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

"ICF! – Inclusion and Collaboration for the Future!": New self-study course for practical work

Bringing together lecturers who want to work together on the further development of learning, teaching and assessment – that is the aim of the so-called "Cooperative Impulse Projects" that the eTeach Network Thuringia regularly supports. The aim of…

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25 years of the Faculty of Education

In June, the University of Erfurt is celebrating the founding of the Faculty of Education 25 years ago. For our campus blog, we spoke to the Dean, Professor Tilmann Betsch, about how it all began, how the faculty stands today and what ideas it has…

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"BO-LAB" focusses on vocational orientation in teacher training

A new research project entitled "Vocational Orientation in Teacher Training" (BO-LAB) was launched at the University of Erfurt's Erfurt School of Education in January 2026. It is being funded by the Thuringian State Administration Office with around…

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Introduced: New "SHIFT" research group

The new research group "Social & Human Infrastructures for Future Transitions" (SHIFT) will begin its work at the University of Erfurt at the start of 2026. It brings together experts from the fields of political science, sociology, psychology,…

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