Prof. Dr. Simone Abels

21335 Lüneburg, Universitätsallee 1, C13.301
Fon +49.4131.677-2919, simone.abels@leuphana.de
Professor*in, Professorship for Natural Science Education
Assoziierte/r, School of Education

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Vita

Prof. Dr. Simone Abels is Professor of Science Education at the Institute of Sustainable Chemistry (INSC). She is Vice President for Graduate School, Scientific Qualification and Teacher Education at Leuphana University Lüneburg. Her research interests lie particularly in the area of inclusive science education. Inquiry-based learning, reflective teacher professionalization and education for sustainable development are also among her research areas.

Professional background

  • since October 1st, 2024: Vice President for Graduate School, Scientific Qualification and Teacher Education at Leuphana
  • 12/2023-09/2024: Maternity and Parental Leave
  • since October 1st, 2020 Vice President for Graduate School, Scientific Qualification and Teacher Education at Leuphana University Lüneburg
  • 07/2018-03/2019: Maternity and Parental Leave
  • since 2017: Professor for Science Education at Leuphana University Lüneburg
  • 2016 until 2025: Founder and spokesperson of the Network for Inclusive Science Teaching (NinU)
  • 2016: Junior Professor for Science Education, focus on chemistry education, at Leuphana University Lüneburg
  • 2011-2016: University Assistant (Postdoc) at the Austrian Educational Competence Center Chemistry, University of Vienna, Austria
  • 2009-2011: Internship at special schools in Hamburg   
  • 2010: Disputation (summa cum laude)   
  • 2006-2009: Research Associate at the University of Hamburg, Department of Education in Chemistry Education. Title of the dissertation: "Teachers as 'Reflective Practitioner'. Reflection competence for a democracy-friendly science education"; awarded the prize for the promotion of junior scientists of the GDCP

Education

  • 2001-2006: Studies in educational science, deaf education, learning disability education and chemistry for teaching at special schools at the University of Hamburg
  • Additional subject: education for the hard of hearing
  • Title of the thesis: "Chemistry Learning in Chemistry Lessons at the Secondary Level I in Hearing Impaired Schools - a First Assessment", supervised by Prof. Dr. med. Claus Bolte in chemistry didactics

Memberships

 

 

Teaching

science education

Research Interests

Inclusive science education, inquiry-based science education, reflexive and video-based teacher professionalization, education for sustainable development

Projects

  1. Center for Empirical Educational Research in Lower Saxony (ZEB)
    Simone Juliane Abels (Project manager, academic) , Michael Besser (Project manager, academic) , Julia Gillen (Project manager, academic) , Katharina Müller (Project manager, academic) , Inga Brinkmann (Coordination)
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    Project: Research

  2. Wissenschaftsraum "Future Trends in Education. Schule transformieren durch Demokratiebildung und Bildung für Nachhaltige Entwicklung - Future.Ed"
    Marcus Pietsch (Project manager, academic) , Simone Juliane Abels (Project manager, academic) , Till-Sebastian Idel (Project manager, academic) , Karsten Speck (Project manager, academic) , Sonja Nonte (Project manager, academic) , Christian Reintjes (Project manager, academic) , Katharina Hartmann (Project staff)
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    Project: Research

  3. Einsatz von Gamification am Beispiel von Artenschutzsensibilisierung
    Simone Juliane Abels (Project manager, academic) , Ann-Katrin Krebs (Project staff)
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    Project: Research

  4. Schülerlabore als Ort der Lehrkräftefortbildung in der digitalen Welt (BMBF)
    Simone Juliane Abels (Project manager, academic)
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    Project: Research

  5. Auf die Planung kommt es an (PlanFoL)
    Simone Juliane Abels (Project manager, academic) , Elisabeth Hofer (Project manager, academic)
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    Project: Research

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Publications

Books and anthologies

  1. Naturwissenschaftsdidaktik und Inklusion
    Simone Juliane Abels (Editor) , Sarah Hundertmark (Editor) , Xiaokang Sun (Editor) , Andreas Nehring (Editor) , Robin Schildknecht (Editor) , Vanessa Seremet (Editor) , Christian Lindmeier (Editor) , 2021 Weinheim, Basel , 282 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Education

  2. Polymere
    Simone Juliane Abels (Editor) , Anja Lembens (Editor) , 2016 1 ed. Wien , 60 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Education

  3. Science Education towards Inclusion
    Simone Juliane Abels (Editor) , Silvija Markic (Editor) , 2016 1 ed. New York City , 252 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologies › Book › Research

  4. Sondernummer TEMI – Teaching Enquiry with Mysteries incorporated
    Simone Juliane Abels (Editor) , Anja Lembens (Editor) , 2015 Seeham-Salzburg , 44 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Education

  5. Diversität und Heterogenität: Naturwissenschaften im Unterricht Chemie
    Simone Juliane Abels (Editor) , Silvija Markic (Editor) , 2013 Seelze , 51 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Research

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Journal contributions

  1. Alles nur ein Kampf?: Schüler:innenvorstellungen zu Aspekten der Immunreaktion
    Ronja Veronika Brigitte Sowinski (Author) , Simone Juliane Abels (Author) , Elisabeth Hofer (Author) , 01.01.2025 , in: Zeitschrift für Didaktik der Biologie (ZDB) - Biologie Lehren und Lernen, 30, 1 , p. 25-48

