Phone: | +49 261 287 - 1815 |
E-Mail: | gkremsner(at)uni-koblenz.de |
Prof. Dr. Gertraud Kremsner
Main areas of research and work
- Areas Dis/Ability Studies (in Education) and Disability History
- Ableism and Ableism Research
- Intersectionality and Intersectionality Research
- Heterogeneity, Diversity, and Diversity ResearchParticipatory, Emancipatory, and Inclusive Research
- Engagement with Civil Rights Movements (historical and contemporary)
- Exploration of Issues of Power and Violence (e.g., in specific institutions or in specific societal and/or educational or social policy fields, etc.)
- Inclusion and Exclusion (e.g., in specific institutions or in specific societal and/or educational or social policy fields, etc.)
Curriculum Vitae
Professional and academic career
Starting 04/2022 | W2 professorship for educational science with a focus on educational professionalism in the context of school heterogeneity and inclusion at the University of Koblenz |
04/2021 to 03/2022 | Representation of the W2 Professorship for General Special Education at the Faculty of Educational Science/Institute of Special Education at the University of Leipzig; released for this purpose by the University of Vienna |
02/2020 to 03/2021 | Representation of the W3 Professorship for "Promotion and Teaching in the Context of Inclusion with Special Consideration of Support Needs in Emotional and Social Development" at the Faculty of Educational Science/Institute of Special Education at the University of Leipzig, with exclusive content responsibility for the area of General Special Education. Released for this purpose by the University of Vienna |
04/2019 to 09/2019 | Interim Professor for the Chair of "General Rehabilitation and Integration Pedagogy" at the Faculty of Philosophy III (Educational Sciences)/Institute of Rehabilitation Pedagogy at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg |
02/2018 to 01/2020 | University Assistant (PostDoc) at the Institute for Teacher Education, University of Vienna, specializing in "Inclusive Pedagogy (Focus: Impairments)." |
03/2017 to 01/2018 | Project collaborator in the project "Qualification for Teachers with a Refugee Background." |
03/2017 to 01/2020 | Senior Lecturer at the Institute for Teacher Education, University of Vienna, specializing in "Inclusive Pedagogy (Focus: Impairments)." |
10/2013 to 09/2016 | Appointment within the framework of the uni:docs Individual Support Initiative as a University Assistant (pre-doc) at the Institute for Educational Sciences, University of Vienna |
2013 to 2016 | Lehrerin an der SOB (Schule für Sozialbetreuungsberufe) der Caritas Wien |
2013 | Employment as a social pedagogue in a residential group for adolescents |
2006 to 2012 | Employment in residential communities for disability assistance and director of a vacation facility for individuals with disabilities |
2005 to 2006 | Volunteering as a teacher at CENIT (Centro de la Niña Trabajadora) in Quito, Ecuador |
2003 to 2009 | Independent contractor (full-time) with various organizations in the field of disability assistance |
Additional | External lecturer at the University College of Teacher Education Upper Austria, the University of Zurich, the University of Vienna, and the University of Innsbruck |
Course of studies
2013 to 2016 | Stay in the Palestinian Autonomous Territories to initiate a research project in collaboration with the GIZ (German Society for International Cooperation). Also tasked with conducting a workshop for the GIZ on the implementation of monitoring for the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNBRK) |
2003 to 2012 | Stay in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) as a guest lecturer within the framework of the Respond-HER project (Institute for Educational Sciences, University of Vienna) |
2003 | Stay at Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok (Thailand), as a guest lecturer |
Research-related stays abroad
07/2017 & 10/2017 | Stay in the Palestinian Autonomous Territories to initiate a research project in collaboration with the GIZ (German Society for International Cooperation). Also tasked with conducting a workshop for the GIZ on the implementation of monitoring for the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNBRK) |
11/2014 | Stay in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) as a guest lecturer within the framework of the Respond-HER project (Institute for Educational Sciences, University of Vienna) |
11/2015 | Stay at Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok (Thailand), as a guest lecturer |
Self-administration
Executive Department Head of the Department of School Pedagogy – General Didactics in the summer semester of 2022 |
Module coordinator for Module 8 in the Master's program for teaching as well as for Module 4.4 (Non-exclusive Pedagogy – Inclusion) in the Bachelor's program in Education at the University of Koblenz |
Member of the Study Conference and the Examination Committee at the Institute for Special Education at the University of Leipzig |
Module coordinator for the modules ASP1000 and ASP2000 in the field of General Special Education at the University of Leipzig |
Elected spokesperson of the academic staff at the Center for Teacher Education at the University of Vienna for the period 2018-2020 |
Module coordinator for Modules 3 (language and sensory development), 5 (cognitive and motor development), and 7c (Specialization: cognitive and motor development) in the Bachelor's program "Inclusive Pedagogy (Focus: Impairments)" at the University of Vienna |
Module coordinator for Module 7 (Specialization: Inclusive School and Diversity) in the certificate course "Educational Foundations for Teachers with Refugee Backgrounds" at the Postgraduate Center of the University of Vienna. |
Member of the Study Conference at the Institute for Educational Sciences of the University of Vienna (SPL 19) until 2016. |
Additional Qualifications and Awards
Special Awards and Rankings
08/2022 | Ranked 1st in the appointment to the W2 Professorship in Educational Science with a focus on Pedagogical Professionalism in the Context of School Heterogeneity and Inclusion at the University of Koblenz; accepted the offer |
05/2021 | Ranked 2nd in the aborted appointment to the W2 Professorship in Inclusion and Education at the University Foundation Hildesheim |
09/2018 | Promotional Award from the City of Vienna (MA 7) in the field of Humanities, Culture, Social Sciences, Law, and Economics |
12/2017 | Award of Excellence, awarded by the Federal Ministry of Education, Science, and Research (BMBWF) |
11/2017 | Research Funding Award from the DIFGB (German Interdisciplinary Society for the Advancement of Research for People with Intellectual Disabilities e.V.) |
5/2017 | Dissertation Prize 2017 from the Faculty of Philosophy and Education at the University of Vienna |
2013 to 2016 | Recipient of the uni:docs Individual Grant Initiative for outstanding young researchers |
Additional Qualifications
Certificate Course "Teaching Competence Plus: Professionalization of University Teaching Competence" at the Center for Teaching and Learning at the University of Vienna (two semesters; completed in 2018) |
