Dr. Kinga Golus

• Philosophy Education / Didactics of Philosophy
• Research-Based Learning
• Professional Development of Philosophy Teachers
• Philosophical Anthropology

• Winter Semester 2024/25 – Teaching assignment at the University of Oldenburg, Lecture: Teaching and Learning Philosophy
• Since January 2023 – Erasmus+ Expert for the DAAD on Inclusion and Diversity (Profile Group 4): https://eu.daad.de/service/ansprechpersonen/erasmusplus-expertinnen-und-experten/de/46404-erasmus-expertinnen-und-experten/?q=&institution_city=&programmlinie=&page=2
• Since April 2022 – Head of Philosophy Education (Philosophiedidaktik)
• March/April 2019 – Erasmus Visiting Lecturer, University of Bologna, Italy, Philosophy Department (25 March – 7 April 2019)
• Aug.–Dec. 2018 – Visiting Assistant Professor, Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA – Fulbright Commission Fellowship
• September 2016 – Erasmus Visiting Lecturer, University College South Denmark, Haderslev, as part of the German-language Bachelor’s program Teacher Education in Denmark (26–30 September 2016)
• Since March 2016 – Research Associate in the project “You Shall Not Learn Thoughts, But to Think” – Professionalization in Teacher Education through Research-Based Learning on Reflection Processes in Philosophy Teaching (Quality Initiative Teacher Education, Germany)
• 2014 – Research Associate, Department of Philosophy, University of Bielefeld, with a focus on philosophy education research
• 2013–2014 – Teacher Training Internship (Referendariat), ZfsL Essen
• 2012–2014 – PhD in Philosophy Education (Philosophiedidaktik), Ruhr University Bochum
• 2012 – First State Examination / Master of Education, Ruhr University Bochum
• 2011–2012 – Mentor at the Chair of Cultural Philosophy and Philosophy Education, Ruhr University Bochum (Prof. Dr. Volker Steenblock)
• 2010–2012 – Studies in Philosophy and History, Master of Education / First State Examination, Ruhr University Bochum
• 2007 – Magister degree in Philosophy and History, Leibniz University Hannover
• 2000–2007 – Studies in Philosophy and History, Leibniz University Hannover, Magister program

Grants

2018

• Fulbright Commission Fellowship, Research and Teaching Program – Visiting Assistant Professor at Georgia State University (Atlanta, USA), August–December 2018
• Bielefeld Early-Career Fund Fellow, funding in the category Research Grants / Mobility Support [€5,000]

Third-Party Funding

2019

• Second Funding Phase: Biprofessional (July 2019 – Dec. 2023)
• The project Biprofessional is funded within the joint Quality Initiative of the Federal and State Governments, financed by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. Funding ID: 01JA1908, total funding: €4,398,577.50.
• Sub-project: How Cross-Phase Research-Based Learning Prevents Subject-Specific Deprofessionalization in Philosophy Teaching. TM6, Dr. Kinga Golus, Prof. Dr. Ralf Stoecker, and Prof. Dr. Martin Heinrich [Funding: €147,567.00]

2017

• Quality Fund for Digital Teaching (University of Bielefeld – Center for Teaching and Learning) Project title: New Online Seminar for the Philosophy Teaching Internship [Funding: €3,600]

2016

• The Philosophy Education team at the University of Bielefeld successfully secured funding for a research project within the joint Quality Initiative for Teacher Education of the Federal and State Governments.
• Project title: “You Shall Not Learn Thoughts, But to Think” – Professionalization in Teacher Education through Research-Based Learning on Reflection Processes in Philosophy Teaching [Funding: €137,000, 1st project phase]
• This project is part of Cluster II, Research-Based Learning in the Teaching Internship, within the overarching project Bi-professional – Be Professional! and is funded until 2019 by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research.

