Dr Sven Rößler
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on leave of absence until 31 March 2027(administration of the professorship for political didactics at the University of Vechta)
Dr Sven Rößler
That we err in what we do, Voltaire, "Memnon ou La sagesse humaine" (1747)
The almost impossible task is to allow neither the power of others nor one's own powerlessness to make one stupid. Theodor W. Adorno, "Minima Moralia" (1951)
Oh Lord, won't you buy me aMercedes-Benz? ... Joplin, McClure and Neuwirth (1970)
Even the Bolsheviks had the problem that teachers were in the majority among their members. Wolfgang Pohrt (2012) |
Curriculum vitae
The concepts of the subjective and the objective have become completely reversed. Objective means the non-controversial side of the phenomenon, its unquestioningly accepted imprint, the façade constructed from classified data, i.e. the subjective; and subjective is what they call what breaks through this, enters into the specific experience of the thing, renounces the judged convenus about it and sets the relationship to the object in place of the majority decision of those who do not even look at it, let alone think it - i.e. the objective.
Theodor W. Adorno, "Minima Moralia" (1951)
Career
| since 04/2026 | Administration of the professorship for political didactics (W2) at the University of Vechta |
since 10/2014 - currently on leave of absence - | Research assistant, Institute of Social Sciences, University of Oldenburg (including in the GHR 300 study reform project) |
| 04/2023-03/2025 | Administration of the university professorship Didactics of Sachunterricht with a focus on social sciences (W2) at the University of Vechta |
| 10/2019-09/2022 | Substitute for the professorship for Political Science and its Didactics (W3) at Weingarten University of Education |
| 04/2019-09/2019 | Substitute professorship for Political Science (W3) at the Institute of Educational Sciences at the Freiburg University of Education |
| 08/2017-03/2020 | Part-time member of the Staff Council of the University of Oldenburg for the group of employees |
| 12/2014-06/2015 | Honorary employee for political education in the ESF project: "Alternatives through qualification and training", Bildungswerk ver.di in Niedersachsen e. V. - Region Oldenburg |
| 11/2012-01/2014 | Substitute teacher in the subjects of philosophy, values and norms and religion at Herbartgymnasium, Oldenburg |
| 11/2011-05/2015 | Teaching staff for special tasks, Institute of Social Sciences, University of Oldenburg |
| 04/2011-08/2017 | Doctoral studies, School of Philosophy, Leibniz University Hannover Topic of the dissertation submitted as a doctoral thesis: Supervising reviewer: Prof. Dr Dirk Lange, Leibniz Universität Hannover |
| 04/2010-03/2011 | Research assistant, Institute for Political Science, Leibniz Universität Hannover |
| 10/2008-03/2010 | Teaching staff for special tasks, Institute of Social Sciences, University of Oldenburg |
| 10/2008-12/2009 | Research Assistant, Institute of Social Sciences, University of Oldenburg, in the project: "Representations of the Migration Society" (Head: Prof. Dr Dirk Lange) |
| 10/2008-03/2009 | Lecturer in the module "Development and Theories of Modern Societies", University of Oldenburg |
| 08/2008-02/2009 | Research assistant to Prof Dr Dirk Lange, Institute of Social Sciences, University of Oldenburg |
| 01/2008-09/2008 | Research assistant to Dr Karin Kurpjoweit, Institute of Educational Sciences, University of Oldenburg |
| 10/2007-03/2008 | Lecturer, two seminars in the module "Introduction to Political Theory and History of Ideas", University of Oldenburg |
| 10/2007 | Magister Artium, with honours,
Topic of the master's thesis (1.0): Supervising reviewer: Prof. Dr Antonia Grunenberg |
Publikationen
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Monographien & Herausgeberschaften: |
REINHARDT, Natalie; RÖßLER, Sven; BARTH, Lukas; REINHARDT, Philipp (Hg.). Sinti* und Roma* – Zugänge der Politischen Bildung. Frankfurt am Main 2026, 192 S. (ISBN: 978-3-7344-1632-3) STANGE, Christoph; FRIEDRICHS, Werner; RÖßLER, Sven; HÖFTMANN, Andreas; BARTH, Lukas (Hg.). Pendelbewegungen. Erkundungen im Spannungsfeld musikalischer und politischer Bildung. Münster 2022, 246 S. (ISBN: 978-3-8309-4590-1) RÖßLER, Sven. Rationalität, Krise, Gewalt. Prolegomena zu einer Didaktik der Moderne nach Motiven im politischen Denken Hannah Arendts. [Oldenburger Beiträge zur historisch-politischen Bildung, Bd. 14.] Oldenburg 2019, 609 S. (ISBN: 978-3-8142-2374-2)
