Dr. Christian Helmchen

Advisor for Educational Development

Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

About

With several years of work experience at Hamburg University and the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México as a lecturer and researcher, I have been working as an education consultant in development cooperation projects worldwide since 2019. I hold a PhD in pedagogy. My fields of expertise include (foreign) language education, educational psychology, higher education, teacher professionalization, and training-of-trainers programs. I’m experienced in the development and execution of teacher trainings, education management, remote management, team leading and the political dimension of development cooperation.

Experience

  • Advisor to Global Project Education at Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH
    Oct 2022 - Present · 3 yrs 10 mos

  • Education Consultant for “STA-DEEP”, Sindh Province, Pakistan at UNICEF
    Jun 2021 - Oct 2022 · 1 yr 5 mos

  • Senior Consultant for “Capacity Development in Basic Education in Kosovo” project at Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
    Aug 2020 - Feb 2021 · 7 mos

  • Lead Consultant for “Strengthening the capacity of the German-supported schools in Kabul“ project at Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
    Aug 2019 - Mar 2020 · 8 mos

  • Universität Hamburg (7 yrs 4 mos)
    • Research Fellow and Lecturer
      Mar 2017 - Jul 2019 · 2 yrs 5 mos

      Department of Romance language didactics

    • Research Fellow and Lecturer
      Mar 2014 - Feb 2017 · 3 yrs

      Department of English language didactics

    • Contract Lecturer
      Apr 2012 - Mar 2014 · 2 yrs

      Contract lecturer for pre-service teachers in English language didactics.