Öykü Camligüney, M. Sc.

Personal Data

Name Öykü Camligüney

Date of Birth 25.10.2000

Email Oeykue.Camligueney@psy.lmu.de

Phone number +49 (0)89 2180-3065 

Research Interests

• Home Learning Environment

• Gifted education

• Digital media in early childhood

• Early cognitive development

Short Bio

Öykü Camligüney studied educational science and psychology (Learning Sciences) at the University of Munich (LMU). She is currently doing her doctoral studies at LMU and working as a research associate at the Chair of Education and Educational Psychology.

Öykü is working in and leading the research project HOME (supporting early giftedness in the family), funded by the Karg-Stiftung. 

Academic Qualifications

10.2024 - Doctoral studies in psychology, LMU Munich

Focus: early giftedness, Home Learning Environment, underachievement

10.2022 - 09.2024 Master of Sciences, LMU Munich

Subject: Psychology - Learning Sciences

Focus: academic self-concept in early childhood, Home Learning Environment

Degree: M.Sc. (1.13)

10.2019 - 08.2022 Bachelor of Arts, LMU Munich

Subject: Educational Science, Psychology in minor 

Focus: behavior problems in young children, early literacy skills

Degree: B.A. (1.59)

Work Experience

11.2024 - LMU Munich, Chair of Education and Educational Psychology, work unit of Prof. Dr. Frank Niklas

Research Associate and doctoral student

02..2023 - 09.2024 Deutsches Jugendinstitut e.V., Department Life Situations and Lifestyle of Families

Research Assistant

02.2021 - 11.2024 LMU Munich, Chair of Education and Educational Psychology, Project Learning4Kids

Research Assistant

04.2021 - 02.2022 LMU Munich, Lecture "Basic concepts of pedagogy"

Student tutor

Research Projects

11.2024 - HOME (Frühe HOchbegabung in der FaMiliE fördern - supporting early giftedness in the family), funded by Karg-Stiftung

Principal investigator (PI) and project staff

02.2021 - 11.2024 Learning4Kids, funded by the European Union (ERC Starting Grant)

Research assistant and project staff

Third-Party Funding and Scholarship

11.2024 - HOME, project funded by Karg-Stiftung (~ 250.000€)

Status: PI

04.2023-04.2024 Deutschlandstipendium (Germany Scholarship), funded by the German federal government and private sponsors (~ 3.600€)

Language Skills

Turkish mother tongue

English fluent

German fluent

Conferences

Camligüney, Ö., Valvárcel Jiménez, M., Schiele, T., & Niklas, F. (2025). Hochbegabt und auffällig? Die familiäre Lernumwelt und sozio-emotionale Kompetenzen von hochbegabten und normalbegabten Kindern. Tagung der Fachgruppe Pädagogische Psychologie (PAEPS) 2025, 29. Sept-1. Oct, Jena, Germany.

Schiele, T., Valcárcel Jiménez, M., Camligüney, Ö., & Niklas, F. (2025). From Norms to Action: Exploring Latent Profiles of Moral Self-Concept and Normative Stances in Kindergarten Children’s Sharing Behavior. Tagung der Fachgruppe Pädagogische Psychologie (PAEPS) 2025, 29. Sept-1. Oct, Jena, Germany.

Valcárcel Jiménez, M., Schiele, T., Camligüney, Ö., & Niklas, F. (2025). Unveiling Patterns: Understanding the Relations Between Profiles of the Home Literacy Environment, Family Background Characteristics, and Preschool Children´s Literacy Skills. Tagung der Fachgruppe Pädagogische Psychologie (PAEPS) 2025, 29. Sept-1. Oct, Jena, Germany.

Niklas, F., Valcárcel Jiménez, M., Camligüney, Ö., & Schiele, T. (2025). Longitudinal Effects of an App-Based Intervention on Children’s Mathematical and Literacy Outcomes . Tagung der Fachgruppe Pädagogische Psychologie (PAEPS) 2025, 29. Sept-1. Oct, Jena, Germany.

Camligüney, Ö., Della Libera, L., Marinkovic, T., Schmalz, X., & Lovginenko, T. (2024). Evaluating the transparency and consistency of methods in developmental dyslexia studies. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen (TEAP) 2024, 17. - 20. March, Regensburg, Germany.