● Claudia Koehler

Claudia Koehler

Main information

German

Affiliation

Farafina Institute

Levels of education

  • School education
  • VET
  • Higher Education
  • Non-formal and informal learning
  • Adult education

Geographical scope of expertise

Policy themes

  • Access to high quality education for all
  • Funding and governance of education and training
  • Content of education and training curricula, development of key competences
  • Early school leaving, participation in education and training
  • Parental and stakeholders’ engagement, whole-school approach
  • Education and migration
  • Monitoring for equity and quality in education and training
  • Active citizenship and identity in education
  • Transitions, mobility and cross-border cooperation
  • Innovation and equity in education

Selected publications

  • Koehler, C., N. Palaiologou and O. Brussino (2022). ‘Holistic refugee and newcomer education in Europe: Mapping, upscaling and institutionalising promising practices from Germany, Greece and the Netherlands’, OECD Education Working Papers, No. 264, OECD Publishing, Paris.
  • Koehler C. (2022). ‘The Impact of COVID-19 on the ‘Culture of Deportation’ for Refugees from African Countries in Germany’, in: Gonçalves M.C.S., Gutwald R., Kleibl T., Lutz R., Noyoo N., Twikirize J. (eds.) The Coronavirus Crisis and Challenges to Social Development. Springer, Cham.
  • Koehler, C. and Schneider, J. (2019). ‘Young Refugees in Education: The Particular Challenges of School Systems in Europe’, Comparative Migration Studies.
  • Brymer, V., Kakos, M., Koehler, C.; Schneider, et.al. (2019). ‘Challenges and opportunities in education for refugee and asylum-seeking youth in Europe: A handbook of good practices and effective policies’, Stockholm: Fryshuset, SIRIUS – Policy Network on Migrant Education.
  • Tánczos, J. and Koehler, C. (2018). ‘#BackToSchool’, paper written on behalf of the Global Progressive Forum. 
  • Koehler, C. and Lotter, K. (2018). ‘National policy and research review for Germany’, Prepared in the framework of data collection for the SIRIUS Watch 2018 ‘Role of non-formal education in migrant and refugee inclusion: links with schools’.
  • Koehler, C., et. al. (2018). ‘Social Change through Exchange: Training Manual for Agents for Social Change through Exchange’, Farafina Institute.
  • Koehler, C., Bauer, S., Lotter K., Maier, F. (2018). ‘Good Practices for Migrant Parent Involvement in Education – Toolkit’, SIRIUS – Policy Network on Migrant Education.
  • Koehler, C. et al. (2018). ‘Qualitative Study on Migrant Parent Empowerment’, SIRIUS-Policy Network on Migrant Education.
  • Koehler, C. et al. (2018). ‘Multi-country Partnership to Enhance the Education of Refugee and Asylum-seeking Youth in Europe – PERAE. Comparative Report’, SIRIUS-Policy Network on Migrant Education.
  • Koehler, C. et al. (2018). ‘Social Change through Exchange: Training Manual for Agents for Social Change through Exchange’, Farafina Institute.
  • Koehler, C. (2017). ‘Continuity of learning for newly arrived refugee children in Europe’, NESET Ad hoc report no. 1/2017.
  • Koehler, C. (2016). ‘Crucial Role of Indigenous Knowledge in Formal Education Systems’ in: Ngulube, Patrick (Ed.): Handbook of Research on Social, Cultural, and Educational Considerations of Indigenous Knowledge in Developing Countries, IGI Global.