Conference of the DGfE Commission ESD 2025
Conference of the DGfE Commission on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) 2025
Education, democracy & sustainability
Contributions to theory development and empirical research
The annual conference of the DGfE Commission on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) will take place at TU Dresden from September 23 to 25, 2025.
The conference of the ESD Commission of the DGfE at the TU Dresden 2025 aims to raise numerous educational science issues in the context of ESD in the context of education, democracy and sustainability:
- Which concept(s) of democracy or which theory(ies) of democracy are explicitly or implicitly in ESD research?
- In terms of educational theory, we can ask which concept of democracy or democratic theory should be applied?
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What normative pedagogical programmes and concepts are used in the field of ESD?
And how are they justified?
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What ideas of democracy do educators have in the context of ESD?
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What pedagogical ESD practices can be observed from this perspective?
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How is the connection between education, democracy and sustainability negotiated in
educational institutions, how are inherent tensions and controversies dealt with? What
are the criteria for controversy, and where might it also have limits?
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How do socially and politically controversial debates the culture of discussion or the
thematisation of ESD in educational institutions?
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Who actively participates in shaping democratic structures and to what extent do
educational inequalities limit or structure corresponding opportunities for participation? How can ESD contribute to social cohesion?
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How can ESD contribute to empowerment for political participation? Which
pedagogical approaches prove to be effective?
Edda Sant (The University of Manchester) and Johannes Drerup (TU Dortmund) have been secured as keynote speakers.
You can find the Call for Proposal here.
You will find further information here shortly.