DISRUPTIONS

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Disruptions allow and provide opportunities for new beginnings, fundamental reconsiderations, and the conceptualization of alternative directional approaches to education and training. They form a constitutive part of growing up, socialization, and education. The basic dialectical tone and the colorful metaphors used in the context of disruptions, upheavals, breakthroughs, collapses, or new departures point, not least, to the fundamental anthropological issue of a fragile existence. Not only does the notion of the human fragment testifies to this, but so does the phenomenon of the breakthrough as an elementary gain of knowledge along the fault lines of experience. Both in individual life courses and in the context of organizational or societal developmental processes, rifts mark disruptive changes. The dynamics of such social and cultural transformations, technological innovations, political upheavals, or increasing diversifications of educational and professional careers require pedagogical actors to deal with such breaks, discontinuities, and transitions. With the topic of this congress, we aim not only to identify problems but also focus on necessary moments of transition which hold potential for innovation and the positive shaping of the future.

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Opening lecture

We are very pleased that Professor  Dirk Ifenthaler (University of Mannheim) will give the opening lecture of the 30th DGfE Congress!

Date: Monday, March 23, 2026
Time: 09:30 a.m.
Place: Great Hall, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich

We would like to thank him for his commitment and look forward to an inspiring opening event!

Parallel lectures

The parallel lectures are a unique privilege and are one of the highlights of every GERA congress. We are looking forward to the contributions of …

Dr. Stefanie ChyeSingapore University of Social Siences

Lifelong Learning, Lifelong Flourishing: Psychology, Pedagogy, and Technology in Educational Ecosystems

Dr. Stefanie ChyeSingapore University of Social Siences

Lifelong Learning, Lifelong Flourishing: Psychology, Pedagogy, and Technology in Educational Ecosystems

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Professor Barbara FriebertshäuserGoethe-University Frankfurt
Professor Barbara FriebertshäuserGoethe-University Frankfurt
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Dr. Helge KminekGoethe-University Frankfurt
Dr. Helge KminekGoethe-University Frankfurt
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Professor Ilka KoppelUniversity of Education Weingarten
Professor Ilka KoppelUniversity of Education Weingarten
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Dr. Veronika KourabasLower Rhine University
Dr. Veronika KourabasLower Rhine University
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Professor Felicitas MacgilchristUniversity Oldenburg
Professor Felicitas MacgilchristUniversity Oldenburg
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Professor Eva MatthesUniversity Augsburg
Professor Eva MatthesUniversity Augsburg
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Professor Martina RichterUniversity of Duisburg-Essen

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Professor Martina RichterUniversity of Duisburg-Essen

Photographer: Stefan Hillebrand

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Professor Tanja SturmUniversity Hamburg
Professor Tanja SturmUniversity Hamburg
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Professor Jörg ZirfasUniversity of Cologne
Professor Jörg ZirfasUniversity of Cologne
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