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

The German Research Foundation (DFG) is funding a new research project under the direction of Professor Claudia Steinbrink at the Faculty of Education at the University of Erfurt with around 311,000 euros until September 2027. This experimental…

"GeKonnt Gesund" – this is the title of a new health communication podcast at the University of Erfurt. In it, students on the Health Communication Master's programme (GeKo for short) deal with various health topics such as conspiracy theories in the…

Cornelia Betsch, Professor of Health Communication and Director of the Institute for Planetary Health Behaviour at the University of Erfurt, has been appointed to the German Ethics Council by Bundestag President Bärbel Bas.

The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is funding a new research project at the University of Erfurt with around 690,000 euros until June 2028. Entitled "Algorithmen Literacy und Sourcing-Kompetenz in außerschulischen Bildungssettings…

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