Training module "Augmentative and Alternative Communication" |
Training "UBV-100" (Support for Basic Care) |
Training as a facilitator for Personal Future Planning (PZP) |
Esteem Factors
Evaluator for the SNSF (Swiss National Science Foundation) and, among others, for ALTER (European Journal of Disability Research), the British Journal for Learning Disabilities, Social Sciences, and the Journal für Psychologie |
Ordinary member of the DGFE (German Society for Educational Science), Special Education Section, and the Commission for Qualitative Educational and Biographical Research |
Member of the network "Disability Studies Austria/Research on Disability Austria" (DiStA) |
Member of the network Disability Studies in the German-speaking region |
Member of the International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IASSIDD) |
Member of the European Educational Research Association (EERA), Network 4 ('Inclusive Education') |
Member of the Austrian Society for Research and Development in Education (ÖFEB), Section Empirical Educational Research, and Section Teacher Education and Teacher Education Research |
Member of the Nordic Network on Disability Research (NNDR) |
Member of the Action Alliance for Participation Research |
Chairwoman of the Association "beeFLIP" (Association for the Promotion of University Education and Research Projects) |
Member of the 'Förderverein bidok Österreich' (Support Association bidok Austria) |
Organization of the Conference of Inclusion Researchers (IFO) 2020 at the University of Vienna and the University College of Teacher Education Vienna on the topic "Borders. Walks. Between. Worlds." |
Teaching
Currently
in Module 2.4 in the Bachelor's Teacher Education
in Module 8 in the Master's Teacher Education
in Module P4.4 (Non-exclusive Pedagogy – Inclusion) in Bachelor Pedagogy
Previously
In the Special Education Teaching program at the University of Leipzig
in the Inclusive Pedagogy program – Focus: Impairments at the University of Vienna
in the Certificate Course "Educational Foundations for Teachers with Refugee Backgrounds" at the University of Vienna
in the Special Education Teaching program at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
in the Educational Science program at the University of Vienna
in the Inclusive Pedagogy program at the University College of Teacher Education Upper Austria
in the Educational Science program at the University of Innsbruck
in the Doctoral Program in Educational Science at the University of Zurich
List of publications
A comprehensive list of my publications can be found at the following links:Links:
Currently, the bibliographic management system is not in operation. Here is a complete list of my publications:
Articles marked with an asterisk (*) have undergone a double-blind peer-review process.
Monographs
Kremsner, G. & Proyer, M. (2023): Inklusive Pädagogik in der Sekundarstufe – eine Einführung. Ditzingen: Reclam (in Erstellung)
Biewer, G.; Kremsner, G. & Proyer, M. (2022): Inklusive Schule – Handlungsfeld motorische und kognitive Entwicklung. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer
Biewer, G.; Proyer, M. & Kremsner, G. (2019): Inklusive Schule und Vielfalt. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer
*Kremsner, G. (2017). Vom Einschluss der Ausgeschlossenen zum Ausschluss der Eingeschlossenen: Biographische Erfahrungen von so genannten Menschen mit Lernschwierigkeiten. Bad Heilbrunn: Verlag Julius Klinkhardt. Online: https://www.pedocs.de/volltexte/2017/14642/pdf/Kremsner_2017_Vom_Einschluss_der_Ausgeschlossenen.pdf (2018-09-29)
Co-edited volumes
*Krause, S.; Proyer, M. & Kremsner, G. (Hrsg.) (2022): Making of a teacher in the age of migration. London, Oxford, New York, New Delhi & Sydney: Bloomsbury
*Schimek, B.; Kremsner, G.; Proyer, M.; Grubich, R.; Paudel, F. & Grubich-Müller, R.: (Hrsg.) (2022) Grenzen.Gänge.Zwischen.Welten. Kontroversen – Entwicklungen – Perspektiven der Inklusionsforschung. Bad Heilbrunn: Verlag Julius Klinkhardt (in press)
Kremsner, G.; Proyer, M. & Biewer, G. (2020) (Hrsg.): Inklusion von Lehrkräften nach der Flucht: Über universitäre Ausbildung zum beruflichen Wiedereinstieg. Bad Heilbrunn: Verlag Julius Klinkhardt
Edited special issues
*Geldner-Belli, J.; Kremsner, G. & Brummer, M. (2022) (Hrsg.): Zur politischen Dimension der Inklusionsforschung. Special Issue in der Zeitschrift für Inklusion Online 03/2022; online: https://www.inklusion-online.net/index.php/inklusion-online/issue/view/55
*Makarova, E.; Schmölz, A.; Kremsner, G. & Proyer, M. (2021) (Hrsg.): Digital Games and Inclusion - International Perspectives and Tendencies. Special Issue in Digital Culture and Education; Ausgabe 02/2021. Online: https://www.digitalcultureandeducation.com/volume-13-2
Journal articles
*Barberi, A.; Kremsner, G. & Proyer, M. (2023): Ain’t I a Person? Oder: Wer spricht wo wann was wie? Zum Verhältnis von Inklusion und Intersektionalität. Zeitschrift für Inklusion Online 1/2023, online: https://www.inklusion-online.net/index.php/inklusion-online/article/view/698/502
*Geldner-Belli, J.; Kremsner, G. & Brummer, M. (2022): Auf der Suche nach der politischen Dimension für Inklusionsforschung. Zeitschrift für Inklusion Online 03/2022; online: https://www.inklusion-online.net/index.php/inklusion-online/issue/view/55
Brummer, M.; Geldner-Belli, J. & Kremsner, G. (2022): Editorial: Zur politischen Dimension der Inklusionsforschung. Zeitschrift für Inklusion Online 03/2022; online: https://www.inklusion-online.net/index.php/inklusion-online/issue/view/55
*Proyer, M.; Kremsner, G.; Hager, B. & Subasi Singh, S. (2022): Behinderung und Flucht: Momentaufnahmen zur Situation in der Ukraine und darüber hinaus. Zeitschrift für Disability Studies 2/22, o.S.. Online: https://zds-online.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/ZDS_2022_2_7_Proyer_Kremsner_Hager_Subasi-Singh.pdf
*Kremsner, G.; Schmölz, A. & Proyer, M. (2022): Against the Rules – Disrupting and Reassessing Discursive Practices of Playfulness. Disability & Society, online first. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2022.2072707
*Kremsner, G. (2021): Becoming an inclusive teacher: reducing gaps in theory and practice through inclusive research. International Journal of Inclusive Education (online first) https://doi.org/10.1080/13603116.2021.1882055
*Proyer, M.; Pellech, C.; Obermayr, T.; Kremsner, G. & Schmölz, A. (2021): ‘First and foremost, we are teachers, not refugees’: Requalification measures for internationally trained teachers affected by forced migration. Europeasn Educational Research Journal (online first), https://doi.org/10.1177/1474904121989473
Geldner, J.; Kremsner, G. & Brummer, M. (2021): Forschungen zu Inklusion zwischen Wissenschaft, Politik und Pädagogik: Anfragen an ein kompliziertes Verhältnis – Bericht zu einer Podiumsveranstaltung, Medienimpulse 59/2, https://doi.org/10.21243/mi-02-21-23
*Kremsner, G.; Proyer, M. & Baesch, S. (2020): Vom Universal Design for Learning zum Local Universal Design for Inclusive Education – ein Plädoyer für inklusive Wurzeln. Sonderpädagogische Förderung heute 1/2020, S. 34-46.