LANGE, Dirk; RÖßLER, Sven. Repräsentationen der Migrationsgesellschaft. Das Grenzdurchgangslager Friedland im historisch-politischen Schulbuch. Baltmannsweiler 2012, 288 S. (ISBN: 978-3-8340-1134-3) RÖßLER, Sven. Totalität und Lust – Elemente einer politischen Theorie der Sexualität bei Sigmund Freud und Hannah Arendt. Marburg 2010, 431 S. (ISBN: 978-3-8288-2291-7) |
Beiträge in Sammelbänden/Berichte/Dokumentationen: |
[Im Erscheinen:] UEFFING, Robert, JANSEN, Annegret, SCHULTE-WÖRMANN, Nikolaj, RÖßLER, Sven. blackpilled, activated: Verlust und Bewältigung politischer Erfahrung in rechtslibertärer Meme-Kultur, in: FRIEDRICHS, Werner; OEFTERING, Tonio (Hg.). Politische Bildung in der Postapokalypse. Die Zukunft vom Ende her denken. Bielefeld [2026] (ISBN: 978-3-8376-7736-2) RÖßLER, Sven. OwnVoices in der Bildungslandschaft – Vorstellung des communitybasierten Sammel- und Materialbandes Sinti* und Roma* – Zugänge der Politischen Bildung für die Unterstützung von Lehrkräften bei der Umsetzung der Gemeinsamen Erklärung der KMK und des Zentralrats Deutscher Sinti und Roma, in: epd-Dokumentation, Nr. 3/2026 (13. Januar 2026), Frankfurt am Main 2026, S. 40–42. REINHARDT, Natalie; RÖßLER, Sven; BARTH, Lukas; REINHARDT, Philipp. Vorwort: Zugänge der Politischen Bildung zum Themenfeld »Sinti und Roma«*, in: REINHARDT, Natalie; RÖßLER, Sven; BARTH, Lukas; REINHARDT, Philipp (Hg.). Sinti* und Roma* – Zugänge der Politischen Bildung. Frankfurt am Main 2026, S. 12–16 (ISBN: 978-3-7344-1632-3) RÖßLER, Sven. Schön wär’ es in einem Staat, der aller Menschen Rechte wahrt. Bürgerrechtsbewegung der bundesdeutschen Sinti* und Rina* als Praxisform und Themenfeld Politischer Bildung, in: REINHARDT, Natalie; RÖßLER, Sven; BARTH, Lukas; REINHARDT, Philipp (Hg.). Sinti* und Roma* – Zugänge der Politischen Bildung. Frankfurt am Main 2026, S. 85–93 (ISBN: 978-3-7344-1632-3) GANEV, Radoslav; RÖßLER, Sven. Sinti* und Roma* in der bundesdeutschen Hochschullandschaft – Bestandsaufnahme über den Kampf gegen Antiziganismus an Hochschulen und Universitäten. Mit einem Gastbeitrag von Karolin Bubke. München/Vechta 2025, 154 S. (Projektbericht). Vechtaer Open Access-Dokumente, VOADo. (DOI: doi.org/10.23660/voado-622) RÖßLER, Sven. Politische Aktion, in: Diskursmonitor. Glossar zur strategischen Kommunikation in öffentlichen Diskursen. Hg. von der Forschungsgruppe Diskursmonitor und Diskursintervention. Veröffentlicht am 09.11.2025 (ISSN: 2700-2853)) RÖßLER, Sven. Demokratiebildung, in: Arbeitsstelle Antiziganismusprävention der Pädagogischen Hochschule Heidelberg (Hg.). Leerstellen aufdecken. Antiziganismus- und Rassismuskritik an Hochschulen und in der beruflichen Bildung. Learnings, Konsequenzen und Transfermöglichkeiten einer antiziganismuskritischen (Weiterbildungs-) Praxis. Heidelberg 2025, S. 76–83 REINHARDT, Natalie; BARTH, Lukas; RÖßLER, Sven. Perspektiven Politischer Bildung: Selbstorganisation, Bildungs- und Bürgerrechtsbewegung der bundesdeutschen Sinti(*) und Roma(*), in: HENSEL, Sinia Mailin; PARTETZKE, Marc; SCHADE, Anja (Hg.). Emotionen in der Politische Bildung. [23. Jahrestagung der GPJE Hildesheim, 2023.] Frankfurt am Main 2024, S. 207–216 (ISBN: 978-3-7344-1676-7) HERBST, Jan-Hendrik; METJE, Frederik; RÖßLER, Sven. Emanzipation – Befreiung – Mündigkeit, in: CHEHATA, Yasmine; EIS, Andreas; LÖSCH, Bettina; SCHÄFER, Stefan; SCHMITT, Sophie; THIMMEL, Andreas, TRUMANN, Jana; WOHNIG, Alexander (Hg.). Handbuch kritische politische Bildung (Neuausgabe). Frankfurt am Main 2023, S. 59–68 (ISBN: 978-3-7344-1594-4) RÖßLER, Sven. Zur Verdrängung der Moderne als Epoche. Oder: Warum (nicht nur) die Fachdidaktik der Politischen Bildung die Einsichten ihrer klassischen Lektüren am Ende doch immer wieder einholen, in: Bünger, Carsten; Chadderton, Charlotte; Czejkowska, Agnieszka; Dust, Martin; Eis, Andreas; Grabau, Christian; Liesner, Andrea; Lohmann, Ingrid; Salomon, David; Spieker, Susanne; Springer, Jürgen-Matthias; Wischmann, Anke (Red.). 30 Jahre und kein Ende der Geschichte. Jahrbuch für Pädagogik 2022. Weinheim 2023, S. 139–148 (ISBN: 978-3-7799-7315-7) STANGE, Christoph; FRIEDRICHS, Werner; RÖßLER, Sven, HÖFTMANN, Andreas; BARTH, Lukas. Vorbemerkung und fünf Perspektiven auf das Verhältnis von politischer und musikalischer Bildung, in: STANGE, Christoph; FRIEDRICHS, Werner; RÖßLER, Sven, HÖFTMANN, Andreas; BARTH, Lukas (Hg.). Pendelbewegungen. Erkundungen im Spannungsfeld musikalischer und politischer Bildung. Münster 2022, S. 9–19 (ISBN: 978-3-8309-4590-1) RÖßLER, Sven. Welt: Vote ≠ Voice (Playlist), in: STANGE, Christoph; FRIEDRICHS, Werner; RÖßLER, Sven, HÖFTMANN, Andreas; BARTH, Lukas (Hg.). Pendelbewegungen. Erkundungen im Spannungsfeld musikalischer und politischer Bildung. Münster 2022, S. 37–55 (ISBN: 978-3-8309-4590-1) RÖßLER; Sven. Politische Bildung als Anmaßung und Verantwortung, in: OBERLE, Monika; STAMER, Märthe-Maria (Hg.). Politische Bildung in internationaler Perspektive. Frankfurt am Main 2022, S. 143–151 (ISBN: 978-3-7344-1529-6) RÖßLER, Sven. „Wenn Bildung Spaß machen würde, wäre sie vermutlich verbreiteter.