We mourn the loss of
Prof. Dr Dr h.c. Hilbert Meyer
His work with his head, heart and hands will always keep his memory alive.
The members of the Institute of Educational Sciences

Ein neuer Artikel: Über Künstliche Intelligenz und ihre Bedeutung für die Zukunft nachdenken: Wie funktioniert KI?
Was unterscheidet KI von herkömmlichen Computerprogrammen? Wie möchten wir sie in Zukunft nutzen – und wie nicht? Wichtige Fragen, mit denen sich auch Kinder schon beschäftigen können.…

Williamson, B., Macgilchrist, F., & Potter, J. (2025). Knowledge infrastructure crisis: digital democratic deficits and alternative designs for education. Oxford Review of Education, 51(6), 936-952. https://doi.org/10.1080/03054985.2025.2483255 

Publication of a new anthology by Ayça Polat (ed.) entitled "Migration and Social Work. Knowledge, Attitude, Action"

Further information: Migration and social work

ETUI AI Talk by Julie Lüpkes and Marte Henningsen Their talk about tech solutionism in the education sector is now available on Youtube: https://youtu.be/H3fLwjVngDk

New journal with Dr. Christina Krumbacher as editor 

Grundschule Sachunterricht. Informatik unplugged 

https://www.friedrich-verlag.de/friedrich-plus/grundschule/sachunterricht/grundschule-sachunterricht/informatik-unplugged-6660 

The annual newsletter reports on joint events that have taken place, introduces the new scholarship holders and reports on current activities of the specialist centre at Moi University.

Workshop on 15 November 2025 at The National Archives, London, organised by Dr Silke Bakenhus as part of the QuaSU project

Place/Time: Pius-Hospital Oldenburg, Foyer in the Pius Tower (Peterstraße 28-32, 26121 Oldenburg), 20 January 2026, 6:00 to 8:15 pm

In September 2025, the survey phase of the "Change in Engagement" project began with initial qualitative expert interviews and group discussions in the two regions under investigation.

New book published: Digitalität und Unterrichtsalltag

 https://doi.org/10.35468/6190 

New international and co-authored report: 

https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/report/Critical_studies_of_education_and_technology_reasons_to_be_hopeful_/29265038?file=55209389 

Discourse thunderstorm Strengthening democracy and human rights: Education as a response to right-wing extremism?

Eleven students travelled to Berlin to conduct qualitative surveys as part of the project phase of their bachelor's degree in education. The students took part in the seminar led by Prof. Dr Karsten Speck and Dr Anja Schäfer, in which they independently conducted and evaluated surveys as part of the…

Our joint contribution "Enhancing professional development in digital STEM education: cross-disciplinary success factors and barriers" has been published in Frontiers in Psychology, Vol. 16 (2025).

This AI talk provides insights into critical research on AI-enabled automated feedback and grading tools in Germany. They will discuss the technical and operational implications that these technologies entail for the future of education and its actors.

On 16.10.2025, 14:00h - 15:00h, Zoom 

Two projects at the University of Oldenburg get children excited about science and historical learning: ^DinoSAURier and QuaSU

It's about creative-critical ways of engaging with technologies, including uncertainties (in German).
 

A wide range of cooperation activities between South Africa's Nelson Mandela University and the University of Oldenburg in August and September demonstrates the intensive collaboration between the two institutions within the framework of various projects in the educational sciences.

Call for Papers "Sustainably unequal! Intersectional analyses of social work as an opportunity for a sustainable profession?"