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title: Maren Müller
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date: 2022-12-28
modified: 2026-03-26
lastUpdated: 2026-03-26
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# Maren Müller

Maren Müller
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Research Associate | TUM

 Maren Müller, M.Ed. has been a research associate at the Centre for International Student Assessment (ZIB) since 2022. She works in the national project management of the PISA study at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). Her research focuses on learning in times of crisis, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic, and on the impact of socio-economic background differences on various competencies.

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  Vita
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- Research Associate in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) at the TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology, Centre for International Student Assessment (ZIB) since November 2022
- Master of Education: Political Science and German at the University of Mannheim (2020 – 2022)
- Bachelor of Education: Political Science and German at the University of Mannheim (2017 – 2020)

   **Research Interests**
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- Resilience of students and education systems
- Gender differences in competencies
- Economics of education

   **Activities**
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- Project management in PISA 2022, PISA 2025 und PISA 2029
- Context questionnaires (coordination)
- National Reporting PISA 2025

   Selected Publikations
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- **Müller, M.**; Teufele, L.; Bias, A.; Diedrich, J.; Gonzaléz Rodríguez, E.; González Uriarte, A. et al. (2025): PISA 2022 Skalenhandbuch. Dokumentation der Erhebungsinstrumente: Waxmann Verlag GmbH.
- 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*. Volume 238.
- Kastorff, T., **Müller, M.**, Selva, C., Greiff, S., Moser, S. (2025). Fake News oder Fakten? Wie Jugendliche ihre digitale Informationskompetenz einschätzen und welche Rolle Schulen und Lehrkräfte dabei spielen Erkenntnisse aus PISA 2022. Waxmann.
- Lewalter, D., **Müller, M.**, Goldhammer, F., Diedrich, J., Köller, O. (2023). Lehren und Lernen unter Pandemiebedingungen. In D. Lewalter, J. Diedrich, F. Goldhammer, O. Köller, K. Reiss (Hg.), PISA 2022 – Analyse der Bildungsergebnisse in Deutschland. S. 273-316. Waxmann.

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[ResearchGate](https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Maren-Mueller-10?ev=hdr_xprf) [LinkedIN](https://www.linkedin.com/in/marenmllr/) [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7390-0489)