“ – Über Widerständigkeit, in: Friedrichs, Werner (Hg.). Atopien im Politischen. Politische Bildung nach dem Ende der Zukunft. Bielefeld 2021, S. 133–157 (ISBN: 978-3-8376-5201-7) JANSEN, Annegret; RÖßLER, Sven. Gegen:Kultur(elle Bildung), in: GLOE, Markus; OEFTERING, Tonio (Hg.). Politische Bildung meets Kulturelle Bildung. Baden-Baden 2020, S. 177–191 (ISBN: 978-3-8487-5484-7) RÖßLER, Sven. Ein-Würfe aus dem Abseits des Diskurses: „Wenn einer einen Stein wirft, ist es kriminell – wenn es Tausende tun, politisch.“ Ein äquivokes Sprach- als politisches Denkspiel, in: FRIEDRICHS, Werner; HAMM, Sebastian (Hg.). Zurück zu den Dingen! Politische Bildungen im Medium gesellschaftlicher Materialität. Baden-Baden 2020, S. 407–420 (ISBN: 978-3-8487-5657-5) RÖßLER, Sven. Hannah Arendt (1906-1975): Vom Bildungsgehalt im politischen Denken Hannah Arendts für eine Didaktik der Moderne, in: GLOE, Markus; OEFTERING, Tonio (Hg.). Politische Bildung meets Politische Theorie. Baden-Baden 2017, S. 143–159 (ISBN: 978-3-8487-3901-1) RÖßLER, Sven. Mündigkeit als Erfahrung von Nicht-Identität: der Projekttag „Bin ich das im Schulbuch?”, in: MÜLLER-MATHIS, Stefan; WOHNIG, Alexander (Hg.). Wie Schulbücher Rollen formen. Konstruktionen der ungleichen Partizipation in Schulbüchern. Schwalbach/Ts. 2017, S. 159–179 (ISBN 978-3-7344-0479-5) RÖßLER, Sven. Blödmaschine Beutelsbach, in: WIDMAIER, Benedikt; ZORN, Peter (Hg.). Brauchen wir den Beutelsbacher Konsens? Eine Debatte der politischen Bildung. Bonn 2016, S. 276–284 (ISBN 978-3-8389-0793-2) EIS, Andreas; RÖßLER, Sven. Diversitätsreflexive Politische Bildung in der Migrationsgesellschaft - postnationale Praktiken politischer Subjektivierung in der Spätmoderne, in: LEIPRECHT, Rudolf; STEINBACH, Anja (Hg.). Schule in der Migrationsgesellschaft. Ein Handbuch. Bd. 1. Grundlagen - Diversität - Fachdidaktiken. Schwalbach/Ts. 2015, S. 421–440 (ISBN 978-3-95414-025-1) EIS, Andreas; RÖßLER, Sven; SALOMON, David; WOHNIG, Alexander: Mythos Mündigkeit? (Pseudo)Partizipation und (liberale) Demokratie in der Politischen Bildung, in: HARLES, Lothar; LANGE, Dirk (Hg.). Zeitalter der Partizipation. Paradigmenwechsel in Politik und politischer Bildung? Schwalbach/Ts. 2015, S. 150–157 (ISBN 978-3-89974833-8) LANGE, Dirk; RÖßLER, Sven. Civic Education as Profession: Current Developments in German (Higher) Educational System and Qualification Opportunities for Teachers and Trainers, in: LAKER, Jason A.; NAVAL, Conception; MRNJAUS, Kornelija (Ed.). Citizenship, Democracy and Higher Education in Europe, Canada and the USA. Houndmills, Basingstoke 2014, S. 194–218 (ISBN 9781137287472) RÖßLER, Sven. »Die Kühlkette darf nicht unterbrochen werden« - zum Fehlkonzept Politische Bildung, in: EIS, Andreas; SALOMON, David (Hg.). Gesellschaftliche Umbrüche gestalten. Transformationen in der Politischen Bildung. Schwalbach/Ts. 2014, S. 91–103 (ISBN 978-3-89974-911-3) RÖßLER, Sven. „Herr Professor, vor zwei Wochen schien die Welt noch in Ordnung - Mir nicht”, in: WIDMAIER, Benedikt; OVERWIEN, Bernd (Hg.). Was heißt heute Kritische Politische Bildung? Schwalbach/Ts. 2013, S. 223–231 (ISBN 978-3-89974906-9) RÖßLER, Sven. Trieb, Kritik & das Politische – Arendt, Freud und die Krise der Moderne. Identifizierung als Anfang und Ende der Welt menschlicher Angelegenheiten, in: HUTFLESS, Esther; WIDHOLM, Roman (Hg.). Verhältnisse, Bd. I. Identifizierungen. Wien 2011, S. 35–58 (ISBN 978-3-85132-611-6) LANGE, Dirk; RÖßLER, Sven. Der Sinn von Politischer Bildung ist Freiheit. Politikdidaktische Annäherungen an Hannah Arendt, in: MEINTS, Waltraud; DAXNER, Michael; KRAIKER, Gerhard (Hg.) Raum der Freiheit. Reflexionen über Idee und Wirklichkeit. Bielefeld 2009, S. 341–357 (ISBN 978-3-8376-1143-4) |
Beiträge in Zeitschriften: |
