Research
- Children's and youth literature (and media) of the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries
- Theory, History, Genres of Children's and Youth Literature
- German-language Jewish (children's and youth) literature of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries
- Memory culture and collective memory
- Popular culture
- Narratology (especially in children's and youth literature)
- Literary Theory and Literary Didactics