Dr. Katia Tödt
“Education and science are under great pressure in the face of profound social and digital changes. To overcome these challenges, we must make targeted use of synergies, strengthen cooperation and networking, and rethink the transfer between research and practice.”
Focus of work
- Educational research (digital education and AI in education, lifelong learning, higher education, continuing academic education)
- Digital transformation in higher education and the education system (digitization, open education, educational platforms)
- Organizational and quality development in education (quality management, change processes)
- Science and research funding system in Germany (legal basis, political objectives, current challenges)
Curriculum vitae
Dr. Katia Tödt studied psychology at Freie Universität Berlin and earned her doctorate in educational sciences with a focus on quality development in continuing education from Leibniz University Hannover in 2007. She has been working at the Institute for Innovation and Technology (iit) since 2013, initially as a consultant and, since 2018, as a group leader and deputy head of the Education and Science division. Her work centers around the topic of digitization in education. Among other things, she deals with the question of how transfer between science, educational practice, and educational technology can be facilitated, how innovations in the field of education can be promoted, and how learning should be designed in the future — at the individual level as well as at the organizational and structural levels.
Publications
Tödt, Katia; Büching, Corinne; Granas, Bastian (2026): Digital Education and Innovation, Berlin: Springer Verlag (to be published in 2026)
Lemke, Stefan; Tödt, Katia (2024): Schleswig-Holstein connects learning locations for future skills.
Gross; Philipp; Shajek, Alexandra; Stelter, Annette; Tödt, Katia; Winterhager, Nicolas (2021): Subject differences in digital education – an analysis based on publication data. In: Shaping digitalization in higher education and teaching together. Innovative formats, strategies, and networks. Ed.: Hochschulforum Digitalisierung. Springer VS, Wiesbaden.
Bertini, Anastasia; Froese, Julia; Gross, Philipp; Tödt, Katia; Hartmann, Ernst A. (2020): The role and potential of universities for innovation and start-ups in the EdTech sector. Institute for Innovation and Technology, Berlin
Tödt, Katia (2013): Second-order observation. Working with self-descriptions and descriptions by others. In: Zech, Rainer (ed.): Organization, Individual, Consulting – System-Theoretical Reflections on Theory and Practice. Vandenhoek&Ruprecht.
Tödt, Katia (2009): Learner-oriented quality testing for daycare centers (LQK) – the child's learning as a reference point for the development of the organization. In: Altgeld, K.; Stöbe-Blossey, S. (Eds.): Quality management in early childhood education, care, and support. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, pp. 97–124.
Tödt, Katia (2009): Making learning successful: How continuing education organizations describe the design of their teaching and learning processes. In: Zech, Rainer (ed.): Organizations in continuing education – self-descriptions and external descriptions. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, pp. 102–131.
Tödt, Katia (2008): Practical guide: Learner-oriented quality testing for educational events (LQB). Hanover: ArtSet.
Tödt, Katia (2008): Learner-oriented quality testing for educational events (LQB). Foundations of the model and method. Bielefeld: W. Bertelsmann (dissertation).
Tödt, Katia (2006): Benefits of defining successful learning in the practice of continuing education organizations. In: Zech, R.: Learner-oriented quality testing in continuing education (LQW). Foundations, application, impact. Bielefeld: W. Bertelsmann, pp. 189-200.
Tödt, Katia (2005): Possibilities and problems of evaluating integration projects, taking into account the subjective perspective of those affected. In: Loidl-Keil, R.; Laskowski, W. (Eds.): Evaluations in social integration enterprises – Concepts, examples, experiences. Mering: Rainer Hampp Verlag, pp. 81-102.