GANEV, Radoslav; RÖßLER, Sven. Sinti* und Roma* in der bundesdeutschen Hochschullandschaft – Bestandsaufnahme über den Kampf gegen Antiziganismus an Hochschulen und Universitäten, in: Politisches Lernen, Heft 1+2/2025 (43. Jg.): Demokratie stärken, S. 30–35 (DOI: https://doi.org/10.3224/pl.v43i1-2.07, OpenAccess ab 16. Juili 2027). RÖßLER, Sven. Ein Update ist verfügbar… Sascha Regier (2023): Den Staat aus der Gesellschaft denken. Ein kritischer Ansatz der Politischen Bildung [Rezension], in: Politisches Lernen, Heft 3–4/2023, S. 74 f. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.3224/pl.v41i3-4.17). RÖßLER, Sven. Wider den Konsens! Ein Plädoyer für mehr Streitkultur im Sachunterricht, in: Sachunterricht Weltwissen. Heft 1/2023: »Krieg und Frieden«, S. 44f. RÖßLER, Sven. »Corona-Diktatur« – oder: die Clowns-Schule des spätmodernen Faschismus ante portas. Zum anhaltenden Gebrauchswert von Arendts kritischer Theorie der Moderne, in: Zeitschrift für christlich-jüdische Begegnung im Kontext (ZfBeg). Heft 3/2021: »Hannah Arendt – ihr Denken, unsere Gegenwart«, S. 195–202 RÖßLER, Sven; OLDENBURG, Ines. „Das ist aber ungerecht!“ – Das Thema »Gerechtigkeit« im sozialwissenschaftlichen Sachunterricht sprachsensibel gestalten, in: Politik unterrichten. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Vereinigung für Politische Bildung Niedersachsen. Heft 1/2020, S. 31–37 HARTIG, Ulrich; RÖßLER, Sven. Politische Bildung mit Geflüchteten – Workshop: »Das Politische erfahren, denken, entwickeln: Dorfgründung – ein soziales Experiment für alle, die sich einmischen wollen«, in: Politik unterrichten. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Vereinigung für Politische Bildung Niedersachsen. Heft 1/2018, S. 38–40 RÖßLER, Sven. Emotionaler Antikopernikanismus. Zur Impotenz Politischer Bildung, in: Politik unterrichten. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Vereinigung für Politische Bildung Niedersachsen. Heft 1/2015, S. 28–33 RÖßLER, Sven. Anmerkungen zu Tonio Oeftering: Das Politische als Kern der politischen Bildung. Hannah Arendts Beitrag zur Didaktik des politischen Unterrichts, in: Politik unterrichten. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Vereinigung für Politische Bildung Niedersachsen. Heft 2/2014, S. 66–70 RÖßLER, Sven. Positionspapier zur Diskurstagung 'Was heißt heute Kritische Politische Bildung?', in: Politik unterrichten. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Vereinigung für Politische Bildung Niedersachsen. Heft 1/2012, S. 33–37 RÖßLER, Sven. Neuere Ansätze der Migrationsforschung, in: POLIS. Report der Deutschen Vereinigung für Politische Bildung. Heft 3/2010, S. 11–13 |
Miszellaneen: |
Neuerscheinungen: Publikation ‚Sinti* und Roma*. Zugänge der Politischen Bildung’ und Projektbericht zu 'Sinti* und Roma* in der bundesdeutschen Hochschullandschaft', Newsletter Sachunterricht, Mai 2026, Ausgabe 34(, S. 29–30). Verabschiedung, Newsletter Sachunterricht, April 2025, Ausgabe 32, S. 2–4 Tagunsbericht We are doomed – Politische Bildungen in der Postapokalypse, Newsletter Sachunterricht, November 2024, Ausgabe 31, S. 26 Bericht über den Vortrag von Philipp Reinhardt über Antiziganismus: Geschichte, Funktionsweise und Empowerment als Gegenstrategie am 21. Dezember 2023 im Rahmen einer hochschulöffentlichen Seminarsitzung, Newsletter Sachunterricht, Mai 2024, Ausgabe 30, S. 14–15 Vorstellung, Newsletter Sachunterricht, April 2023, Ausgabe 28, S. 3–4 „Der Dialog zwischen Wissenschaft und Praxis ist nicht weniger als die Sache der Fachdidaktik der politischen Bildung selbst.“ Fünf Fragen an Sven Rößler. Kurzinterview der »Transferstelle politische Bildung/Transfer für Bildung e.V.« [2021] RÖßLER, Sven. Die »Schere im Kopf« als (schul-)politische Lobotomie, in: Die kleine Weltbühne. Zeitschrift des AStA der Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg. Heft 11: 'Kritischer Zustand'. Oldenburg 2019, S. 6–7 RÖßLER, Sven. Initium ut esset, ..., in: Die kleine Weltbühne. Zeitschrift des AStA der Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg. Heft 6: 'Am Start'. Oldenburg 2017, S. 10–11 RÖßLER, Sven. Reglementierung der Sexualität - Frontbordelle und wilde Prostitution im Ersten Weltkrieg |
Lectures/conferences/co-operations
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| 06/2026 | Lecture: “On the myth of ‘neutrality’ – A brief introduction to political education with a practical focus’, as part of the day of action:‘Democracy under pressure – defending education’with further contributions by Michael Otten and Veith Selck, 2 June 2026, University of Vechta |
| Lecture and discussion (online): ‘Political Education – A Brief Introduction with a Practical Focus’ with participants from the training programme‘Education Ambassadors against Antiziganism’organised by the State Representation of German Sinti and Roma in Baden-Württemberg – Sinti Powerclub e. V. in co-operation with the‘Sinti Roma Churches’network at the Protestant Academy in Berlin and the Documentation and Cultural Centre of German Sinti and Roma, 1 June 2026 | |
