Claudia Harsch is a professor at the University of Bremen, specialising in language learning, teaching and assessment; she is also the director of the Languages Centre of the Universities in the Land Bremen. She has worked in Germany and in the UK, and is active in teacher training worldwide. Her research interests focus on language assessment and educational evaluation, language in the context of migration, language assessment literacy, linguistic preparedness in academic contexts, and the implementation of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR). Claudia supervises MA and PhD work in the realm of language learning, teaching and assessment
Claudia is a member of the editorial board of Assessing Writing, of the IRIS advisory group and of the Assessment Advisory Group of the British Council. She was associate editor for Language Assessment Quarterly and a member of the ETS Council of Examiners. Claudia was president of the International Language Testing Association (2023-24), president of the European Association for Language Testing and Assessment (2016-2019) and a Member at Large of the ILTA Executive Committee (2017-2018). Claudia has been convening the EALTA SIG Assessing Writing since 2011.