March 2025
Education Departmental Seminar Series – University of Bath
📅 March 12, 2025 | 📍 University of Bath
Prof. Simona Szakács-Behling will participate in the Education Departmental Seminar Series at the University of Bath. Her lecture will focus on transnational educational processes and their significance for educational science.
Further details about the event, including the program and lecture title, can be found in the official poster.
More information about the seminar series is available here:
🔗 Education Departmental Seminar Series | University of Bath
February 2025
Research Colloquium – Humboldt University of Berlin
📅 February 20, 2025 | 📍 HU Berlin, Schönhauser Allee 10-11, Room 4.41 | ⏰ 12:00 – 2:00 PM
Prof. Simona Szakács-Behling will participate in the research colloquium Current Research Issues and Controversies in Comparative and International Education Science. Her lecture will focus on Transnationalisation and School/ing: How to understand their relationship(s) with the help of comparison.
The event is aimed at researchers and students engaged in educational research from an international and comparative perspective.
Further details about the research colloquium can be found here:
🔗 Comparative and International Education Science | HU Berlin
Europe in the Classroom – Panel Discussion and Poster Exhibition
📅 February 18, 2025 | 📍 Altes Heizhaus, TU Chemnitz | ⏰ 5:00 PM
Prof. Simona Szakács-Behling will participate in the event Europe in the Classroom, which examines the representation of Europe in school textbooks before and after reunification. The focus will be on how historical and political education has been conveyed in different societal contexts.
Guest speakers include:
- The Chemnitz bookseller couple Ebert
- Prof. Dr. Henning Schluss (University of Vienna)
- Birgit Radatz (Director of the Bersdorf School Museum)
- Prof. Simona Szakács-Behling (HSU Hamburg)
- Saskia Ehrhardt (FH Campus Vienna)
- Elke Urban (former director of the Leipzig School Museum)
- Dr. Wolfgang Lambrecht (University Library, TU Chemnitz)
The event will feature a panel discussion and the opening of a poster exhibition showcasing school textbooks from East and West Germany.
Further information and the event poster can be found here:
🔗 Forschungsprojekte | TU Chemnitz
Call for Papers – Special Section of the Comparative Education Review (CER)
Internationalisation and Transnationalisation of ‘Roma Education’
We are pleased to share the Call for Papers for a special section of the Comparative Education Review (CER), guest-edited by Dr. Christian Brüggemann (Hochschule für Soziale Arbeit und Pädagogik, Berlin) and Dr. Simona Szakács-Behling (Helmut-Schmidt-University, Hamburg).
This special issue seeks contributions that critically examine the international and transnational dimensions of Roma education, including policy transfers, cross-border influences, and the role of international organisations, states, and grassroots activism in shaping educational initiatives. Scholars at all career stages, including graduate students, are encouraged to submit.
📝 Abstract Submission Deadline: 1st April 2025
🔗 More details & submission guidelines: Call for Papers
For inquiries and expressions of interest, please contact: [email protected].
June 2024
Annual On_Education Meeting
We were thrilled to host the annual meeting of “On_Education. Journal for Research and Debate” at Helmut Schmidt University (HSU) in Hamburg on June 6th and 7th, 2024. The hybrid event brought together the journal’s team, both in person and online, for some fantastic discussions and planning sessions.
The meeting was a great success, with lively participation from everyone, leading to productive and exciting outcomes.
For more details, check out our journal’s page: On_Education
We look forward to continuing our work together and making big strides in the coming year. A huge thank you to everyone who joined and contributed to the success of this meeting.
April 2024
Congratulations to Dr. Ellen Kollender on her appointment as a professor at the Institute for Social Work and Social Education (IFSP) at Leuphana University Lüneburg! We are looking forward to future collaboration!
March 2024
In recent coverage by TAZ, Acting Professor Dr. Simona Szakács-Behling is interviewed about German-speaking schools in Romania. The article highlights how primarily Romanian children benefit from German language education, hoping for better future opportunities. Despite challenges such as a shortage of teachers and infrastructural bottlenecks, the piece emphasizes the importance of the German language as an educational investment. We invite you to read the TAZ article (German only).
June 2023
We are delighted to extend our congratulations to Dr. Aysun Doğmuş on her appointment as a professor in the area of Teaching and Learning in a Migration Society at the Technical University of Berlin, Institute of Educational Science.
We are also thrilled to announce that Acting Professor Dr. Simona Szakács-Behling has been elected as the Chair of the Globalisation & Education Special Interest Group of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES). To learn more about CIES and its activities, please visit the main page of CIES.
Letzte Änderung: 18. February 2025