Institute for Diversity Studies and International Relations

The team of the Institute for Diversity Studies and International Relations conceives, organizes and evaluates the teaching of Initial Teacher Education and Continuing Professional Development for the diversity fields of interculturality, migration and plurilingualism for educators of all school types and all ages. It accompanies and counsels schools, other educational institutions and thematically corresponding educational networks and educational regions in quality development in diversity-oriented questions of teaching, school and personal development.
The team of the Institute accompanies, organises and evaluates educational mobility of students and university college staff and counsels on participation and documentation in international projects. It carries out subject-specific research and development, cooperates regionally, nationally and internationally and manages the internationalisation of the University College of Teacher Education Styria. It disseminates its research findings and products in the teaching and counselling of the professional community as well as in scientific publications and at congresses in the scientific community. The National Centre of Competence (NCoC) “Education in the context of migration and plurilingualism” and the Regional Centre for the Teaching of Languages and Cultures are assigned to the Institute. The Institute works in all its tasks throughout the entire University College of Teacher Education Styria.
Core tasks of the Institute are the conception, coordination, implementation and evaluation of
- Initial Teacher Education in the fields of interculturality, migration and plurilingualism of the Bachelor’s and Master’s programmes for Primary Teacher Education, Secondary Teacher Education as well as Secondary Vocational Teacher Education
- Continuing Professional Development in the subject-specific fields of diversity for Primary Teacher Education, Secondary Teacher Education and Secondary Vocational Teacher Education
- Continuing Professional Development in subject-specific university courses of studies
- the internal Continuous Professional Development for the personal development of the University College of Teacher Education Styria in the subject-specific field
- international educational cooperation
- the internationalisation of study programmes
- the mobility of students, lecturers and administrative staff
- research and development projects in the fields of interculturality, migration and plurilingualism
- the National Centre of Competence (NCoC) “Education in the context of migration and plurilingualism”
- the Regional Centre for the Teaching of Languages and Cultures
- the dissemination of research findings and products
Management
Management

ILin Prof.in Mag.a Susanne Linhofer
Head of Institute, Expert for the European Higher Education Area

Deputy Head of Institute (International), Coordination of International Relations, Coordination of Erasmus Outgoings
Muriel Warga-Fallenböck

Prof.in Mag.a Dr.in Muriel Warga-Fallenböck
Deputy Head of Institute (Diversity), University Professor for language education, diversity and plurilingualism
Office
Office
Klára Frausová

Erasmus intern
Opening hours | |
Mon–Thu: | 07.30–15.30 |
Fri: | 07.30–14.00 |
COVID-Opening hours 10.01. – 30.02.2022 | |
Mon–Thu: | 07.30–15.30 |
Fri: | 07.30–14.00 |

Office Management

Office Management
Lecturers
Lecturers

HS-Prof. Univ.-Doz. Mag. Dr. Klaus-
Börge Boeckmann
University Professor for Plurilingualism and German as a Second Language, Coordinator Educational Research
Dagmar Gilly

Centre for Education in the Context of Migration and Multilingualism (BIMM)
Michaela Hronovsky-Ortner

Prof. in Mag.a Michaela Hronovsky-Ortner MA
Coordination of Diversity Studies, Course Management for German as a Second Language (Deutsch als Zweitsprache: DaZ) in Primary and Secondary Education
Stefan Prünster

Coordinator German as a Second Language (DaZ) Primary Education Continuing Education
Barbara Schrammel-Leber

HS-Prof.in Mag.a Dr.in Barbara
Schrammel-Leber
University College Professor for Plurilingualism and Linguistics, Coordinator Educational Research
Gabriela Deutscher

Continued training, German as a Second Language (DaZ) didactics
Lisa Fast-Hertlein

Prof.in Mag.a Lisa Fast-Hertlein
Head of DaZ Competence Centre, BIMM
Stefan Kundigraber

Erasmus Incomings Coordinator
Daniela Rotter

Coordinator Focus Area Language Education
Manfred Weissensteiner

Prof. Mag. Manfred Weissensteiner
Theatre Pedagogy

Prof.in Dr.in Magdalena Dorner-Pau MA Bakk.
German as a Second Language and Multilingualism, BIMM

Prof.in Mag.a Agnes Haidacher-
Horn
Coordination Erasmus Staff Mobility
Katharina Lanzmaier-Ugri

Prof.in Katharina Lanzmaier-Ugri,
BEd MA
German as a Second Language and Multilingualism, BIMM

Erasmus+ student mobility in the bachelor's degree program in primary teacher education, Coordination of Continuing Education in the Field of International Affairs, Head of the University course Europe and Education

Contact
Contact
University College of Teacher Education Styria
Institute for Diversity Studies and International Relations
Ortweinplatz 1
8010 Graz
Tel.: +43 316 8067 6602
E-Mail: international@phst.at, diversitaet@phst.at
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