Scientific Advisor
Prof. Dr. Michael Becker-Mrotzek
Director
becker.mrotzek
mercator.uni-koeln.dePhone: 49 (0) 221-470 4770Homepage
Prof. Dr. Michael Becker-Mrotzek is a member of the Standing Scientific Commission of the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs (KMK) and has been a Full Professor of German Language and Didactics at the University of Cologne since 1999. His research interests lie in the broad area of language in the context of education, and particularly in the fields of language intervention and the teaching of writing and conversational skills. From 2012 to 2023, he was director of the Mercator Institute for Literacy and Language Education, and also scientific director of the Language and Education System Department. In addition, Prof. Dr. Becker-Mrotzek served as spokesman for the joint governmental and federal initiative Education through Language and Literacy (BiSS) from 2013 to February 2020, and has been spokesman for BiSS-Transfer since 1 March 2020. As part of a nationwide initiative to improve teacher education called Teacher Education – Shaping Heterogeneity and Inclusion, he is in charge of the early-career academic development programme. Furthermore, Prof. Dr. Becker-Mrotzek is a member of academic advisory council of the Universität Regensburg Teacher Education Centre (RUL), the expert commission for the improvement of school quality in Berlin and the expert commission of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), as well as spokesman of the Advisory Board of the School of Education at the University of Salzburg.
Educational and professional career
since 2021
Member of the Standing Scientific Commission, Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs Germany (KMK)
since 2020
Spokesman of the Academic Advisory Board of the University of Education Salzburg, Austria
since 2013
Spokesmen Managing consortium of the joint governmental and federal initiative Access to Education through Language and Literacy (Bildung durch Sprache und Schrift, BiSS)
since 2012
Director of Mercator Institute for Literacy and Language Education
since 2011
Head of Cologne Graduate School for Teacher Education (Former Cologne Graduate School of Didactics), University of Cologne
since 2009
Reviewer for German Research Foundation (DFG)
since 2008
Reviewer for Suiss National Fund
since 1999
Full Professor of German Language Studies and their Didactics, University of Cologne
1996-1999
Associate Professor of German Language Studies and their Didactics at Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
1990-1996
Assistant Professor at Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
1987-1989
Research Assistant at Dortmund University
1984-1986
Practical Teacher-Training for Secondary Schools (2nd state exam in German Language and Physical Education)
1982-1986
Doctoral Studies at Hamburg University (Dr. phil.)
1976-1982
Teaching Degree for Secondary Schools (1st state exam in German Language and Physical Education)
Memerships in (academic) advisory boards
School of Education, University of Salzburg
Central Agency for Schools Abroad (ZfA)
Cito, Germany
Centre for Multilingualism and Integration (ZMI Köln)