Selected Talks

• 3rd International Congress “Learning in Practice: Professionalization Processes in the Context of School-Based Teacher Training”, IGSP / University of Teacher Education Styria, Graz, 25–27 April 2019. Talk on 25 April 2019: How Does the Teaching Internship Influence the Subject Understanding of Prospective Philosophy Teachers?
• Talk at the University of Bologna, Italy, 4 April 2019: Is Marriage Bad for Children? Rethinking Marital Relations
• Conference “Researching Research-Based Learning”, University of Bielefeld, 14 February 2019: Research-Based Learning as a Challenge in the Philosophy Teaching Internship
• Talk on 30 November 2018, University of Potsdam, application for W2 Tenure-Track Professorship in Life Orientation-Ethics-Religious Studies (L-E-R): On the Significance and Transformation of Subject Knowledge in the Philosophy Teaching Internship – A Contribution to Empirical Research on Teacher Professionalization
• Talk at Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania, 22 June 2018, International Workshop Inclusion and Artificial Intelligence: Teacher Training and Inclusion
• 10th Conference of the Forum for Didactics of Philosophy and Ethics, University of Salzburg, 18–19 May 2018. Talk on 19 May 2018 in Section 2 Philosophical Education Research: On the Objective-Hermeneutic Reconstruction of a Model of Philosophical Education in the Philosophy Teaching Internship
• Talk at Humboldt University Berlin, 8 May 2018, Lecture Series Topics in Feminist Philosophy: Implicit and Explicit Androcentrism as a Challenge in Philosophy Teaching
• Lecture Series WS 2017/18, University of Bielefeld: Theoretical and Subject-Didactic Approaches to School Inclusion, Talk on 19 October 2017: Inclusion and Human Dignity from a Philosophical Perspective (with Prof. Dr. Ralf Stoecker)
• Symposium Initiating Meaningful Teaching and Learning Processes: The Role of Contexts in Subject Didactics, Soest, 11 November 2017: Initiating Meaningful Learning Processes Through Medical Ethics? A Contribution from Philosophy Didactics
• XXIV German Congress of Philosophy: Norm and Nature, 24–27 September 2017. Talk on 26 September 2017, Section Didactics of Philosophy: On the Significance and Transformation of Subject Knowledge in the Philosophy Teaching Internship – A Contribution to Empirical Research on Teacher Professionalization
• Workshop, Student Initiative PhemK – Philosophy Needs Sisterhood, University of Kassel, 15 July 2017: On the Genesis and Reproduction of Androcentric Structures in Academic Philosophy
• Bielefeld Spring Conference 2017, Object-Reference and Research Practice – Dialogues Between Subject Didactics and Educational Sciences, University of Bielefeld, 4–5 April 2017. Talk on 5 April 2017, Research Workshop III Teacher Profession / Professionalization (led by Prof. Martin Heinrich): Is a Research-Oriented Attitude in Teacher Training Counterproductive?
• 2nd International Congress “Learning in Practice”, IGSP / Ruhr University Bochum, 6–8 March 2017. Talk on 7 March 2017: On the Relevance of Subject Knowledge for the Professionalization of Prospective Philosophy Teachers in the Teaching Internship
• Poster presentation, Early Educational Dialogue 2016 – Science Communication Between Educational Research and Schools, Ruhr University Bochum, 25–26 November 2016: (De-)Professionalization Processes of Prospective Philosophy Teachers in the Teaching Internship
• Nordverbund Conference 2016, University of Flensburg, 22–23 September 2016. Talk on 23 September 2016: Didactic Transformation as a Guiding Principle of Research-Based Learning in the Philosophy Teaching Internship
• Bielefeld Spring Conference 2016, Research Practices in Educational Research, University of Bielefeld, 20 May 2016. Talk in Research Workshop III Teacher Profession / Professionalization (led by Prof. Martin Heinrich): “You Shall Not Learn Thoughts, But to Think” – Professionalization in Teacher Education Through Research-Based Learning on Reflection Processes in Philosophy Teaching
• Talk, Interdisciplinary Colloquium, Bielefeld School of Education (BiSEd), University of Bielefeld, 11 February 2016: Thought Experiments in Philosophy Didactics as a Subject of Research-Based Learning in the Teaching Internship
• Talk, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 11 May 2015: Gender in Philosophy Teaching: Possibilities and Limits of Raising Awareness

Workshops

• Humboldt University Berlin, 9 May 2018, Lecture Series Topics in Feminist Philosophy: Teaching Philosophy Classics with a Gender-Sensitive Approach
• SWIP Annual Conference 2017, University of Bielefeld, 10 November 2017: Unfortunately, We Must Stay Outside?! Teaching Philosophy with a Gender-Sensitive Approach at Schools and Universities, Workshop: Androcentrism in Philosophy Teaching
• Bi.teach Day, University of Bielefeld, 8 November 2017, Workshop: Blended Practice – Digitally Supported Teaching in the Teaching Internship (with Dr. Julia Gorges, Dr. Jan Störtländer, PD Dr. Thomas Walden)
• 1st Bielefeld Conference Inclusion-Sensitive Teacher Education, 14 July 2017, Workshop: From Diffuse Discomfort to Systematic Frustration – A Workshop on Pedagogical-Inclusive Self-Exploration (with Anh-Mai Boger)
• 5th Bielefeld Philosophy Conference SEX, 8 July 2017, Workshop: Everything So Colorful Here?! – Promoting Acceptance of Sexual and Social Diversity in Practical Philosophy (with Alexander Oldenburger, SCHLAU Bielefeld)
• 3rd Bielefeld Philosophy Conference Rich & Poor, 13 June 2015, Workshop: Philosophizing About Wealth and Poverty with Pierre Bourdieu
• 3rd Day of Philosophy and Ethics Teaching, Institute for Teacher Continuing Education (ILF), Ockenheim, 13 November 2015, Workshop: Gender in Philosophy Teaching – Opportunities and Limits of Gender-Oriented Problem Reflection

Interviews

• Interview – Campus Radio, University of Bielefeld, program “Im Gespräch”, topic: Feminist Philosophy, broadcast May 2015

Monographies

Special Issue of a Journal

Contributions in Edited Volumes

Journal Article

Reviews

Editor of Edited Volumes