*Resch, K.; Proyer, M.; Kremsner, G. & Demmer, J. (2020): Kulturelle und altersbezogene Diversität an Hochschulen durch die Entwicklung von neuen Weiterbildungsprogrammen fördern. Zeitschrift für Hochschulentwicklung 15/3, 195-206. https://doi.org/10.3217/zfhe-15-03/12
Kremsner, G. (2020): Gewalt und Machtmissbrauch gegen Menschen mit Lernschwierigkeiten in Einrichtungen der Behindertenhilfe. Teilhabe 1/2929, Jahrgang 59, 10-15.
*Resch, K.; Terhart, H.; Kremsner, G.; Pellech, C. & Proyer, M. (2019): Ambivalenzen der Anerkennung beruflicher Qualifikationen von international ausgebildeten Lehrkräften mit Fluchterfahrung in Österreich unter besonderer Berücksichtigung europaweiter Entwicklungen. SWS-Rundschau 3/2019, 255-274.
Proyer, M.; Kremsner, G. & Schmölz, A. (2019): Lehrende mit Fluchterfahrung: Berufseinstieg in Österreich. Journal für Lehrer*innenbildung 2/2019, 74-81.
*Kremsner, G. & Proyer, M. (2019): Doing Inclusive Research: Möglichkeiten und Begrenzungen gemeinsamer Forschungspraxis. In: Österreichische Zeitschrift für Soziologie (ÖZS) 44/3, 61-81.
Proyer, M., & Kremsner, G. (2019). *(Hoch-)Begabung revisited – Ableismuskritische Perspektiven auf *Leistungsfähigkeit im Kontext *Behinderung. Erziehung und Unterricht: österreichische pädagogische Zeitschrift, 1-2/2019, 75-83.
Möhlen, L.-K.; Osimk, N.; Proyer, M. & Kremsner, G. (2019): Digitaler Spielplatz Schule? Behinderte Menschen. Zeitschrift für gemeinsames Leben, Lernen und Arbeiten 6/2019
Hauser, M., & Kremsner, G. (2018). Gemeinsames Forschen mit Menschen mit Lernschwierigkeiten. Erwachsenenbildung und Behinderung, 29. Jahrgang (01/2018), 30 - 38.
Kremsner, G. (2017). „Verhindert ist auch behindert“: Zur (Re-)Produktion von Behinderung in Einrichtungen der Behindertenhilfe. Behinderte Menschen. Zeitschrift für gemeinsames Leben, Lernen und Arbeiten 01/2017.
*Schmölz, A., Kremsner, G., Proyer, M., Pfeiffer, D., Möhlen, L-K., Karpouzis, K., & Yannakakis, G. (2017). Inklusiver Unterricht mit Digitalen Spielen. Medienimpulse: Beiträge zur Medienpädagogik, (2), 1-15.
Contributions in collected volumes
*Kremsner, G., Schmölz, A., & Proyer, M. (2022). A (Dis-)Abling Gaming Model for playful inclusion: Playing (digital) games with people with disabilities, refugees, teachers and students. In: Kent, M. (Hrsg.), Gaming Disability: Disability perspectives on contemporary video games. London: Routledge (in print).
Kremsner, G., Buchner, T., & Koenig, O. (2022). Inklusive Forschung. In I. Hedderich, G. Biewer, J. Hollenweger, & R. Markowetz (Hrsg.), Handbuch Inklusion und Sonderpädagogik. Bad Heilbrunn: Julius Klinkhardt, 665-669.
*Proyer, M.; Kremsner, G. & Biewer, G. (2021): Good Practice in Inclusive Education: Participatory Reinterpretation of Already Existing Elaborate Classroom Practices Under a UDL Perspective. In Galkienė, A. & Monkevičienė, O. (Hrsg.): Improving Inclusive Education through Universal Design for Learning. Cham: Springer Nature, S. 279-312.
*Kremsner G. (2021) ‚Behinderung‘ und ‚Asozialität‘: Zur Konstruktion einer Beziehungsgeschichte. In: Amesberger H., Goetz J., Halbmayr B., Lange D. (eds) Kontinuitäten der Stigmatisierung von ,Asozialität'. Citizenship. Studien zur Politischen Bildung. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-32449-0_4
Obermayr, T.; Subasi Singh, S.; Kremsner, G.; Koenig, O. & Proyer, M. (2021): Revisiting vulnerabilities – Auswirkungen der Pandemie auf die (Re)Konstruktion von Vulnerabilität*en im Kontext von Bildung. Bad Heilbrunn: Verlag Julius Klinkhardt; S. 137-152; DOI: https://doi.org/10.35468/5889-09
Kremsner, G. & Proyer, M. (2021): Lehrkräfte mit Fluchthintergrund und ihre Rolle auf dem Weg zu einer inklusiven Schule. In Resch, K.; Lindner, K-T., Streese, B., Proyer, M. & Schwab, S. (Hrsg.): Inklusive Schule und Schulentwicklung. Theoretische Grundlagen, empirische Befunde und Praxisbeispiele aus Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz. Münster: Waxmann, 157-164.
