Dr. (phil.) Peter Kossack
Academic associate
Academic associate
Campus Golm
Building 24 - Room 2.75
Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 24 - 25
14476 Potsdam
consulting hours
after arrangement
Academic and occupational background:
since 04/2023 | Staff Scientist/Lecturer at the professorship for school development, University of Potsdam |
10/2019-03/2023 | Staff Scientist/Lecturer at the Professorship of Inclusion and Organizational Development, University of Potsdam |
04/2017-09/2019 | Substitute professor for educational and socialization processes, University of Potsdam |
04/2015-03/2017 | Substitute Professor for applied research of teaching and learning, University of Potsdam |
04/2013-03/2015 | Substitute Professor for education with a focus on adult education/further education, TU Darmstadt |
2008-2013 | Researcher at the professorship for adult education, further education and media education, University of Potsdam |
2007-2008 | Researcher at the professorship for adult education, Helmut-Schmidt-University Hamburg |
2006 | Doctoral degree in Philosophy at Freie Universität Berlin, "Learning and Guidance - A deconstructive analysis of the discourse of further education" |
2003-2006 | Research Assistant at the professorship for further education, Justus-Liebig-University Gießen |
2000-2003 | Research Assistant at the professorship for adult education, Freie Universität Berlin |
02/1998 | Diploma in Education, PH Freiburg |
Research Interests:
- Deconstruction as an educational theoretical perspective
- Theories of learning and pedagogical counseling
- Inclusion
Selected publications:
- Kossack, P. (2021). On the critique of the political economy of adult education. Reading Dirk Axmacher's “Adult Education in Capitalism”. In K. Büchter & T. Höhne (Eds.), Vocational and further training under pressure. Economization processes in work, occupation and qualification (pp. 197-227). Basel; Weinheim: Beltz Juventa.
- Kossack, P. (2018). On the possibility of selftransformation of subjects. Education, lifelong learning and competence (development). In C. Hof & H. Rosenberg (Eds.), Learning over the Life Course (pp. 163–179). Wiesbaden: VS-Verlag. doi: 10.1007/978-3-658-19953-1_9
- Kossack, P. (2016). The pedagogical internal structure of the consultation. In W. Gieseke & D. Nittel (Eds.), Handbook of Educational Counseling over the Lifespan (pp. 122–130). Weinheim: Beltz.
- Kossack, P. (2014). Appeals to a theory of pedagogical action. Pädagogische Rundschau, 3, 263-271.
Selected conference presentations:
Kossack, P. (2019, November 4-5). Competence and attitude: Can a care work workers attitude be taught and learned? [Keynote] Symposium of the Federal Working Group on Remedial Education, Potsdam, Germany.
Kossack, P. (2019, September 24-26). On the critique of the political economy of adult education. Annual conference of the DGfE adult education section, Halle, Germany.
Kossack, P. (2017, November, 9). Student-centered teaching - A practical report. Day of Teaching, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany.
Kossack, P. (2015, November 25-26). Governing Lifelong Learning. The right to education, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.
Kossack, P. (2015, November, 17). Discourse-analytical stakes on learning over the course of a life. Lecture series »Learning over the course of life«, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt a.M., Germany.