Susanne Ebert

Dr. Susanne Ebert is a researcher and lecturer at the University of Bamberg's Faculty of Human Sciences and Education, Department Psychology I - Developmental Psychology. Her work focuses on the interplay between mental state understanding (theory of mind, metacognition) and language development in children, particularly bilingual populations, and examines how social factors like socioeconomic status and parent-child interaction shape cognitive and socioemotional growth.

• Academic Background: 2005 Diplom in Psychology (University of Würzburg); 2011 PhD (University of Bamberg).
• Professional Roles: 2011–2019 Lecturer & Postdoctoral Researcher (University of Bamberg); 2019–2020 Postdoctoral Fellow (NTNU Trondheim); 2020–present Postdoctoral Researcher at Bayerisches Landesamt für Schule.
• Research Themes: Mental state understanding, language-cognition interrelations, social disparities in development, home/preschool learning environments.

Her publications highlight longitudinal analyses of language and cognitive development from preschool to early adolescence, emphasizing predictors like socioeconomic status, home literacy environments, and preschool quality. Key journals include Frontiers in Psychology, Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, and Early Education and Development. Collaborative projects such as BiKS-3-10 underpin her work, linking adult-child interactions to skill acquisition. Ebert also contributes to practical educational contexts through publications in KiTA aktuell spezial and uni.vers.