Team

Prof. Dr. Anna Keune (she/her)

+49 (89) 289 - 29110
Room 443
anna.keune@tum.de
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1985-2313 

Prof. Dr. Anna Keune is Tenure Track Assistant Professor of Learning Sciences and Educational Design Technologies and TUM-IAS Rudolf Mößbauer fellow at the Technical University of Munich. Anna’s research and teaching stands at the intersection of learning sciences and design. Anna investigates high and low-tech educational design technologies to advance knowledge about STEM learning, transforming what counts as participation and expanding who participates. Her research is guided by constructionist, posthumanist, and participatory theoretical commitments.

Živa Simšič, M.A. (she/her)

Research Assistant and Doctoral Student

+49 (89) 289 - 29111
Room 442
ziva.simsic@tum.de
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-1688-3956

Živa Simšič is a doctoral student working as a research assistant. Živa holds a Master's degree in Arts Education from the University of Maribor, Slovenia. Her current research focuses on fostering early education in Additive Manufacturing in Construction (AMC) technologies, promoting gender equity perspectives, and sustainability awareness among youth in construction practices. In addition, Živa works on developing approaches to support AI ethics literacy in educational settings.

Santiago Forero (he/him)

Santiago Forero (B.S. Psychology) is a student research assistant and master student at the professorship. Santiago’s background is in educational and social psychology from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia and TUM. He is part of the AI Ethics project and is writing his master's thesis at the professorship focused on the process of designing learning activities for AI ethics literacy.

Katharina Sophia Pohl (she/her)

Katharina Sophia Pohl (B.A. Educational Science and Sociology) is a student research assistant at the professorship. She supports the CLiViE project to increase the understanding of the value of cultural literacy through arts-based education for social cohesion. In addition to her work on the project she is writing her mater thesis at the professorship.

Adora Teqja (she/her)

Adora Teqja (B.A. Architecture) is a student research assistant at the professorship and supports gender-equitable introduction of Additive Manufacturing in Construction (AMC) to the public. She is assisting in technical and design oriented tasks, as well as in youth learning activities for 3D printing.

Prof. Dr. Eve Manz (she/her)

Visiting Professor, academic year 2023/2024

eimanz@bu.edu

Prof. Dr. Eve Manz is a TUM Global Visiting Professor Program at the Professorship for Learning Sciences and Educational Design Technologies and the Friedl Schöller Endowed Chair for Educational Psychology. Eve is an Associate Professor of Science of Education at Boston University. The core motivation of her work is to support teachers and young people to engage in learning that builds on their capabilities to see themselves, others, and the world in new ways. Her focus is on elementary science education and on developing learning environments that engage children in science practices.

Hatice Şebnem Çetken Aktaş (she/her)

Erasmus Trainee, July 2023

scetken@metu.edu.tr
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4543-422X

Hatice Şebnem Çetken Aktaş is a fellow of the Erasmus+ Doctoral Traineeship Program. She is a Ph.D. candidate and research assistant in Elementary and Early Childhood Education at Middle East Technical University, Turkey. Her research focuses on Makerspace, STEAM activities, and guided play. She worked as an educator at a movement and art center and has expertise in outdoor and risky play.