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

Conference program – July 4, 2025

Time Program
10:30

Opening of the conference

Prof. Dr. Michael Becker (IFS, TU Dortmund University)
 

Welcoming speech

Prof. Dr. Manfred Bayer (President of the TU Dortmund University)
MinDirig. Dr. Stefan Luther (BMBF)
 

Video greeting

Minister Dorothee Feller (Minister for Schools and Education of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia)
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)

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

Dr. Pascal Alscher (TU Dortmund University)

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