Curriculum

Prof. Dr. Dana-Kristin Mah is Junior Professor for Digital Teaching and Learning at the Institute of Educational Sciences at Leuphana University. Her current research interests are particularly in the area of higher education with a focus on educational technologies, artificial intelligence, learning analytics, instructional design and competencies.

• Since 10/2023: Junior Professor for Digital Teaching and Learning at the Institute of Educational Sciences at Leuphana University of Lüneburg
• 02/2025: Research stay at Aarhus University, Denmark
• 11/2019 – 08/2023: Head of Research and Instructional Designer at Stifterverband, project "AI Campus – The Learning Platform for Artificial Intelligence"
• 05/2018 – 10/2019: Research assistant and consultant at VDI/VDE-IT and at the Institute for Innovation and Technology (iit).
• 03/2018: Dr. rer. pol. economics at the University of Mannheim
• 08/2016 – 04/2018: Research assistant at the TU Berlin, Scientific Continuing Education and Cooperation (ZEWK)
• 05/2014 – 03/2018: Research assistant at the University of Potsdam, Applied Teaching and Learning Research and Educational and Socialization Processes (Prof. Dr. Dirk Ifenthaler)

Memberships

• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Erziehungswissenschaft (DGfE), Sections Medienpädagogik und Schulpädagogik
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hochschuldidaktik (dghd)
• Gesellschaft für Medien in der Wissenschaft (GMW)
• Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT)

Research interests

Digital teaching and learning

Artificial intelligence in education

Educational technology

Didactics

Skills development

Learning analytics

Digital badges

Teaching

Digital teaching and learning
Artificial intelligence in education
Educational technologies
Digital skills
Media education