| May 2026 | Guest session: ‘“Critical Theories” of Society – and of Political Education’ as part of the lecture series ‘International Relations’ (Prof. Dr Torsten Selck), 7 May 2026, University of Oldenburg |
| 04/2026 | Workshop: Educational materials from the community – approaches to political education, in collaboration with Oswald Marschall, at the symposium organised by the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs (KMK) together with the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma on ‘Teaching about Sinti and Roma in schools and counter-strategies against antiziganism’, 30 April 2026, Representative Office of the Free State of Bavaria, Berlin |
| Moderation of the workshop ‘Educational materials critical of antiziganism for confirmation classes and school lessons’ with contributions from Adrian Radosta, Berry Paskowski and Annika Riebesehl at the annual conference‘How do I say it? Speaking Together’organised by the Sinti Roma Churches Network, 18 April 2026, Bremen | |
| March 2026 | Book launch (online):“Sinti* and Roma* – Approaches to Political Education”, together with Natalie Reinhardt and Philipp Reinhardt, as part of the training programme“Education Ambassadors against Antiziganism”organised by the State Representation of German Sinti and Roma in Baden-Württemberg – Sinti Powerclub e. V., in co-operation with the‘Sinti Roma Churches’network, at the Protestant Academy in Berlin and the Documentation and Cultural Centre of German Sinti and Roma, 19 March 2026 |
| December 2025 | Lecture (online): “The book project‘Sinti* and Roma* – Approaches to Political Education’”at the official opening of the digital“Academy for Knowledge of Sinti and Roma”, organised by the State Representation of German Sinti and Roma in Baden-Württemberg – Sinti Powerclub e. V., 17 December 2025 |
| 09/2025 | Workshop: ‘Democratic Subjects of Sustainability? Taking Stock at the End of the Future”, together with Annegret Jansen and Svenja Jessen, on 24 September at the annual conference of the DGfE Commission on “Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)” on“Education, Democracy & Sustainability. Contributions to Theoretical Development and Empirical Research’, 23–25 September 2025, TU Dresden |
| 09/2025 | Workshop ‘OwnVoices in the Educational Landscape’, together with Alicia Delis and Marcella Herzenberger, on 6 September at the annual conference ‘Thinking Together’ organised by the Sinti Roma Churches Network, 5–6 September 2025, Freiburg |
| 07/2025 | Lecture and discussion (online) ‘Political Education – A Brief Introduction with Practical Aims’ with participants in the training programme ‘Education Ambassadors against Antiziganism’ organised by the State Representation of German Sinti and Roma in Baden-Württemberg – Sinti Powerclub e. V. in co-operation with the Sinti Roma Church Network/Protestant Academy in Berlin and the Documentation and Cultural Centre of German Sinti and Roma, 28 July 2025 |
| May 2025 | Guest session ‘Critical Theory from the Perspective of Social Sciences and Political Education’ as part of the ‘International Relations’ lecture series (Prof. Dr Torsten Selck), 24 April 2025, University of Oldenburg |
| 12/2024 | Invitation to the concluding and networking workshop as part of the co-operation project‘Anti-Gypsyism-Sensitive Educational Guidance and Democracy Education’, funded by the Federal Agency for Civic Education (BpB), organised by the Centre for the Prevention of Antiziganism at Heidelberg University of Education and the Education Department of the Documentation Centre for German Sinti and Roma on 2 December 2024, Heidelberg |
| 11/2024 | Contribution to the workshop presentation by the Student Association of Sinti and Roma in Germany (SVSRD) on ‘Sinti* and Roma* in the German higher education landscape. Between Stereotypes and Academia’ at the ‘Sinti and Roma Forum’ organised by the Federal Government Commissioner for Combating Antiziganism and for the Lives of Sinti and Roma, Dr Mehmet Gürcan Daimagüler, 27–28 November 2024, Berlin |
| Keynote speech and – together with Franz Mahncke, among others (PI Gifhorn) – participation in a workshop at the symposium ‘75 Years of the Basic Law – Your Values Too?’, organised by the Prevention Alliance for a Peaceful Gifhorn, 27 November 2024, Gifhorn District Adult Education Centre | |
