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Department of Educational Sciences and Psychology
Main con­fe­rence program – July 4th, 2025

10th Dortmund Symposium on Empirical Educational Research „Education in transition: between technological innovation and social responsibility“


Program

Time Program
10:30 Opening of the conference
Prof. Dr. Michael Becker (IFS, TU Dortmund University)

Welcoming speech
MinDirig. Dr. Stefan Luther (BMFSFJ)

Video greeting
Minister Dorothee Feller (Minister for Schools and Education of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia)
Prof. Dr. Tessa Flatten (Vice Rector International Affairs TU Dortmund University)
11:00 Keynote and Commentary
Changing Childhoods: Reorienting the Relationship between Family and School
Prof. Dr. Aladin El-Mafaalani (TU Dortmund University)

Commented by
Prof. Dr. Hanna Dumont (University Potsdam)
11:50 Poster exhibition
Poster exhibition of early career researchers
12:35 Break
and selection of the best posters
13:10 Poster awards donated by Waxmann Verlag
13:15 Keynote and Commentary
„Natural and artificial intelligence – readjusting the relationship between humans and technology“
Prof. Dr. Michael Kerres
(University Duisburg-Essen)

Commented by
Prof. Dr. Sabine Seufert (University St. Gallen)
14:05 Spotlight & Commentaries
Dr. Livia Kuklick (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)

Commented by
Prof. Dr. Marco Kalz (Heidelberg University of Education)

Dr. Pascal Alscher (TU Dortmund University)

Commented bby
Prof. Dr. Marcus Pietsch (Leuphana University Lüneburg)
14:25 Break
14:40 Presentation and discussion of a central, current study
Schule: Digital – Demokratisch (SchuDiDe)
Prof. Dr. Dr. Ralf Koerrenz (Friedrich Schiller University Jena)
15:05 „Ask the Expert“ – plenary discussion with all speakers
15:45 Closing