Dr. Tamara Kastorff
Research Associate | TUM
Dr. Tamara Kastorff has been a research associate and postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for International Student Assessment (ZIB) since 2022. Her research focuses on digital and scientific literacy, educational inequalities, and school- and system-level factors for reducing educational disparities.
Vita
- Research Associate and Postdoctoral Researcher in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) and at the TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology
- Doctorate (Dr. phil., Psychology) at LMU Munich (2019–2022)
- Master’s in Psychology: Learning Sciences at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) Munich (2021–2022)
- Master’s in Research on Teaching and Learning at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) (2017–2019)
- Bachelor of Education at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) (2014–2017)
Research Interests
- Digital literacy
- Scientific literacy
- Educational inequalities
Responsibilities
- PISA 2025 Learning in the Digital World
- PISA 2025 Scientific Literacy
- PISA Vocational Education and Training (VET)
Selected Publications
- Kastorff, T. & Heine, J. H. (2025). Status and Scientific Literacy: Expanding Educational Inequalities During the COVID-19 Pandemic—Insights from PISA 2018 and 2022. Large-Scale Assessments in Education. Advanced Online Publication.
- Kastorff, T., Müller, M., & Greiff, S. (2025). Digital media use and availability can mitigate the digital divide: Meta-analytic insights from PISA 2022. Computers & Education, 238, 105409. doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2025.105409
- Kastorff, T., Müller, M., Selva, C., Greiff, S., & Moser, S. (2025). Fakten oder Fake News? Wie Jugendliche ihre digitale Informationskompetenz einschätzen und welche Rolle Schulen und Lehrkräfte dabei spielen. Waxmann. https://doi.org/10.31244/9783830999935
- Kastorff, T., Greiff, S., & Neumann, K. (2025). Scientific Literacy. In Encyclopedia of Social Measurement.