Prof. Dr. Sabrina Wüllner

04/2025: University professor

Didactics of Pedagogy, University of Paderborn

08/2020 - 03/2025: Lecturer (Akademische Rätin)

Institute of Educational Science (Department of Education with a Focus on Vocational and Continuing Education – Prof. Dr. Gabriele Molzberger), University of Wuppertal

04/2024 - 09/2024: Interim professor

Interim professor for the Didactics of Pedagogy, University of Paderborn

08/2014 - 07/2020: Delegate school teacher in higher education

Institute of Educational Science (Department of Education with a focus on Theory of school/Didactics – Prof. Dr. Maria Anna Kreienbaum), University of Wuppertal

03/2020: Dissertation defense

Doctorate (Dr. phil.) in educational science, University of Wuppertal

02/2009 - 07/2014: High school teacher (Studienrätin)

Educational science, English, and German, Pelizaeus-Gymnasium in Paderborn

02/2007 - 01/2009: Teacher training

Paderborn teacher training seminar, degree completion: second state examination

10/2002 - 11/2007: Undergraduate studies

German (education secondary level I), University of Münster, degree completion: extension exam for first state examination

10/1999 - 11/2006: Undergradute studies

Educational science and English (education secondary level I and II), University of Münster, degree completion: first state examination

10/2001 - 05/2002: Foreign language assistant

Northampton School for Boys, Northampton School for Girls, Thomas Becket RC Upper School, England

18.06.2026: Presentation

Subject-specific perspectives on core practices, co-presented with Michael Rochnia and Judith Schellenbach-Zell. SGBF-SGL-Jahreskongress 2026: Education for a future worth living, Pädagogische Hochschule St. Gallen, Switzerland.

01.12.2025: Presentation

Core Practices as an Approach for Pedagogy Seminars During Teacher Training?! Insights into the Core Practices Project for the Training of Pedagogy Teachers, co-presented with Michael Rochnia. Staff meeting of the pedagogy department heads (NRW), Zentrum für schulpraktische Lehrerausbildung (Center for Practical Teacher Training) in Hamm.

31.10.2025: Presentation (digital)

Core Practices and Professionalization in the Field of Pedagogy as a School Subject – Empirical Insights, co-presented with Michael Rochnia. Annual conference of the Gesellschaft Didaktik der pädagogischen Fächergruppe (Society for the Didactics of Pedagogical Subjects) 

11.09.2025: Presentation

Practice-Based Teacher Education. A Delphi Study to Identify Subject-Specific Core Practices for Educational Science, co-presented with Judith Schelenbach-Zell and Michael Rochnia. ECER 2025: Charting the Way Forward: Education, Research, Potentials, Perspectives, University of Belgrade, Serbia.

11.04.2025: Presentation

Do Subject-Specific Core Practices Really Exist? Results of a Delphi Study on Teacher Education in Pedagogy, as part of the research colloquium of the Educational Science Working Group focusing on vocational and continuing education, University of Wuppertal.

25.03.2025: Presentation

Core Practices in the Context of Teacher Education in Pedagogy – Results of a Delphi Study, co-presented with Judith Schellenbach-Zell. IGSP Congress: Professionalization through School Practice? International and National Research Perspectives, Heidelberg University of Education.

11.09.2024: Presentation

Subject-Specific Core Practices in Teacher Education: The Case of Pedagogy Courses, co-presented with Judith Schellenbach-Zell and Michael Rochnia. AEPF Conference: Knowledge Transfer Between Educational Research, Educational Practice, and Teacher Education, University of Osnabrück.

23.04.2024: Presentation

Core Practices in Teacher Education, co-presented with Judith Schellenbach-Zell. Center for Practical Teacher Training, Leverkusen.

26.01.2024: Presentation

Core Practices? A Practice-Oriented Approach in Teacher Education, as part of the research colloquium of the Educational Science Working Group focusing on vocational and continuing education, University of Wuppertal.

