Prof. Dr. Heike M. Buhl

The research work of the department lies at the interface of developmental psychology and educational psychology with a fundamental interest on the one hand in family psychological topics in different age groups, and on the other hand in competence acquisition. The background for many of the questions is linguistic and cognitive psychological work on perspective taking and partner models, e.g. in reading, explaining, professional cooperation, private interactions, etc.

• With regard to the family as an educational context, we are interested in the acquisition of written language as well as learning with and via digital media in the cooperation between home and school.
• For students, especially those studying to become teachers, we investigate and promote the development of interdisciplinary competences and, in particular, competences related to digitalisation.
• With regard to the relationship between adults and their parents, we ask about the influence of values and attitudes on the shaping of the relationship.
• A linguistic-psychological perspective allows us to analyse partner and technology models in explaining.

Learn more about our research fields, our projects and our collaborations on our research page.