Susanne Schwab is a full Professor for School Pedagogy at the University of Vienna, Center for Teacher Education and Department for Educational Science and extraordinary Professor at the North-West University in Vanderbijlpark, South-Africa. Her current research focuses on inclusive education and on learning support and learning intervention, as well as on students' achievement and social and emotional development of students from minority groups. Topics were e.g. social participation of students with special educational needs, attitudes towards inclusive education and teacher training in inclusive education.
Susanne studied psychology, social pedagogy and gender studies at the University of Graz, Austria. In 2015, she received her Venia Legendi (habilitation; dealing with Inclusive Education) from the University of Fribourg, Switzerland.
Susanne is acting as associate editor of EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY - An international journal of experimental educational psychology.
She is guest editor of several special issues, e.g. “Insights in the social participation of students with special educational needs in general education” as well as “When home turns into quarantine school – new demands on students with special educational needs, their parents and teachers during COVID-19 quarantine” of the European Journal of Special Needs Education, “Assessing Behavior Difficulties in Students” of the European Journal of Psychological Assessment, “Teachers’ Attitudes and Self-Efficacy Beliefs in regard to Inclusive Education” of the Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs and “Inclusive teaching practices in heterogeneous classrooms” of the International Journal of Inclusive Education.
She is also a member of the Editorial Board of several journals like the European Journal of Special Needs Education and the Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs.