Kremsner, G. (2020): Zur Historie des psychiatrischen Versorgung in Österreich. In Koenig, O. & Schachner, A. (Hrsg.): Hilfreiche Beziehungen gestalten. Wahrnehmungen, Wirkungen und Theorieentwicklung in der ambulanten Begleitung von erwachsenen Menschen mit psychischen Erkrankungen. Gießen: Psychosozial-Verlag, S. 19-32.
Kremsner, G., Zahnd, R., Proyer, M., Paukner, A., Nemestothy, B., Prummer, S., & Klement, A. (2020): Kategorisierungsmanie und Wissenshysterie in der Lehrer*innenbildung. in Disability Studies im deutschsprachigen Raum. Zwischen Vereinnahmung und Emanzipation. Weinheim & Basel: Beltz Juventa, 246-252.
Kremsner, G.; Proyer, M.; Schmölz, A.; Deiß, H.; Möhlen, L.-K.; Hofmann, S.; Sarah, M. & Obermayr, T. (2020): Das Forschungsprojekt "Qualifizierung von Lehrkräften mit Fluchthintergrund". In: Kremsner, G.; Proyer, M. & Biewer, G. (Hrsg.): Inklusion von Lehrkräften nach der Flucht: Über universitäre Ausbildung zum beruflichen Wiedereinstieg. Bad Heilbrunn: Verlag Julius Klinkhardt, 46-92.
Kremsner, G., Proyer, M., & Obermayr, T. (2020): Die Ausgangslage und die Einrichtung des Zertifikatskurses "Bildungswissenschaftliche Grundlagen für Lehrkräfte mit Fluchthintergrund". In: Kremsner, G.; Proyer, M. & Biewer, G. (Hrsg.): Inklusion von Lehrkräften nach der Flucht: Über universitäre Ausbildung zum beruflichen Wiedereinstieg. Bad Heilbrunn: Verlag Julius Klinkhardt, 17-45.
Proyer, M., Kremsner, G., Biewer, G., & Pellech, C. (2020): Herausforderungen und Synergien aus universitärer Perspektive. In: Kremsner, G.; Proyer, M. & Biewer, G. (Hrsg.): Inklusion von Lehrkräften nach der Flucht: Über universitäre Ausbildung zum beruflichen Wiedereinstieg. Bad Heilbrunn: Verlag Julius Klinkhardt, 149-153.
Zahnd, R., & Kremsner, G. (2020). Zur vertieften Auseinandersetzung mit Heterogenität in Schulkontexten. In: Kremsner, G.; Proyer, M. & Biewer, G. (Hrsg.): Inklusion von Lehrkräften nach der Flucht: Über universitäre Ausbildung zum beruflichen Wiedereinstieg. Bad Heilbrunn: Verlag Julius Klinkhardt, 134-140.
*Resch, K., Kremsner, G., Proyer, M., Pellech, C., Studener-Kuras, R., & Biewer, G. (2019). Arbeitsmarktintegration von geflüchteten Lehrkräften am Beispiel eines Zertifikatskurses der Universität Wien. In Blättel-Minck, B.; Noack, T.; Onnen, C. & Stein-Redent, R. (Hrsg.), Flüchtigkeiten. Sozialwissenschaftliche Debatten. 2. Band der Schriftenreihe “Sozialwissenschaften und Berufspraxis”. Wiesbaden: Springer, 189-207.
Kremsner, G.; Proyer, M.; Pellech, C. & Doblmair, M. (2019): Ankommen reloaded – zur teil-partizipativen Entwicklung und Installierung einer pädagogischen Bildungsmaßnahme für “forced migrant”-Lehrer*innen. In: Donlic, E.; Jaksche-Hofmann, E. & Peterlini, H. K. (eds.): Ist inklusive Schule möglich? Nationale und internationale Perspektiven. Bielefeld: Transcript, 161-178.
*Kremsner, G.; Koenig, O. & Buchner, T. (2019): Tracing the historical and ideological roots of services for people with intellectual disabilities in Austria. In: Walmsley, J. & Jarret, S. (eds.): People, Policy and Practice: Intellectual Disabilities in the Twentieth Century. University of Bristol: Policy Press, 35-52.
*Krause, S.; Proyer, M.; Kremsner, G. & Zahnd, R. (2019): Detoxing Narratives – Challenges in Participatory Stories Research. In: Hoveid, M. H.; Ciolan, L.; Paseka, A. & Marques da Silva, S. (eds.): Challenges in Doing Educational Research: Overcoming challenges in practice. London: SAGE, 114-131.
Kremsner, G. (2019). Gewalterfahrungen in Institutionen. In G. Biewer, & M. Proyer (Hrsg.), Behinderung und Gesellschaft: Ein universitärer Beitrag zum Gedenkjahr 2018. Wien: Online Publikation mit Hilfe der Universität Wien, 150-162. Online: https://uscholar.univie.ac.at/view/o:924774
Buchner, T. & Kremsner, G. (2019): Normalität als Behinderung – Behinderung als Normalität. In: von Stechow, E.; Müller, K.; Esefeld, M.; Klocke, B.; Hackstein, P. (eds.): Inklusion im Spannungsfeld von Normalität und Diversität. Bad Heilbrunn: Verlag Julius Klinkhardt; 145-156.
Kremsner, G., & Proyer, M. (2018). Die Bedeutung von Emotion für die Konstruktion von Behinderung. in M. Huber, & S. Krause (Hrsg.), Bildung und Emotion. Wiesbaden: Springer VS, 431-446.