| Closing and evaluation workshop for the training programme ‘Education Ambassadors against Antiziganism’, organised by the Landesrat Deutscher Sinti und Roma Berlin-Brandenburg e. V. in co-operation with the Sinti Roma Church Network (EKD), the Documentation and Cultural Centre of German Sinti and Roma, the Student Association of Sinti and Roma in Germany (SVSRD) and the State Representation of German Sinti and Roma in Baden-Württemberg – Sinti Powerclub e. V., 15–17 November 2024, Heidelberg | |
| 09/2024 | Lecture ‘blackpilled, activated: Loss and Coping with Political Experience’, together with Annegret Jansen, Nikolaj Schulte-Wörmann and Robert Ueffing, on 12 September 2024 at the interdisciplinary workshop‘We are doomed! Political Education in the Post-Apocalypse’, 12–13 September 2024, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg |
| 08/2024 | Lecture and discussion (online) ‘Political Education – A Brief Introduction for Practical Purposes’ with participants in the training programme ‘Education Ambassadors Against Antiziganism’, organised by the State Council of German Sinti and Roma Berlin-Brandenburg e. V. in co-operation with the Sinti Roma Church Network (EKD), the Documentation and Cultural Centre of German Sinti and Roma, the Student Association of Sinti and Roma in Germany (SVSRD) and the Regional Representation of German Sinti and Roma in Baden-Württemberg – Sinti Powerclub e. V., 26 August 2024 |
| 07/2024 | Invitation to the ‘Critical Friend’ workshop on vocational education and training as part of the co-operation project‘Anti-Gypsyism-Sensitive Educational Guidance and Democracy Education’, funded by the Federal Agency for Civic Education (BpB), organised by the Centre for the Prevention of Antiziganism at Heidelberg University of Education and the Education Department of the Documentation Centre for German Sinti and Roma on 15 July 2024, Heidelberg |
| 05/2024 | Final workshop as part of the research project‘Sinti* and Roma* in the German higher education landscape – An assessment of the fight against antiziganism at colleges and universities’, in co-operation with the Student Association of Sinti and Roma in Germany (SVSRD) and RomAnity e. V., Munich, held on 3–5 May 2024 at the Catholic Foundation University of Munich |
| 05/2024 | Guest session‘Theoriesof International Relations and Political Education – from positive tocritical’ as part of the lecture ‘International Relations’ (Prof. Dr Torsten Selck), 2 May 2024, University of Oldenburg |
| 03–04/2024 | Online survey as part of the research project‘Sinti* and Roma* in the German higher education landscape’funded by the Federal Anti-Discrimination Agency (ADS)– An assessment of the fight against antiziganism at colleges and universities’, in co-operation with the Student Association of Sinti and Roma in Germany (SVSRD) and RomAnity e. V., from 6 March to 19 April 2024 |
| 12/2023 | First expert workshop as part of the research project‘Sinti* and Roma* in the German higher education landscape’funded by the Federal Anti-Discrimination Agency (ADS)– An assessment of the fight against antiziganism at colleges and universities’, funded by the Federal Anti-Discrimination Agency (ADS), in co-operation with the Students’ Association of Sinti and Roma in Germany (SVSRD) and RomAnity e. V., Munich, on 8–9 December 2023 at the Evangelical Academy in Hofgeismar |
| 08/2023 | Colloquium with participants in the ‘Education Ambassadors’ training programme, organised by the State Council of German Sinti and Roma Berlin-Brandenburg e. V. in co-operation with the Sinti Roma Church Network (EKD), the Documentation and Cultural Centre of German Sinti and Roma, the Students’ Association of Sinti and Roma in Germany (SVSRD) and the Regional Representation of German Sinti and Roma in Baden-Württemberg – Sinti Powerclub e. V. on 12 August 2023 at the Documentation and Cultural Centre for German Sinti and Roma in Heidelberg |
| 06/2023 | Lecture: ‘Perspectives on Political Education: Self-organisation, the Education and Civil Rights Movement of German Sinti and Roma’, together with Natalie Reinhardt & Lukas Barth on 3 June at the 23rd Annual Conference of the GPJE, 1–3 June, University of Hildesheim |
| 05/2023 | Guest session ‘Positive vs. Critical Theories of International Relations’ in the lecture ‘International Relations’ (Prof. Dr Torsten Selck), 4 May 2023, University of Oldenburg |
| 01/2023 | Appointment as a subject-specific teaching adviser to the Academic Advisory Board of the Students’ Association of Sinti and Roma in Germany e. V. |
