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Lecturer in further education Link to heading

As a permanent senior lecturer in further education, I support teachers, schools and principals in various aspects of the digital transformation. I develop courses and materials, conduct courses and support schools strategically.

Making Digital Equity Visible: A Swiss-Australian Research Exchange to Inform Teacher Professional Development Link to heading

From January to April 2026 I realized my first own project as External Principal Investigator, funded by an SNSF Scientific Exchange grant. The project took the form of a research stay abroad at the University of New England in Australia. In this mixed-methods study I developed the questionnaire and interview guide and conducted interviews with experienced Australian ICT teachers to learn how they identify and address digital inequalities among their students, structured around my validated “Digital Educational Equity Mindset” (DEEM) instrument. The aim is to translate these insights into grounded practice patterns and improved continuing education at PHZH. First findings will be presented at the Mediendidaktik conference 2026 in Graz this September. See the SNF project page for details.

PHuture Hack – Designing Sustainable Higher Education Link to heading

PHuture Hack is the first university-wide hackathon at the Zurich University of Teacher Education (PHZH), which I initiated and lead. In an eight-hour event, interdisciplinary teams of students and academic and administrative-technical staff work on real challenges from everyday university life and develop actionable solutions for more sustainable teaching and campus operations — from immediate “quick wins” to “PHutures”, concepts prepared for mid-term implementation. A supporting team (sustainability/ESD, facility management, IT services, catering and others) helps the teams keep results realistic and effective. The project was awarded the Förderpreis der Lehre of the PHZH and will be held at the Collab in the Leutschenbach Tower in Spring 2027.

IMMERSE Link to heading

Since May 2025 I have been contributing to the IMMERSE project (2025–2029), a DIZH-funded innovation programme that systematically explores and tests the potential of XR- and AI-based technologies for education, teaching and higher education. Together with partners from education, science and technology, IMMERSE builds platforms, networks and new didactic formats — including the IMMERSE Lab and the IMMERSE Theatre at PHZH. I contribute my experience with AR/VR in combination with didactic settings as a connecting perspective.

DEEP Professionalization Link to heading

Since May 2025 I have been working as a research associate in Barbara Getto’s DEEP Professionalization project. It is part of the DEEP (Digital Education for Equity in Primary Schools) consortium — a collaboration of seven Swiss universities, coordinated by EPFL and PHZH, investigating how an equitable digital transformation can be achieved in Swiss primary schools. In this mixed-methods project I work on questions of educational equity in relation to the digital transformation in primary schools, focusing on the professional development of teachers.

Completed projects Link to heading

GeoDigIT (2022-2024) Link to heading

In the internally funded project Digitality in Geography Education at the PH Zurich (GeoDigIT) by Monika Reuschenbach, we explored the question of which competencies prospective geography teachers at the secondary level should learn in order to later plan and carry out didactically valuable digitally supported lessons for their students.

Immersive BpA (2023-2024) Link to heading

In the internally funded project Immersive Learning through 360-degree Videos in the Professional Training of Teachers by Martin Berger, I was responsible for the technical implementation as well as the development and research cycle at the primary level. We explored the question of whether 360-degree videos can be used in the professional development of teachers and how they can be implemented in the simplest and most data protection-compliant way possible.

Fundamentals of Media and Informatics Course (2017-2023) Link to heading

As part of the Fundamentals of Media and Informatics Course (GMI), we developed and implemented a program that enabled more than 3,000 primary and secondary school teachers in the Canton of Zurich to gain the necessary qualifications to be licensed to teach “Media and Computer Science”.