Prof. Dr. Nele McElvany
Professor Nele McElvany was elected Vice President on 3 July 2020. As a member of the new Rectorate of TU Dortmund University, she took over the Research division on 1 September 2020.
She was appointed as Professor for Empirical Educational Research at TU Dortmund University in 2009. She was previously a research associate at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin for seven years. Her main research interest is the reading skills of children and adolescents. She heads the international education study PIRLS in Germany and is also involved in other collaborative projects. Prior to her nomination as Vice President, she was a member of the Senate of TU Dortmund University for two years.
The Vice President Research is responsible for all cross-departmental matters concerning research and knowledge transfer at TU Dortmund University, especially collaborative research and support for early career researchers, including non-university research partnerships with scientific institutions in Germany and abroad.