Kremsner, G. (2018). Der babylonische Turm und seine Grundfesten: Überlegungen zum Kommunizieren und Artikulieren im Kontext der Konstruktion von „Anderen“. In S. Krause, M. Proyer, & O. Koenig (Hrsg.), Gesellschaften / Welten / Selbst im [Um]Bruch (S. 65-82). Wien: Online Publikation mit Hilfe der Universität Wien. Online: https://services.phaidra.univie.ac.at/api/object/o:706380/diss/Content/get
*Proyer, M., Schmölz, A., Kremsner, G., Karpouzis, K., Yannakakis, G., Pfeiffer, D., Koulouris, P. (2017). Doing social inclusion: Aiming to conquer crisis through game-based dialogues and games. in M. Pivec, & J. Gründler (Hrsg.), Proceedings of the 11th European Conference on Games Based Learning, ECGBL 2017, 554-561.
Kremsner, G. (2017). Transitionen durch und mit "Forschung so inklusiv wie möglich"? in H. Fasching, C. Geppert, & E. Makarova (Hrsg.), Inklusive Übergänge: (Inter)nationale Perspektiven auf Inklusion im Übergang von der Schule in weitere Bildung, Ausbildung oder Beschäftigung. Bad Heilbrunn: Verlag Julius Klinkhardt, 263-274.
Hauser, M., Schuppener, S., Kremsner, G., Koenig, O., & Buchner, T. (2016). Auf dem Weg zu einer Inklusiven Hochschule? Entwicklungen in Großbritannien, Irland, Deutschland und Österreich. in T. Buchner, O. Koenig, & S. Schuppener (Hrsg.), Inklusive Forschung: Gemeinsam mit Menschen mit Lernschwierigkeiten forschen. Bad Heilbrunn: Klinkhardt Verlag, 278-289.
Zahnd, R., Kremsner, G., & Proyer, M. (2016). Diskurs Macht Behinderung - eine Systemkritik. in T. Sturm, A. Köpfer, & B. Wagener (Hrsg.), Bildungs- und Erziehungsorganisationen im Spannungsfeld von Inklusion und Ökonomisierung. Bad Heilbrunn: Verlag Julius Klinkhardt, 79-97.
Kremsner, G. (2016). "Weil sie mir immer eingeredet haben, es geht nicht": Biographische Erzählungen von Menschen mit Lernschwierigkeiten in (totalen) Institutionen. in T. Buchner, O. Koenig, & S. Schuppener (Hrsg.), Inklusive Forschung: Gemeinsam mit Menschen mit Lernschwierigkeiten forschen. Bad Heilbrunn: Verlag Julius Klinkhardt, 100-111.
Kremsner, G., & Proyer, M. (2016). "Wohnst du noch oder lebst du schon?": Wohnen und Unterbringen von Menschen mit Lernschwierigkeiten aus postkolonialer Sicht; globale und europäische Perspektiven. in I. Hedderich, & R. Zahnd (Hrsg.), Teilhabe und Vielfalt: Herausforderungen einer Weltgesellschaft; Beiträge zur Internationalen Heil- und Sonderpädagogik. Bad Heilbrunn: Verlag Julius Klinkhardt, 433-445.
Kremsner, G., Proyer, M., Graf, E. O., & Zahnd, R. (2015). "Herausforderung Inklusion": Professionalität als Herausforderung für die Inklusion? in H. Redlich, L. Schäfer, G. Wachtel, K. Zehbe, & V. Moser (Hrsg.), Veränderung und Beständigkeit in Zeiten der Inklusion: Perspektiven Sonderpädagogischer Professionalisierung . Bad Heilbrunn: Verlag Julius Klinkhardt, 99-109.
Kremsner, G., & Emberger, B. (2015). "Wenn ich einmal Kinder hätte, die kämen in kein Heim. Nicht eine einzige Minute.": Zur Konstruktion von Behinderung durch das Leben in (totalen) Institutionen. in I. Schnell (Hrsg.), Herausforderung Inklusion: Theoriebildung und Praxis. Bad Heilbrunn: Verlag Julius Klinkhardt, 393-401.
Kremsner, G. (2014). Macht und Gewalt in den Biographien von Menschen mit Lernschwierigkeiten: Eine (forschungsethische) Herausforderung? in S. Schuppener, N. Bernhardt, M. Hauser, & F. Poppe (Hrsg.), Inklusion und Chancengleichheit: Diversity im Spiegel von Bildung und Didaktik .Bad Heilbrunn: Verlag Julius Klinkhardt, 61-66.
Kremsner, G., & Eichinger, M. (2011). Vier Semester inklusive Forschung in einem Seminar an der Universität Wien: Rück- und Ausblick. in P. Flieger (Hrsg.), Menschenrechte - Integration - Inklusion: Aktuelle Perspektiven aus der Forschung. Bad Heilbrunn: Verlag Julius Klinkhardt, 161-165.
Koenig, O., Buchner, T., Kremsner, G., & Eichinger, M. (2010). Inklusive Forschung und Empowerment. in A-D. Stein, S. Krach, & I. Niediek (Hrsg.), Integration und Inklusion auf dem Weg ins Gemeinwesen: Möglichkeitsräume und Perspektiven. Bad Heilbrunn: Verlag Julius Klinkhardt, S. 176 - 191.
Research reports
Biewer, G.; Koenig, O.; Kremsner, G.; Möhlen, L.-K.; Proyer, M.; Prummer, S.; Resch, K.; Steigmann, F. & Subasi Singh, S. (2020): Evaluierung des Nationalen Aktionsplans Behinderung 2012-2020. Online: https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/en/publications/evaluierung-des-nationalen-aktionsplans-behinderung-20122020(47720365-5181-4dd2-982f-ede8ecf210c6).html
Proyer, M.; Pellech, C.; Kremsner, G., Atay, A.; Alloush, Z.; Dershewi, Y.; Shahoud, S.; Tahlawi, D.; Deiß, H.; Kieffer, N.; Stanisic, J,; Terhart, H.; Frantik, P.; Krieg, S.; Elshof, A.; Bakkar, A.; Kansteiner, K.; Klepser, R.; Dam, E.; Malm, S.; Bodström, H. & Obeid, K. (2019): IO1 – Transational Framework. Comparative Analysis of the Administration Frameworks on the (Re-)Qualification Situation of Internationally Trained Teachers in Austria, Germany and Sweden. Online: https://blog.hf.uni-koeln.de/immigrated-and-refugee-teachers-requal/files/2019/09/Transnational-Framework_REQUAL-March-2019.pdf [2019-12-25]
Publications for a non-scientific audience
Kremsner, G., Hochmeister, J., & Saugspier, R. (2015). Die Offene Uni. bidok works. Beruf und Arbeit ohne Barrieren, (13/2015), 21-26.
