Prof. Dr. em. Horst Weishaupt

Projects

• Communal Educational Monitoring

Publications

Curriculum Vitae

Since 2016

honorary member of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Erziehungswissenschaft

2013 – 2016

Rudollf-Carnap-Professorship at the Bergische Universität Wuppertal

2008 – 2013

on leave, formerly Director of the Department of Educational Governance at the DIPF | Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education in Frankfurt am Main

2005 – 2008

head of the center for educational research and teacher education at Wuppertal University

2004 – 2008

Professor for empirical educational research at Bergische Universität Wuppertal

1992 – 2004

professorship for empirical educational research at the Pädagogische Hochschule Erfurt/Mühlhausen (which became Erfurt University in 2001)

1990

doctoral degree in educational science

1974 – 1992

academic staff member in the department for economy, DIPF | Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education in Frankfurt am Main

1974

diploma in educational science

1968 – 1973

studied educational science/pedagogy at Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main, minor subjects psychology, sociology, music and Protestant theology

1967 – 1968

teacher at a general primary and lower secondary school in Darmstadt

1963 – 1967

studied at teacher training college, Pädagogisches Fachinstitut in Jugenheim/Bergstr. Acquired a teaching diploma for public sector schools for the subjects of music, arts. (higher education qualification for respective subjects was acquired by completing exam with distinction)

Research Interests

• disparities in the German school system – statistical analyses (focus on Hesse and Rhineland Palatinate)
• effects of demographic changes on education
• municipal educational monitoring
• school organisation and development
• educational planning
• geographical aspects of the education system
• teacher research
• situation of educational science and educational research