Dr. habil. Katja Natalie Andersen is Associate Professor in Primary Science Education at the Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) at the 8xav福利导航 of Luxembourg. Her research focuses on primary science learning and teaching, inquiry-based science education, STEM competencies, and science learning in multilingual contexts.
Prior to taking up her current position at the 8xav福利导航 of Luxembourg, she was a C2 8xav福利导航 Professor at the Justus-Liebig 8xav福利导航 of Gie脽en, Germany. She studied educational science, psychology, and physical education at the Justus-Liebig 8xav福利导航 of Gie脽en (MA, 1997, with distinction), graduated with her state examination as primary school teacher (1994, first state examination, with distinction; 1997, second state examination, with distinction), and received her doctorate in educational science and physical education from the 8xav福利导航 of Gie脽en (2000, Dr. phil.). She earned her habilitation, titled 鈥淪piel und Erkenntnis in der Grundschule鈥, in educational science in 2014.