Kremsner, G. (2020): Menschen mit Lernschwierigkeiten erzählen aus ihrem Leben in Einrichtungen. In Schuppener, S.; Koenig, O.; Buchner, T. & Leonhardt, N. (Hrsg.): Gemeinsam Forschen. Forschung mit Menschen mit Lern-Schwierigkeiten. Marburg: Lebenshilfe-Verlag, S. 111-120.
List of lectures
Keynotes are printed in bold
Round Table "Methodological Challenges" together with PD Dr Kenneth Horvath (PH Zurich) and PD Dr Susanne Kreitz-Sandberg (Stockholm University) at the 5th Workshop of the DGfE-AG Inclusion Research on 1 & 2 July 2022 at the University of Koblenz-Landau (Campus Landau)
"Inclusive research as a philosophy of practice? Challenges and potentials" - Keynote at the VASOM 2021 (Vienna Autumn School of Methods) from 15-18 September 2021 in Vienna (Online)
Organisation of the online panel discussion "Forschungen zu Inklusion zwischen Wissenschaft, Politik und Pädagogik - Anfragen What Makes a (Good) (Austrian) Teacher and Can I Ever Become One? Lecture together with Michelle Proyer at the ECER 2021 from 6-10 September 2021 in Geneva (Online)
"an ein kompliziertes Verhältnis" together with Jens Geldner & Mira Brummer (both Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg) on 7 June 2021
Knowledge formats in studying and teaching. Online lecture together with Julia Matusche (Leipzig University) at the conference "Zwischen Abstand und Augenhöhe. Experiential spaces of participatory teaching and research" at TH Köln/Uni Leipzig on 21 May 2021
Re-assessing and sustaining inclusive instruction - Localised Perspectives on UDL. Online lecture together with Michelle Proyer at the conference "Breaking Barriers on Inclusion" at the Pedagogical University of Cracow from 18 to 19 May 2021.
Doing Inclusive Research: Possibilities, challenges and limitations of a collaborative research approach. Online lecture together with Michelle Proyer at the 9th ALTER-Conference in Rennes from 8 to 9 April 2021
Organisation of the IFO2020 on the topic "Grenzen.Gänge.Zwischen.Weltern", held from 25 to 28 February 2020 at the University of Vienna and the PH Vienna with around 380 participants. Conference website: https://ifo2020.ssr-wien.at
Vocational education and training in a changing world of work. Presentation of the issue Berufsbildung 3/2019 of the Sozialwissenschaftliche Rundschau together with Katharina Resch, Michelle Proyer and Camilla Pellech on 28 January 2020 at the Republican Club Vienna.
Teachers without borders: from internationally trained to acknowledged teachers - the Austrian case. Lecture together with Michelle Proyer and Neda Forghani-Arani at the ECER 2019 from 3-6 September 2019 in Hamburg.
Teacher training in Austria: towards a very special inclusive education. Presentation together with Andreas Paukner (self-advocate, Vienna) and Susanne Prummer, Barbara Nemestothy and Alexander Klement (students of the University of Vienna) at the symposium "Disability Studies & Participation in Higher Education" from 27-29 June 2019 in Innsbruck.
From Confining the Excluded to Excluding the Confined: Biographical Experiences of so-called Persons with Learning Difficulties. Lecture for staff and students of FB 12 and the Department of Inclusive Education at the University of Bremen as well as for staff and students of Inclusive Education at the University of Namibia on 2 May 2019 in Bremen.
Inclusive Research & Higher Education: experiences from and in teacher training courses. Lecture and workshop together with Susanne Prummer (student at the University of Vienna) for staff and students of FB 12 and the Department of Inclusive Education at the University of Bremen as well as for staff and students of Inclusive Education at the University of Namibia on 2 May 2019 in Bremen.
Squaring the circle: Vision and reality of inclusive teaching. Symposium together with Michelle Proyer (University of Vienna) and Raphael Zahnd (PH FHNW) together with Susanne Prummer, Barbara Nemestothy and Alexander Klement (students at the University of Vienna) and Andreas Paukner (self-advocate, Vienna) as part of the 33rd Annual Conference of Inclusion Researchers (IFO) from 20-22 February 2019 in Berlin.
Experiences of violence in institutions. Lecture as part of the lecture series "Disability and Society" on the occasion of the Year of Remembrance of the Republic of Austria 2018 at the University of Vienna on 21 January 2019.
Participatory and inclusive research approaches in teacher education - an explorative workshop. Workshop at the University of Bremen (Educational Sciences; Department of Inclusive Education, focus on didactics) on 17 December 2018.
"So that our carers know what the role is when they really need help" - biographical experiences of violence and abuse of power in institutions for the disabled. Keynote lecture at the annual conference of the DIFGB "Institutionalised Power & Violence - Reflections and Challenges in the Context of Disability Care" on 15 and 16 November 2018.
Self-determined life: Deinstitutionalisation and its consequences. Lecture in plain language at the public meeting of the South Tyrolean Monitoring Committee on 26 October 2018 in Bolzano/South Tyrol.
From the inclusion of the excluded to the exclusion of the included - Biographical narratives of so-called people with learning difficulties. Lecture at the conference "Zwischen Emanzipation und Vereinnahmung, Disability Studies im deutschsprachigen Raum (DISKO 2018)" from 19 to 21 October in Berlin. Categorisation mania and knowledge hysteria in teacher education. Presentation together with Raphael Zahnd (PH FHNW Switzerland), Michelle Proyer (University of Vienna) and Alexander Klement, Barbara Nemestothy and Susanne Prummer (students of the University of Vienna) at the conference "Zwischen Emanzipation und Vereinnahmung, Disability Studies im deutschsprachigen Raum (DISKO 2018)" from 19 to 21 October in Berlin.
Participatory approaches to classification obsession and knowledge demands of teacher trainees.
