Education, School, and Behaviour

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The university’s research focus "Education", which was established in 2008 alongside the research focus "Religion" at the University of Erfurt, has developed dynamically in recent years and is based on the interaction of research on education, school and behaviour. This involves research into the acquisition of competencies and the question of the conditions these acquisition is based on. This concerns language and decision making development, questions of inclusion and learning as well as health and media. In its breadth of content, its methodological diversity and homogeneity, the research focus at the University of Erfurt is increasingly popular among early stage researchers. This allows for a constant reflection on structural developments in research and teaching, especially in the Faculties of Education and Economics, Law and Social Sciences, and the Faculty of Philosophy.

Projects of the research focus (German only)

News

New DFG research group investigates weak elements in language development

Over the next four years, the German Research Foundation (DFG) will provide a total of 4.1 million euros in funding for a new research group entitled ‘Weak Elements in Phonology: Development, Processing and Modality’. The group, which is led by the…

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Research for more climate protection: Klaus Tschira Foundation extends funding

Since 2022, the PACE (Planetary Health Action Survey) project has regularly taken a psychological look at climate change. The focus is on people's willingness to act on climate protection, i.e. how strongly they are committed to climate protection…

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Further funding for the "Moving children = healthier children" project

The Thuringian Ministry of Education, Science and Culture is supporting the project "Moving children = healthier children" ("Bewegte Kinder = Gesündere Kinder", BeKiGeKi for short) at the University of Erfurt for the third time in 2025 with funding…

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New study explores the role and tasks of school supervision in school transformation

What role do school inspectorates play in school transformation processes? This question is at the centre of the new study "School supervision in times of transformation", which was commissioned by the Heraeus Education Foundation and the Wübben…

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