10.01.2024: Presentation (digital)

Core Practices for Teacher Education in Pedagogy, co-presented with Judith Schellenbach-Zell, as part of the seminar “Wie plane, gestalte und analysiere ich Pädagogikunterricht? Das Praxissemester im Rückblick”, University of Cologne

25.08.2023: Presentation

Teacher Shortage in Germany. Insights into Causes, Solutions, and Implications, co-presented with Maria Anna Kreienbaum. ECER 2023: The Value of Diversity in Education and Educational Research, University of Glasgow, Scotland.

17.08.2023: Presentation

What About Teacher Shortages in Germany? Current Situation, Discussed Causes, and Promising Measures. Conference: Lärarbristen i ett internationellt perspektiv, Mid Sweden University, Sweden.

07.09.2022: Workshop (digital)

Children’s Books from an Anti-Racist Perspective, co-presented with Tijana Müller-Sladakovic, as part of the Pädagogiklehrer*innentag (Teachers of Pedagogy Day), VdP.

07.09.2022: Presentation (digital)

Pedagogy as a School Subject in Lower Secondary School. Framework Conditions & Design, September 7, 2022 (digital). As part of the workshop “Children’s Books from an Anti-Racist Perspective as a Topic in Lower Secondary School”, Pädagogiklehrer*innentag (Teachers of Pedagogy Day), VdP.

01.09.2022: Presentation (digital)

Insight Into the Development and Positions of the Discourse on Subject-Specific Didactics in the Field of Educational Science, as part of the Weiterbildungsinitiative Pädagogikunterricht (WIPU – online) on the topic of Subject-Specific Didactic Concepts: Concretization Using the Example of Dialogic Subject Didactics (VdP).

21.01.2022: Presentation (digital)

Janusz Korczak. On the Challenges of Didactizing the Life of a Doctor, Writer, Educator … as part of the research colloquium of the Educational Science Working Group focusing on vocational and continuing education, University of Wuppertal.

24.11.2021: Presentation

What about Teacher Shortage? Results of the First Project Year. Teacher Shortage in Germany – Causes and Solutions from Expert Perspectives, co-presented with Maria Anna Kreienbaum. International conference as part of the WATS up research project, Copenhagen, Denmark.

28.09.2021: Presentation

Teacher Shortages in Germany – An Initial Synthesis of Research Findings, co-presented with Maria Anna Kreienbaum. National expert conference as part of the WATS up research project, University of Wuppertal.

04.05.2021: Presentation (digital)

Pedagogy in Lower Secondary School – Development Trends, as part of the Weiterbildungsinitiative Pädagogikunterricht (WIPU – online) on the topic of Pedagogy as a School Subject in Lower Secondary School – Arguments for Implementation (VdP).

13.02.2020: Workshop

Pedagogical Experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto, as part of the WUPO conference: “Education under National Socialism” as a Topic in Pedagogy Classes. Challenges – Discussions – Practical Suggestions, University of Paderborn.

05.06.2019: Presentation

Teachers’ Perceptions of Students in Upper Secondary Education, as part of the academic exchange with Mid Sweden University, University of Wuppertal.

27.03.2019: Presentation

Student Perception and Gender, as part of the inter-university colloquium for the school subject of pedagogy, University of Wuppertal.

05.09.2016: Presentation

Education under National Socialism as a Topic in Pedagogy Classes Revisited, as part of the research colloquium of the Working Group School Theory/General Didactics, University of Wuppertal.

24.02.2016: Impulse

The Topic of Education under National Socialism in University Teacher Education in Pedagogy, as part of the International Seminar for Teachers and Prospective Teachers, Auschwitz, Poland.

13.03.2015: Presentation

Videography in University Teacher Education – On the Professionalization of Prospective Pedagogy Teachers, as part of the research colloquium of the Working Group School Theory/General Didactics, University of Wuppertal.