Workshop together with Michelle Proyer (University of Vienna), Raphael Zahnd (PH FHNW Switzerland) and Andreas Paukner (self-advocate, Vienna) as part of the conference "Diversity-sensitive Teacher Education. Potentials and Limits of Development for Inclusive Universities" at the PH Salzburg from 17 to 18 October 2018.
Recently arrived teachers in Europe Inclusive perspectives on (re-)professionalisation in the context of education in AT, DE and SE. Presentation together with Michelle Proyer (Uni. Vienna), Henrike Terhart (Uni. Cologne), Helen Bodström (Uni Stockholm) and Katie Obeid (Uni Stockholm) at the 10th DialogForum of the Danube University Krems (Dialogue between politics, science and practice).
Disability as normality - normality as disability. Stories of inclusion and exclusion. Keynote lecture together with Tobias Buchner at the IFO 2018 from 21 to 24 February 2018 in Gießen.
Speak up! Subaltern Communication and Articulation in the Context of Dis/Ability Studies. Lecture at the IFO 2018 from 21 to 24 February 2018 in Gießen.
Violence against Persons with Learning Difficulties in Institutional Settings. Lecture at the conference "Biography and Violence: Violent dynamics and agency in collective processes and individual life histories" from 9 to 10 February 2018 in Göttingen.
Dancing with Foucault or: Developing theoretical frameworks inclusively. Lecture at the conference "Soziologie zwischen Theorie und Praxis", Congress of the Austrian Sociological Association from 7 to 9 December 2017 at the University of Graz.
"Nothing about us without us!" - Historical, current and concrete aspects of participatory disability research. Keynote lecture together with Volker Schönwiese and Petra Flieger at the Research Conference and 18th Zurich Gerontology Day 2017: Participatory Research: Methodological Reflection and Practical Experience on 22 November 2017 in Zurich.
Dancing with Foucault or: Developing theoretical frameworks inclusively. Lecture at the conference "Participatory research in child and youth welfare/social work" from 26 to 27 April in Basel/CH
Disability as a product of hegemonic negotiation processes. Lecture at the IFO 2017 from 22 to 25 February 2017 in Linz.
Transitions Within and Through "as Inclusive as Possible" Research. Presentation at the conference "Inklusive Übergänge: (Inter)national Perspektiven auf Inklusion im Übergang von der Schule in weitere Bildung, Ausbildung oder Beschäftigung" from 25 to 26 November 2016 in Vienna.
From the inclusion of the excluded to the exclusion of the included - Life History Research with people with learning difficulties in (total) institutions. Presentation at the conference "Bildung und soziale Ungleichheiten - Perspektiven sozialwissenschaftlicher Biographieforschung: Jubiläumstagung der Sektion Biographieforschung in der DGS" from 17 to 19 November 2016 in Vienna.
Compassion revisited: An attempt at an inclusive approach. Lecture together with Michelle Proyer at the conference "Bildung und Emotion. Emotion and Feeling in the Context of Pedagogical and Anthropological Considerations" from 21 to 22 October 2016 in Vienna.
Power, violence and the "Philosophy of Praxis": experiences with institutionalisation in the biographies of people with learning difficulties. Presentation at the "Lancaster University Disability Studies Conference" from 6 to 8 September 2016 in Lancaster (UK).
Mind, Emotion and Images of Humanity - Perspectives from Disability Studies. Lecture as a guest speaker at Srinakharinwirot University Bangkok on 28 November 2015.
"Are you still living or are you already living?" Housing and accommodating people with learning disabilities from a post-colonial perspective: global and European perspectives. Lecture together with Michelle Proyer at the "7th Symposium International Curative and Special Needs Education: Participation and Diversity: Challenges of a Global Society" from 16 to 18 July 2015 in Zurich.
" ...and there you are allowed to stay throughout your life!" - Life history research with people with learning difficulties in total institutions. Presentation together with Benjamin Emberger at the "Social History of Learning Disability Conference - Biographies, Life Stories and Life Histories" from 18 to 19 June 2015 at the Open University in Milton Keynes (UK).
(De-)Institutionalisation as a hegemonic model? First results from an inclusive research study on living conditions of people with intellectual disabilities in Austria. Presentation at the "2015 IASSIDD Americas Regional Congress - Inclusive Boundaries" from 21 to 22 May in Honolulu (USA).
Housing or living?: Global trends in living conditions of persons with learning difficulties. Presentation at the "2015 IASSIDD Americas Regional Congress - Inclusive Boundaries" from 21 to 22 May in Honolulu (USA).
People with Learning Difficulties, Antonio Gramsci and Inclusive Research: (De-)Institutionalisation as a hegemonic model? Presentation at the "NNDR 13th Research Conference" from 6 to 8 May 2015 in Bergen (Norway).
Dancing with Foucault or: Who includes whom? - A (self-)reflection on the use of language in the inclusive research process. Presentation at the "49th Workshop of Lecturers in Special Needs Education in German-speaking Countries" from 26 to 27 September 2014 in Berlin.
"The footballteam smells good" - subalternity and the construction of disability in the biographies of people with learning difficulties who used to live in (total) institutions. Presentation at the "Disability Studies Conference Lancaster" from 9 to 11 September 2014 in Lancaster (UK).
Exploring ideas and theories in the research community: a three session symposium. Presentation together with Nicola Grove at the "4th IASSIDD Europe Congress - Pathways to Inclusion" from 14 to 17 July 2014 in Vienna.
"If I had children myself, they wouldn't go to a home. Not for a single minute." - On the construction of disability through life in (total) institutions. Lecture together with Benjamin Emberger at the IFO 2014 from 19 to 22 February 2014 in Wiesbaden-Naurod.
Power and Violence in the lives of People with Learning Difficulties - Challenges for Inclusive Research ethics. Presentation at the "NNDR 12th Research Conference" from 30 to 31 May 2013 in Turku (Finland).
Power and Violence in the Lives of People with Learning Difficulties: Possibilities of science and research. Presentation at the IFO 2013 from 20 to 23 February 2013 in Leipzig.
"Four semesters of inclusive research at the University of Vienna". Lecture in easy language at the IFO 2010 from 24 to 27 February 2010 in Innsbruck.
