Curriculum

Prof. Dr. Marcus Pietsch is DFG Heisenberg Professor of Educational Science, in particular Educational Management and Quality Development at the Institute of Educational Sciences at Leuphana University. He is currently research dean of the School of Education. His research interests are particularly in the area of education, school effectiveness, development, and innovation, and effective leadership in schools.

Academic Career

• since 06/2021: DFG Heisenberg Professorship for Educational Management and Quality Development at Leuphana University Lüneburg
• 04/2019 - 05/2021: Administration of the professorships for Empirical Elementary School Education as well as General Educational Science at Leuphana University Lüneburg
• 11/2013 - 10/2018: Scholarship holder for Empirical Educational Research at the Leuphana University Lüneburg
• 07/2012 - 09/2013: Substitute professor (W3) for Educational Measurement of the Center for International Comparative Educational Studies (ZIB) at the Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education (IPN) at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
• 05/2008 - 04/2009: Visiting researcher at the Humboldt University Berlin, Institute for Quality Development in Education (IQB)
• 10/2006 - 05/2021: Research associate at the Institute for Educational Monitoring and Quality Development Hamburg (IfBQ); scientific support of the school inspection Hamburg
• 08/2004 - 10/2006: Research associate at the State Institute for Teacher Training and School Development Hamburg (LI), Department of Standard Assurance and Test Development
• 07/2003 - 12/2004: Research assistant at the University of Hamburg, Institute for International and Intercultural Comparative Education, Chair of Quantitative Methods and International Educational Research; project leader of the study Competencies and Attitudes of Students - Grade 4 (KESS 4)
• 02/2001 - 06/2003: Student assistant at the Data-Processing-Center of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA-DPC); collaborator in the projects PISA 2000, IGLU 2001 and TOSCA

Awards (selection)

• 2024: Emerald Literati Award 'Outstanding Paper'
• 2021: DFG Heisenberg Professorship
• 2019: Ernst Meumann Award for outstanding research in the field of empirical pedagogy

Reviewer Activities (selection)

• Since 2025: Reviewer for the Foundation for International Business Administration Accreditation (FIBAA)
• Since 2025: Reviewer for the Accreditation, Certification and Quality Assurance Institute (ACQUIN)
• Since 2024: Reviewer for the Austrian Academie of Science
• Since 2024: Reviewer for the Israel Science Foundation (ISF)
• Since 2023: Reviewer for The World Academy of Sciences for the advancement of science in developing countries (TWAS)
• Since 2021: Reviewer for the German Research Foundation (DFG)
• Since 2019: Reviewer for the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
• Since 2015: Reviewer for the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
  
  
• Reviewer for the journals: British Journal of Educational Technology; Educational Administration Quarterly; Educational Management, Administration & Leadership; Educational Research Review; International Journal of Educational Research; International Journal of Leadership in Education; International Journal of Public Sector Management; Journal of Educational Administration; Journal of Educational Change; Journal of Research on Technology in Education; Leadership and Policy in Schools; Learning and Instruction; School Effectiveness and School Improvement; School Leadership and Management; Studies in Educational Evaluation

Advisory Board Activities

• Institute for Quality Development in the State of Bremen (IQHB)
• International Journal of Educational Management
• Leadership and Policy in Schools