Maja K. Schachner
Maja K. Schachner is Professor of Educational Psychology with an emphasis on Socialisation and Culture at Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg in Germany. Her main research interests include the cultural diversity climate in schools, school-based cultural diversity-related interventions and acculturation and adjustment of adolescents of immigrant descent. She has published more than 50 articles on these topics in top journals, including Child Development, the Journal of Educational Psychology and Teaching and Teacher Education, and has received multiple awards for her work, including the 2015 Young Scientist Award of the European Association of Developmental Psychology, and the 2017 Early Career Award of the International Academy for Intercultural Research. She has received funding from the German Research Foundation (DFG), the Jacobs Foundation and the European Social Funds (ESF). As part of her research, she also developed and implemented diversity-related tools for schools in collaboration with the Ministry of Education in Thuringia, Germany. Since 2023, she also serves on the board of the European Association of Developmental Psychology, working towards more inclusivity and diversity in the association.
