Verena Suchhart-Kroll

Verena Suchhart-Kroll serves as a Research Associate at the University of Münster's Catholic Theological Faculty within the Institute for Religious Education and Pastoral Theology. Her academic profile integrates theological gender research, biblical hermeneutics, and intersectional analysis across practical theology and religious education.

Her educational background includes a Magister Theologiae from WWU Münster (2011-2018) with Cusanuswerk scholarship support, followed by an MA in Christian Theology from Durham University (2015-2016). She has completed foundational training in Themenzentrierter Interaktion (TZI) and participates in the "Dialogperspektiven" interfaith dialogue program.

• Current Promotion Project: "Verantwortung für das Wort: Die Bibel in der Praktischen Theologie" analyzing biblical usage in practical-theological discourse through empirical methods
• Teach Tank Initiative: Award-winning 2020 project developing gender-integrated theological teaching modules
• Editorial Role: Since 2024, serves as editor for Zeitschrift für Pastoraltheologie

Her research demonstrates consistent interdisciplinary focus on representation politics, gendered knowledge production, and biblical reception in pastoral contexts. Publications reveal methodological innovation through praxistheoretic frameworks and intersectional analysis applied to theological education and pastoral practice.

• Gleichstellungspreis der WWU Münster (2020) for gender-integrated teaching materials development
• Co-editor of two major theological anthologies addressing intersectional and gender perspectives
• Active contributor to European Society of Women in Theological Research (ESWTR)

Through her Arbeitsstelle für Theologische Genderforschung affiliation and membership in AGENDA – Forum katholischer Theologinnen, she shapes institutional gender research frameworks while mentoring emerging scholars through innovative teaching approaches. Her current work bridges biblical studies with practical theology through critical examination of citation practices and representational politics in theological knowledge production.