrant youth, and second language acquisition. She coordinates major projects funded by DFG and BMBF, including analyses of the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS) and interventions in language development.

• Academic Roles: DFG Review Board Member for Educational Science, Advisory Board Member of bifie (Austria), Co-editor of Journal of Pedagogy.
• Education: PhD in Social and Personality Psychology (University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1998), Habilitation in Educational Science (Freie Universität Berlin, 2005).

Her research emphasizes reducing educational disparities through targeted language support and policy-driven interventions. Current projects explore bilingualism, phonological awareness in children, and the role of language proficiency in social integration. She has held professorships at Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (W2, 2005–2007) and Freie Universität Berlin (W3, 2007–2010).

• Key Projects:
  • BMBF-funded studies on second-language diagnostics and phonological interventions (2012–2016).
  • DFG analysis of language proficiency and social integration via NEPS data (SPP 1646).

Prof. Stanat’s work bridges empirical research with practical educational policy, aiming to enhance equity and effectiveness in schooling systems.