
Executive Board

Isabell-Carola Zieger
Managing Director
isabell.zieger@mercator.uni-koeln.dePhone: 49 (0) 221-470 5738 more

Dr. Judith Butterworth
Personal Assistant to the Director / Research Associate
judith.butterworth@mercator.uni-koeln.dePhone: 49 (0) 221-470 5220 more
Language and Learning

Prof. Dr. Nicole Marx
Department Chair
nicole.marx@mercator.uni-koeln.dePhone: 49 (0) 221-470 76354Homepage more

Dr. Annina Hessel
Head of Department
annina.hessel@mercator.uni-koeln.dePhone: 49 (0) 221-470 76424 more

Jun.-Prof.’in Dr. Nora von Dewitz
Assistant Professor for Language Education and Multilingualism
nora.dewitz@mercator.uni-koeln.dePhone: 49 (0) 221-470 1382 more

Teresa Barberio
Research Associate
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Dr. Stefanie Bredthauer
Research Associate
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Dr. Sonja Eisenbeiß
Research Associate
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Dr. Evghenia Goltsev
Research Associate (on leave)
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Stefanie Helbert
Research Associate (on parental leave)
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Anastasia Knaus
Research Associate
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Marie-Christin Reichert
Research Associate
marie-christin.reichert@mercator.uni-koeln.dePhone: 49 (0) 221-470 1082 mehr
Language and Education System

Dr. Annika Witte
Head of Department (on parental leave)
annika.witte@mercator.uni-koeln.dePhone: 49 (0) 221-470 5675 more

Dr. Kathrin Hippmann
Head of Department (temporary)
kathrin.hippmann@mercator.uni-koeln.dePhone: 49 (0) 221-470 5793 more

Dr. Till Woerfel
Deputy Head of Department (temporary)
till.woerfel@mercator.uni-koeln.dePhone: 49 (0) 221-470 1210 more

Seraphina Auerbach
Research Associate
seraphina.auerbach@mercator.uni-koeln.dePhone: 49 (0) 221-470 7283 more

Jan-Philipp Brinkmann
Research Associate
jan-philipp.brinkmann@mercator.uni-koeln.dePhone: 49 (0) 221-470 89184 more

Dr. Judith Butterworth
Personal Assistant to the Director / Research Associate
judith.butterworth@mercator.uni-koeln.dePhone: 49 (0) 221-470 5220 more

Sabine Hachmeister
Research Associate (on parental leave)
sabine.hachmeister@mercator.uni-koeln.dePhone: 49 (0) 221-470 7297 more

Dr. Martha Höfler
Research Associate
martha.hoefler@mercator.uni-koeln.dePhone: 49 (0) 221-470 7870 more

Dr. Simone Jambor-Fahlen
Research Associate
simone.jambor-fahlen@mercator.uni-koeln.dePhone: 49 (0) 221-470 7718 more

Magdalena Kaleta
Research Associate (on parental leave)
magdalena.kaleta@mercator.uni-koeln.dePhone: 49 (0) 221-470 2440 more

Viktoria Michels
Research Associate
viktoria.michels@mercator.uni-koeln.dePhone: 49 (0) 221-470 2440 more

Charlotte Stehr
Research Associate
charlotte.stehr@mercator.uni-koeln.dePhone: 49 (0) 221-470 1211 more

Dr. Sabine Stephany
Research Associate
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Sandra Tietjens
Research Associate
sandra.tietjens@mercator.uni-koeln.dePhone: 49 (0) 221-470 7297 more

Marlen Wendland
Research Associate
marlen.wendland@mercator.uni-koeln.dePhone: 49 (0) 221-470 1086 more

Dr. Seda Yılmaz Wörfel
Research Associate
seda.yilmaz-woerfel@mercator.uni-koeln.dePhone: 49 (0) 221-470 1141 more
Language and Professional Development

Dr. Christoph Gantefort
Head of Department
christoph.gantefort@mercator.uni-koeln.dePhone: 49 (0)221-470 7033 more

Dr. Ina-Maria Maahs
Deputy Head of Department
inamaria.maahs@mercator.uni-koeln.dePhone: 49 (0) 221-470 1472 more

Janna Gutenberg
Research Associate
janna.gutenberg@mercator.uni-koeln.dePhone: 49 (0) 221-470 7999 more

Dr. Erol Hacısalihoğlu
Research Associate
erol.hacisalihoglu@mercator.uni-koeln.dePhone: 0221-470 1463 more

Ilka Huesmann
Research Associate (on parental leave)
ilka.huesmann@mercator.uni-koeln.dePhone: 49 (0) 221-470 7330 more

Isabel Catharina Pilger
Research Assistant
isabel.pilger@mercator.uni-koeln.dePhone: 49 (0) 221-470 76428 more

Nadine Steckenborn
Seconded Teacher
nadine.steckenborn@mercator.uni-koeln.dePhone: 49 (0) 221-470 1468 more

Dr. Henrike Terhart
Assistant professor
henrike.terhart@mercator.uni-koeln.dePhone: 49 (0) 221-470 1436 more

Rode Veiga-Pfeifer
Research Associate
rode.veiga-pfeifer@mercator.uni-koeln.dePhone: 49 (0) 221-470 1463 more

Daniela Wamhoff
Research Associate
daniela.wamhoff@mercator.uni-koeln.dePhone: 49 (0) 221-470 7176 more

Christina Winter
Research Associate
christina.winter@mercator.uni-koeln.dePhone: 49 (0) 221-470 1468 more
Communications

Anna Niewerth
Head of Communications (on parental leave)
anna.niewerth@mercator.uni-koeln.dePhone: 49 (0) 221-470 7700 more

Frauke König
Head of Communications (temporary)
frauke.koenig@mercator.uni-koeln.dePhone: 49 (0) 221-470 4758 more

Johanna Grießbach
Public Relations Associate
johanna.griessbach@mercator.uni-koeln.dePhone: 49 (0) 221-470 2767 more

Karolin Groos
Public Relations Associate
karolin.groos@mercator.uni-koeln.dePhone: 49 (0) 221-470 1083 more

Claudia Pietsch
Public Relations Associate
claudia.pietsch@mercator.uni-koeln.dePhone: 49 (0) 221-470 8393 more

Pascal Tambornino
Public Relations Associate
pascal.tambornino@mercator.uni-koeln.dePhone: 49 (0) 221-470 7771 more
Administration

Isabell-Carola Zieger
Managing Director
isabell.zieger@mercator.uni-koeln.dePhone: 49 (0) 221-470 5738 more