Position
apl. Prof. Dr. Christiane Miosga
© Roland Schneider/Bilderraum Fotostudio
apl. Prof. Dr. Christiane Miosga
Phone
Address
Schloßwender Straße 1
30159 Hannover
30159 Hannover
Building
Room
© Roland Schneider/Bilderraum Fotostudio
apl. Prof. Dr. Christiane Miosga
Professors
Institute of Special Education
Key Interests in Research & Teaching
Focus areas in teaching
- Multimodal communication
- Prevention and intervention in functional voice disorders
- Prevention and intervention in stuttering
- Speech training and professional communication
- Communication support in nurseries and schools
- Teacher language and conversation skills in the classroom
- Reflection on practice in language support and speech therapy
- Evaluation and speech therapy research
- Professionalisation
- Multimodal Motherese/Teacherese
Focus areas in research
- Conversation research, analysis of multimodal interaction
- Multimodal motherese and emotional attunement in child language acquisition
- Language acquisition (reference establishment, gestures, storytelling) and discourse acquisition (explaining, arguing) in children with heterogeneous backgrounds
- Linguistic teaching research, focus: dealing with heterogeneity/inclusive teaching
- Influences of context, age and medium on professional responsiveness in subject teacher/teacher-child interactions
- Qualification of educational professionals in daycare centres and teachers in inclusive teaching with a focus on multimodal language-sensitive interaction
- Participatory intervention research on stuttering and interaction
Bio
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Brief profile
Associate Professor Christiane Miosga studied teaching and special education with a focus on music education. As an academic speech therapist and coach, she has many years of professional experience in the field of speech, language and voice therapy and speech training. Since 2001, she has been working as an academic counsellor and substitute professor at the Institute for Special Education at Leibniz University Hanover, Department of Speech-Language Therapy and Inclusive Education. From 2016 to 2017, she was a substitute professor at the Institute for Special Education at Leibniz University Hanover, Department of Speech-Language Therapy and Inclusive Education. From 2016 to 2017, she was a substitute professor at the Institute for Special Education at Leibniz University Hanover, Department of Speech-Language Therapy and Inclusive Education. From 2016 to 2017, she was a substitute professor at the Institute for Special Education at Leibniz University Hannover, Department of Speech-Language Therapy and Inclusive Education. From 2016 to 2017, she was a substitute professor at the Institute for Special Education at Leibniz University Hannover, Department of From 2016 to 2017, she held the professorship in "Speech Science and Phonetics" at MLU Halle. In May 2016, she was appointed adjunct professor. She currently heads the "Language – Interaction – Participation" research group at SpeechLab. Her work focuses on conversation research and the analysis of multimodal interaction, vocal communication (prosody and habitus, voice training, theory and therapy for voice and speech flow disorders) and the didactics of voice and speech, in particular professional speech in schools, daycare centres and therapy.
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Work experience
10/2016 - 3/2017 Acting Professor (W3) of Speech Science and Phonetics, MLU Halle 5/2016 Appointed Associate Professor, LUH 10/2007 – 9/2009 Deputy Professor (W3) of Speech-Language Therapy and Inclusive Education, LUH 2002 – present Tenured Academic Councillor, LUH 02/2002 – 07/2003 Teaching and examination activities in the postgraduate programme "Speech and Language Therapy" in Thuringia/Rudolstadt 1996 – 2001 Research assistant at the University of Hanover 1995 - 1996 Röper/Miosga joint practice for speech, language and voice therapy in Hanover Since 1995 Communication and presentation training for radio and television announcers, musicians, music managers and local politicians. Development of consulting and supervision concepts for coaching agencies in the fields of business, politics, music and media Since 1993 Lecturer for advanced training, further education and qualification measures for educational specialists, teachers and other speech professionals 1992-1995 Speech therapist at the Röper speech therapy practice in Hanover, in daycare centres and schools 1991-1992 Speech therapist at the Lange practice for breathing, speech and voice therapy in Celle -
Education
2002 Doctorate, Dr. phil. at the University of Hanover
Dissertation: "Habitus of Prosody – The Importance of Reconstructing Personal Speaking Styles in Educational Contexts".
Rigorous examination in sociology, speech therapy and German studies
1993 Diploma in Special Education (specialising in speech and language therapy) at the University of Hanover 1990 State examination for "Teaching at Special Schools" in the subjects of speech and language therapy, behavioural therapy, general studies and music at the University of Hanover - Links
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Memberships and offices
- Memberships and offices
- Member of dgs e.V. (German Society for Speech Therapy)
- Member of dbS e.V. (German Federal Association of Academic Speech Therapists)
- Member of dgss e.V. (German Society for Speech Science and Speech Training)
- Member of the Society for Applied Linguistics (GAL) e. V.
- Member of the German University Association (DHV)
- Member of the dgss e.V. (German Society for Speech Science and Speech Training)
- Member of the dbs Lecturers' Conference; member of the Mission Statement Commission, member of the Expert Panel on Practical Skills in Education
- Member of the Lecturers' Conference on Speech Impairment Education; member of the University Didactics Working Group
Courses
In Summer Semester 2026
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| Begleitung und Reflexion der Praxis: Begleitseminar zum Praktikum/ Projekt im Rahmen des Sommercamps zur Stottertherapie - Fallanalyse und Evaluation - 2 SWS - Deutsch |
| Begleitveranstaltung zur Bachelorarbeit (Miosga) - 2 SWS - Deutsch |
| Beratung und Gesprächsführung in Sprach-Pädagogik und -Therapie - 2 SWS - Deutsch |
| Einführung in die Methodik (Diagnostik und Förderung) der Sprech- und Stimmtherapie - 2 SWS - Deutsch |
| Praxis der kombinierten Stottertherapie - 4 SWS - Deutsch |