Dr. Colin Cramer is professor of research on teachers and teacher education with special emphasis on subject-matter teaching and learning. He is member of the ›Institute of Education‹ as well as of the ›Tuebingen School of Education‹. His research interests are the teaching profession and the professionalisation in teacher education.
Functions and Memberships
since 02/2024
Member of the Editorial Board of the journal »Zeitschrift für Pädagogik«
since 01/2023
Member of the Academic Advisory Board of the Center of Teacher Education at Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg
since 09/2022
Standing member of the chamber network of the Protestant Church in Germany (EKD) for advising the executive bodies
since 01/2022
Member of the American Educational Research Association (AERA):
Division Membership: Teaching and Teacher Education (Division K)
since 01/2022
Member of the LEAD Graduate School & Research Network at the University of Tübingen
since 05/2021
Member of the World Education Research Association (WERA) International Research Network on »Research-Informed Education«
since 06/2020
Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the FHNW School of Education (Teacher training institution for the north-western Switzerland educational area)
since 10/2019
Member of the senate commission for student affairs at the University of Tübingen
since 10/2019
Member of the faculty board of the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences at the University of Tübingen
since 10/2019
Head of the commission for student affairs of the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences at the University of Tübingen
07/2019–01/2022
Head of the Special Interest Group »Professionalism in the Teaching Profession« at the Tübingen School of Education
since 09/2018
Member of the research network on »portfolio in education« at the University of Tübingen
since 3/2017
Member of a scientific council at the University of Giessen, Germany
since 3/2016
Member of the school board of the ›Tübingen School of Education‹ at the University of Tübingen, Germany
1/2015–12/2017
Publisher of a review journal in educational science. Online source: http://www.klinkhardt.de/ewr/
10/2009–05/2018
Member of the council of a foundation of private schools in Württemberg, Germany
since 10/2008
Member of the German Educational Research Association (DGfE), sections for empirical educational research and for school pedagogy
since 10/2007
Member of the International Network for Research and Development of Confirmation and Christian Youth Work
Expert Activities
Ad-hoc-reviewer for:
research councils:
e.g., German Research Foundation (DFG); Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
official evaluations:
e.g., assessment of teacher education programs at universities; career promotion and active recruitment of professorships at international universites
scientific encyclopedia and journals:
e.g., Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education; BERA-Sage Handbook on Research-informed Educational Practice and Policy; Educational Research Review; Educational Administration Quarterly, European Journal of Teacher Education; Teaching and Teacher Education, Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education; Journal of Curriculum Studies
research associations:
e.g., European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI)