Dr. Sabine Achour

Biography

Sabine Achour is a Professor for Political Education and Citizenship Education at the Otto Suhr Institute of Political Science at Freie Universität Berlin. Her research focuses on the challenges of political education in a diverse society marked by increasing social inequality, particularly in relation to right-wing extremism and ideologies of inequality such as anti-Semitism, racism, classism, and antifeminism. She is also involved with issues related to migration, religious plurality, inclusion, and language education. Achour's work has been recognized with awards such as the Walter Jacobson Prize for Political Education in 2015 for her dissertation on Muslim citizens and political education in the context of migration and Islam. Moreover, she has served in various leadership roles, including as the chair of the German Association for Political Education in Berlin since 2012 and as director of the Dahlem School of Education at Freie Universität Berlin since 2025. She is actively engaged in teacher education through professional development initiatives and has published extensively in her field, contributing significantly to the discourse on democratic education and social inclusion.

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