Kaethe Schneider

ACADEMIC EDUCATION

• Post-Doctoral Degree in Educational Science: "Habilitation", University of Jena
• Doctoral Degree in Educational Science, Minors: Psychology, German Linguistics, University of Bonn (Dr. paed.)
• Pedagogy, Psychology, Sociology; studies at University of Bonn (Dipl.-Paed.)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Professor of Adult Education, University of Jena
• Director, Executive Development/European Programs, WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, Vallendar
• Research Assistant in the Universities of (e. g.) Bonn, Konstanz and Jena

REVIEWER ACTIVITIES (Selection)

• US-China Review
• Education Journal
• RELA. European Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults
• WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management
• REPORT. Zeitschrift für Weiterbildungsforschung
• Israel Science Foundation

VISITING SCHOLAR

• Visiting Scholarship at "Universidad del Desarrollo", Santiago de Chile, Chile
• Visiting Scholarship at Department of Adult, Career and Higher Education, "University of South Florida", Tampa, USA

ADVISORY BOARD

• Education Journal
• Personal- und Organisationsentwicklung
• US-China Review
• RELA. European Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults

MEMBERSHIPS

• Member of the "European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction" (EARLI)
• Founder Member "International Council on Adult Education"
• Member of the Consortium for Adult Education of the Thuringian Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (Thüringer Ministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Kultur)
• GLG Council Member "Gerson Lehrman Group" ("Worldwide network of acacemics, scientist, industry practitioners for leading companies and investment firms")
• Member of the "American Association for Adult and Continuing Education"
• Member of the "European Society for Research on the Education of Adults"
• Member of the "Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gerontologie und Geriatrie" (German Society for Gerontology and Geriatrics)
• Member of "Deutschen Gesellschaft für Erziehungswissenschaft" (German Society for Adult Education)

(ACADEMIC) COMMITTEE WORK/BOARD ACTIVITES

• Management of the master course of studies "Weiterbildung und Personalentwicklung" (Further Education and Personnel Development)
• Member of the Institutional Board (Institutsrat), FSU Jena
• Member of the Audit Committee (Allgemeiner Prüfungsausschuss), FSU Jena
• Member of the Faculty Council (Fakultätsrat), FSU Jena
• Member of the Ethics Commission, FSU Jena
• Member of different appointment committees, FSU Jena
• Mentor in the Mentoring-Programm, FSU Jena
• "Gründungsbotschafterin" (Foundation Ambassador) of the FSU Jena

FURTHER TRAINING

• Client-Centered Counseling and Psychotherapy, Training Institute for Client-Centered Psychotherapy and Person-Centered Pedagogy, Bonn
• LIFO-Analyst, Coach, Munich
• Subject-Object Interview, Minds at Work, Cambridge MA, USA
• Leadership Training, Neuland & Partner, Kassel
• Licence to use the Osnabrück personality diagnostics TOP/EOS 360 degrees including initial reactions and personal styles