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  2. LFB-Labs-digital: Schülerlabore als Ort der Lehrkräftefortbildung in der digitalen Welt: Ein Bericht zur Konzeption eines Verbundprojektes
    Simone Juliane Abels (Author) , Tim Kirchhoff (Author) , Stefanie Schwedler (Author) , Andreas Acher (Author) , Dario Anselmetti (Author) , Kris-Stephen Besa (Author) , Jonathan Biehl (Author) , Eva Blumberg (Author) , Andreas Breiter (Author) , Maja Brückmann (Author) , Doreen Büntemeyer (Author) , Mahdi El Tegani (Author) , Alex Engelhardt (Author) , Nobert Grotjohann (Author) , Celina Kiel (Author) , Michael Kleine (Author) , Rolf Koerber (Author) , Maike Lambrecht (Author) , Anna Lehmenkühler (Author) , David Meyer (Author) , Alina Mußhoff (Author) , Maren Panhorst (Author) , Colin Peperkorn (Author) , Kerstin Röllke (Author) , Jürgen Roth (Author) , Maria Sophie Schäfers (Author) , Henning Schüler (Author) , Lisa Stinken-Rösner (Author) , Sebastian Strauß (Author) , Janne Stricker (Author) , Katrin Temmen (Author) , Katja Tönsing (Author) , Dan Verständig (Author) , Claas Wegner (Author) , Nicole Wellensiek (Author) , Annkathrin Wenzel (Author) , Daniela Wördemann (Author) , Mathias Ziegler (Author) , Martin Heinrich (Author) , Matthias Wilde (Author) , 19.08.2024 , in: PFLB - Zeitschrift für Schul- und Professionsentwicklung, 6, 1 , p. 130-155 , 25 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer › peer-review

  3. Metaphern zur Klärung biologischer Phänomene: Eine Analyse verschiedener fachwissenschaftlicher Datenquellen
    Ronja Veronika Brigitte Sowinski (Author) , Elisabeth Hofer (Author) , Simone Juliane Abels (Author) , 17.06.2024 , in: Zeitschrift für Didaktik der Biologie (ZDB) - Biologie Lehren und Lernen, 28 , p. 56 - 75 , 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  4. Lehramtsstudierende im Master analysieren inklusiven Naturwissenschaftsunterricht – die Entwicklung von Analysekompetenzen mittels videostimulierter Reflexionen
    Simone Juliane Abels (Author) , Daniela Egger (Author) , 11.06.2024 , in: QfI - Qualifizierung für Inklusion, 6, 1 , 23 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Education › peer-review

  5. Adaptive Planung kontextorientierten Naturwissenschaftsunterrichts
    Simone Juliane Abels (Author) , Sybille Hüfner (Author) , 18.03.2024 , in: PFLB: PraxisForschungLehrer*innenBildung, 6, 2 , p. 43-62 , 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Education › peer-review

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Contributions to collected editions/anthologies

  1. Inquiry-based learning as an approach to realize inclusive science education
    Elisabeth Hofer (Author) , Simone Juliane Abels (Author) , 29.05.2025 , p. 74-87 , 14 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Chapter › Research › peer-review

  2. One Fits Them All?: Metaphors in Multilingual Biology Classes
    Ronja Veronika Brigitte Sowinski (Author) , Simone Juliane Abels (Author) , 01.09.2024 Oxford , p. 246-256 , 11 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review

  3. Perspektiven der Lernenden auf inklusiven NAWI-Unterricht
    Simone Juliane Abels (Author) , Timm Fuhrmann (Author) , 10.06.2024 Essen , p. 710 - 713 , 4 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Article in conference proceedings › Research

  4. Metaphern mehrsprachiger Schüler*innen zu abstrakten Phänomenen
    Ronja Veronika Brigitte Sowinski (Author) , Simone Juliane Abels (Author) , 10.06.2024 Essen , p. 306 - 309 , 4 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Article in conference proceedings › Research

  5. Adressierung von Mädchen an außerschulischen naturwissenschaftlichen Lernorten
    Simone Juliane Abels (Author) , Janne Groß (Author) , 10.06.2024 Essen , p. 678 - 681 , 4 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research

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Activities

  1. Perspektiven teilen – Transformation gestalten: Externalisierung des Inklusionsverständnisses mit Lego® Serious Play®
    Florian List (Speaker) , Hariet Schellig (Speaker) , Elisabeth Hofer (Coauthor) , Simone Juliane Abels (Coauthor)

    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

  2. 38. Jahrestagung der Inklusionsforscher:innen - IFO 2025
    Simone Juliane Abels (Keynote Speaker)

    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

  3. Ein inklusiver Blick auf das Fach - Barrieren in Lerngegenständen verorten (Workshop)
    Jürgen Menthe (Speaker) , Lisa Rott (Speaker) , Simone Juliane Abels (Coauthor) , Andreas Nehring (Coauthor) , Elisabeth Hofer (Speaker)

    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

  4. Forschendes Lernen im integrativen naturwissenschaftlichen Unterricht - Teil 2
    Simone Juliane Abels (Speaker) , Elisabeth Hofer (Speaker)

    Activity: talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer

  5. Inklusive Gestaltung einer Einheit offenen Forschenden Lernens
    Elisabeth Hofer (Speaker) , Simone Juliane Abels (Speaker)

    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

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Press / Media

  1. Lebensmittelabfälle vermeiden, Klimabilanz verbessern
    1 Media contribution

    Press/Media: Press/Media

  2. Die Natur der Naturwissenschaften
    1 Media contribution

    Press/Media: Press/Media

  3. Lernwerkstatt als inklusiver Raum naturwissenschaftlichen Lernens: Antrittsvorlesung 2.0
    1 time cited

    Press/Media: Press/Media

  4. Die Kleinen forschen wie die Großen
    Interviewed once

    Press/Media: Press/Media

  5. Inclusive Science Education – A Vision or an Illusion?: Antrittsvorlesung zur Juniorprofessur an der Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
    1 time cited

    Press/Media: Press/Media

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Prizes

Teaching