| since 11/2022 | Subject-specific pedagogical consultancy for the ‘Education Ambassadors’ working group, initiated by the State Council of German Sinti and Roma Berlin-Brandenburg e. V. in co-operation with the Sinti Roma Church Network (EKD), the Documentation and Cultural Centre of German Sinti and Roma, the Students’ Association of Sinti and Roma in Germany, and the Regional Representation of German Sinti and Roma in Baden-Württemberg – Sinti Powerclub e. V. |
| 06/2022 | Lecture and discussion: “Politics in Times of Crisis’, Evangelical/Catholic University Community, Weingarten, 6 July 2022 |
| 05/2022 | Opening session »Benjamin, Arendt, Luxemburg – Reflections from Political Education on the History of Violence in the Modern Age’ of the Studium Generale at the Weingarten University of Education in the summer semester 2022, 16 May 2022 |
| 10/2021 | Election as an assessor to the extended regional executive committee of the German Association for Political Education e. V. in Baden-Württemberg |
| 06/2021 | Workshop weekend (15 hours) ‘Didactic concepts in the social sciences and humanities’, as part of the the further education programme ‘Special Education: Pedagogy and Didactics for Learning Disabilities and Emotional and Social Development, aimed at qualifying individuals without teacher training’, Centre for Didactics, University of Oldenburg, 11–12 June 2021 |
| May 2021 | Opening session ‘The Dream Is Over – World: Voice ≠ Vote’ for the transdisciplinary series of lectures ‘Pendulum Movements. Explorations at the Intersection of Musical and Political Education’ at the Weingarten University of Education in the summer semester of 2021, 7 May 2021 Press release dated 12 May 2021: ‘Political education as an independent cultural studies discipline. Sven Rößler opened a digital series of lectures “Pendulum Movements” at Weingarten University of Education’ |
| 05–07/ 2021 | Co-organiser of ‘Pendulum Movements. Explorations at the Intersection of Music and Political Education’. Transdisciplinary series of lectures at the Weingarten University of Education in the summer semester of 2021, supported by the Federal Agency for Civic Education (BpB), 7 May – 23 July 2021 |
| 07/2020 | Article ‘On Two Forms of Critique of Democracy’ at the (virtual) ‘Festival of Democracy’ in Weingarten, 11 July 2020 |
| 05/2020 | Interview as part of the RegioTV’s coverage of ‘Fundamental Rights Demonstrations in the Region’, 25 May 2020 |
| 04/2020 | Student representative for the Studienwerk of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation |
| 09/2019 | Elected as a member (2019–2021) of the extended regional executive committee of the German Association for Political Education e. V. in Lower Saxony |
| 07/2019 | Participation in the ‘NoRoomPolitics’ with JAJAJA (Arvild J. Baud/Iris Minich), students at Otto Friedrich University of Bamberg, and Werner Friedrichs (social studies pedagogy), on 11–12 July 2019, Bamberg |
| June 2019 | Lecture »Political Education as Presumption and Responsibility“, on 14 June at the 20th Annual Conference of the GPJE, 13–15 June 2019, Georg-August University of Göttingen |
| 01/2019 | Guest session ‘Political Education’ as part of the lecture ‘Politics in a Multi-level System’ (Prof. Dr Torsten Selck), 10 January 2019, University of Oldenburg |
| 12/2018 | Workshops on the Beutelsbach Consensus at the »State Conference of ‘Schools without Racism – Schools with Courage’’, organised by the Lower Saxony State Institute for School Quality Development (NLQ), 6 December 2018, Congress Centrum Wienecke, Hanover |
| 04/2018 | Lecture: ‘‘Beutelsbach: A Stupid Machine?’ as part of the ‘Was bildet ihr uns ein’ event series organised by the Trade Union Higher Education Information Office (HIB) in co-operation with the GEW, 19 April 2018, University of Oldenburg |
| 01/2018 | Workshop ‘Experiencing, thinking about and developing politics: Founding a village – a social experiment for anyone who wants to get involved’ in collaboration with the Friends of the International Refugee Museum e. V. in co-operation with the Lower Saxony State Centre for Political Education and the German Association for Political Education (DVPB), Lower Saxony, supported by the City of Oldenburg and the Lower Saxony Ministry for Social Affairs, Health and Gender Equality at the training centre of the Bremen Chamber of Employees, Bad Zwischenahn, 12–14 January (budget: €5.5T) |
| 01/2018 | Guest lecture on ‘Political Education’ as part of the lecture ‘Politics in a Multi-level System’ (Prof. Dr Torsten Selck), 11 January, University of Oldenburg |
