Rebecca Weckenmann

Dr. Rebecca Weckenmann serves as Academic Staff Member in the Department of German Language and Speech Training at University of Education Schwäbisch Gmünd since February 2024. She concurrently holds research leadership positions with the University of Innsbruck through major externally funded projects examining multilingualism in educational contexts across German-speaking Europe.

Her research expertise spans:

• Post-migration multilingualism studies
• Power-critical perspectives on language education
• Dominance-critical analysis of linguistic hierarchies
• Qualitative-interpretive migration research methodologies

Current research trajectories demonstrate consistent focus on multilingualism in early educational settings, with recent publications examining speaker positioning, intersectional power dynamics, and institutional implementation of multilingual practices. Her work increasingly incorporates participatory action research approaches involving educators and community stakeholders.

Dr. Weckenmann's research is supported through significant external funding including:

• Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Science and Research (2023-2027)
• DAAD Ta'ziz initiative (2024)
• Baden-Württemberg's 'Heterogenität gestalten' Collegium (2020-2024)

Her professional development bridges extensive classroom teaching experience (2010-2020) with academic research, creating strong practitioner-researcher connections that inform both theoretical frameworks and practical educational tools for multilingual classroom environments.