Inclusive research and empowerment. Lecture together with the "Netzwerk Inklusive Forschung" at the IFO 2009 from 25 to 28 February 2009 in Frankfurt am Main. Round Table "Methodological Challenges" together with PD Dr Kenneth Horvath (PH Zurich) and PD Dr Susanne Kreitz-Sandberg (Stockholm University) at the 5th Workshop of the DGfE-AG Inclusion Research on 1 & 2 July 2022 at the University of Koblenz-Landau (Campus Landau)
Science to public
From the inclusion of the excluded to the exclusion of the included. Biographical experiences of people with so-called learning difficulties. Street Lecture on 30 May 2018 as part of the Month of Free Education, organised by the ÖH of the University of Vienna.
Professionalism of teachers in inclusive education. Lecture and workshop on 15 March 2018 in St. Pölten as part of the "Tankstelle All Inclusive: Lehrer*innenfortbildung der PH Niederösterreich im Auftrag des LSR Niederösterreich".
Speak up! Monitoring the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) - A Participatory Process. Workshop together with Tobias Buchner, organised by QADER for Community Development (Bethlehem/Palestinian Territories) in cooperation with GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit) from 4 to 6 October 2018 in Ramallah/Palestinian Territories.
Inclusive teaching with digital games - eCrisis Framework. Presentation together with Michelle Proyer and Alexander Schmölz at the eCrisis Multiplier Event on 31 March 2017 in Vienna.
Violence against people with disabilities. Presentation at the EFUS conference "Preventing and Countering Discriminatory Violence at the Local Level" on 2 March 2017 in Vienna.
Power - What does that actually mean? Workshop for 10- to 12-year-old children together with Benjamin Emberger as part of the Vienna Children's University on 6 July 2015.
Curriculum Vitae
Professional and academic career
Starting 04/2022 | W2 professorship for educational science with a focus on educational professionalism in the context of school heterogeneity and inclusion at the University of Koblenz |
04/2021 to 03/2022 | Representation of the W2 Professorship for General Special Education at the Faculty of Educational Science/Institute of Special Education at the University of Leipzig; released for this purpose by the University of Vienna |
02/2020 to 03/2021 | Representation of the W3 Professorship for "Promotion and Teaching in the Context of Inclusion with Special Consideration of Support Needs in Emotional and Social Development" at the Faculty of Educational Science/Institute of Special Education at the University of Leipzig, with exclusive content responsibility for the area of General Special Education. Released for this purpose by the University of Vienna |
04/2019 to 09/2019 | Interim Professor for the Chair of "General Rehabilitation and Integration Pedagogy" at the Faculty of Philosophy III (Educational Sciences)/Institute of Rehabilitation Pedagogy at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg |
02/2018 to 01/2020 | University Assistant (PostDoc) at the Institute for Teacher Education, University of Vienna, specializing in "Inclusive Pedagogy (Focus: Impairments)." |
03/2017 to 01/2018 | Project collaborator in the project "Qualification for Teachers with a Refugee Background." |
03/2017 to 01/2020 | Senior Lecturer at the Institute for Teacher Education, University of Vienna, specializing in "Inclusive Pedagogy (Focus: Impairments)." |
10/2013 to 09/2016 | Appointment within the framework of the uni:docs Individual Support Initiative as a University Assistant (pre-doc) at the Institute for Educational Sciences, University of Vienna |
2013 to 2016 | Lehrerin an der SOB (Schule für Sozialbetreuungsberufe) der Caritas Wien |
2013 | Employment as a social pedagogue in a residential group for adolescents |
2006 to 2012 | Employment in residential communities for disability assistance and director of a vacation facility for individuals with disabilities |
2005 to 2006 | Volunteering as a teacher at CENIT (Centro de la Niña Trabajadora) in Quito, Ecuador |
2003 to 2009 | Independent contractor (full-time) with various organizations in the field of disability assistance |
Additional | External lecturer at the University College of Teacher Education Upper Austria, the University of Zurich, the University of Vienna, and the University of Innsbruck |
Course of studies
2013 to 2016 | Stay in the Palestinian Autonomous Territories to initiate a research project in collaboration with the GIZ (German Society for International Cooperation). Also tasked with conducting a workshop for the GIZ on the implementation of monitoring for the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNBRK) |
2003 to 2012 | Stay in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) as a guest lecturer within the framework of the Respond-HER project (Institute for Educational Sciences, University of Vienna) |
2003 | Stay at Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok (Thailand), as a guest lecturer |
Research-related stays abroad
07/2017 & 10/2017 | Stay in the Palestinian Autonomous Territories to initiate a research project in collaboration with the GIZ (German Society for International Cooperation). Also tasked with conducting a workshop for the GIZ on the implementation of monitoring for the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNBRK) |
11/2014 | Stay in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) as a guest lecturer within the framework of the Respond-HER project (Institute for Educational Sciences, University of Vienna) |
11/2015 | Stay at Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok (Thailand), as a guest lecturer |
Self-administration
Executive Department Head of the Department of School Pedagogy – General Didactics in the summer semester of 2022 |
Module coordinator for Module 8 in the Master's program for teaching as well as for Module 4.4 (Non-exclusive Pedagogy – Inclusion) in the Bachelor's program in Education at the University of Koblenz |
Member of the Study Conference and the Examination Committee at the Institute for Special Education at the University of Leipzig |
Module coordinator for the modules ASP1000 and ASP2000 in the field of General Special Education at the University of Leipzig |
Elected spokesperson of the academic staff at the Center for Teacher Education at the University of Vienna for the period 2018-2020 |
Module coordinator for Modules 3 (language and sensory development), 5 (cognitive and motor development), and 7c (Specialization: cognitive and motor development) in the Bachelor's program "Inclusive Pedagogy (Focus: Impairments)" at the University of Vienna |
Module coordinator for Module 7 (Specialization: Inclusive School and Diversity) in the certificate course "Educational Foundations for Teachers with Refugee Backgrounds" at the Postgraduate Center of the University of Vienna. |
Member of the Study Conference at the Institute for Educational Sciences of the University of Vienna (SPL 19) until 2016. |
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