Obituary
Mourning for education researcher Prof Horst Weishaupt
Prof Dr Horst Weishaupt receiving the Rudolf Carnap Senior Professorship in 2013 // Archive photo Luiza Budner
Prof. Weishaupt headed the centre from 2005 to 2008, after which he was seconded to the German Institute for International Educational Research (DIPF) in Frankfurt to head the "Governance and Financing of Education" unit (now: Structure and Governance of Education).
Horst Weishaupt made a significant contribution to the development of empirical educational research in Wuppertal. Even after his secondment to the DIPF, he continued to be involved in research and teaching at the University of Wuppertal and was a valued advisor in the establishment of the Institute for Educational Research.
Prof. Dr Kathrin Fußangel, Dean of the School of Education: "Horst Weishaupt played a key role in shaping and advising empirical educational research in Wuppertal and today's Institute of Educational Research. His work was characterised by his overall systemic view of education and upbringing, which led him, as he himself always said, not only to turn the small screws, but also to look at the big ones that hold the world of education and education systems together."
When he retired in 2013, the University of Wuppertal honoured him with the Rudolf Carnap Senior Professorship for three years in recognition of his outstanding achievements.
More about the person
Horst Weishaupt, born in 1947, obtained his teaching qualification for the subjects of music and art education in 1967 after studying at the Pädagogisches Fachinstitut Jugenheim. After teaching for a year at a primary and secondary school in Darmstadt, he began studying education at the Goethe University in Frankfurt in 1968, with minors in psychology, sociology, musicology and Protestant theology. This was followed by his first position as a research assistant at the DIPF | Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education. He was then initially a professor in Erfurt before being appointed professor of "Empirical Educational Research" at the University of Wuppertal in 2004.