| April 2016 | Lecture ‘Why Do We Still Need Political Education?’ as part of a series of lectures ‘Submission as Freedom. Life under Neoliberalism’ organised by the Institute of Philosophy, 11 April, University of Oldenburg |
| 10/2015 | Expert representative for political education at the panel discussion ‘Perspectives on Torture’ as part of the programme accompanying the exhibition ‘Human Dignity is Inviolable’ within the framework of Amnesty International’s ‘Stop Torture’ campaign, 26 October, Carl von Ossietzky University |
| 10/2015 | Observation of a foundation seminar with apprentices at the Hustedt Adult Education Centre near Celle, 12–16 October |
| 03/2015 | Together with Roman Prieb, Nikolaj Schulte-Wörmann, Annegret Jansen and Christoph Hörnschemeyer: Workshop ‘Project Day: “Is that me in the textbook?” – An everyday approach to social education’ at the 13th Federal Congress on Political Education – Inequalities in Democracy, 19–21 March, Duisburg |
| 01/2015 | Lecture ‘Why Political Education?’ as part of the colloquium organised by the Institute of Social Sciences, 21 January, University of Oldenburg |
| 09/2014 | Lecture ‘Emotional Anti-Copernicanism, Crisis, Violence: The Impotence of Political Education – Prolegomena to a Didactics of Modernity’ at the symposium ‘Political Education in Post-Democracy’, 17–19 September, University of Siegen |
| 07/2014 | Project day ‘Is that me in the textbook?’ with the compulsory-elective Politics–Economics course (Year 9) at IGS Flötenteich – in collaboration with Andreas Eis, Britta Lammers, Roman Prieb, Nikolaj Schulte-Wörmann, Annegret Jansen, Christoph Hörnschemeyer and Henrik Peitsch, 17 July, 8 am–3 pm, BIS – Oldenburg University Library |
| 01/2014 | Lecture ‘“The cold chain must not be broken” – on the flawed concept of political education’ as part of the lecture series ‘Prerequisites and Limits of Political Education’ organised by the Left-wing Student Body of Department 03, on 24 January, Philipps University of Marburg |
| 06/2012 | Together with Andreas Eis: Lecture ‘The Myth of Maturity? – (Apparent) Participation in Politics and Economics Lessons as a Perspective for Subject-Specific Didactic Research’ as part of the event series ‘Forum on Teacher Training’ organised by the Centre for Didactics (diz), 28 June, University of Oldenburg |
| June 2012 | Together with Ilke Glockentöger and Stefanie Mallon: Workshop ‘Mid-level academic staff organise themselves’ at the conference ‘A Lifetime of Apprenticeship? Precarious Employment at Universities’, organised by the Osnabrück Trade Union Student Group, scholarship holders of the Hans Böckler Foundation in Osnabrück, the Education and Science Union (GEW), and the United Services Union (ver.di), 8 June 2012, Osnabrück |
| May 2012 | Together with Andreas Eis, David Salomon and Alexander Wohnig: Workshop ‘The Myth of Maturity? – (Pseudo)Participation as a Topic in Politics and Economics Lessons’ at the 12th Federal Congress on Political Education – The Age of Participation as part of the ‘2012 Political Education Action Days’ in co-operation with the Federal Agency for Civic Education, the German Association for Political Education (DVPB) and the Federal Committee for Political Education (BAB), 21–23 May, Berlin |
| 04/2012 | Lecture ‘The cold chain must not be broken’ as part of the workshop ‘The Myth of Maturity? Self-illusion and self-disillusionment as a task of political education”, at the symposium “Social Transformations and Transformations of the Self – Perspectives on Critical Political Education and its Didactics”, 12–14 April, Haus am Maiberg, Heppenheim/Bergstraße |
| 03/2012 | Position paper presented at the conference ‘What Does Critical Political Education Mean Today?’ organised by the DVPB/LV Hessen, 5–6 March, Haus am Maiberg, Heppenheim/Bergstraße |
| 02/2011 | Together with Tammo Grabbert: Lecture ‘The Long Road to a Migration Society. Migration Didactics in Lower Saxony School Textbooks’, 3 February, PFL Municipal Cultural Centre, Oldenburg, organised by the Friends of the International Refugee Museum e.V. |
| Report in the ‘Lokalfenster’ segment on O1. oldenburg eins – local television (minutes 16:40–21:47) on 4 February 2011 | |
| 10/2010 | Lecture ‘Amor mundi – Desire and the World of Human Affairs’ at the symposium ‘The Construction of the Other in Erotic Literature’, 30 October, FU, Berlin |
| June 2010 | Lectures on 12 June: ‘Hannah Arendt in her hometown’ in the ‘Hannah Arendt Room’ at Hanover City Library to mark the 12th ‘Night of the Museums’ |
| 11/2009 | Lecture on 26 November: ‘What does it mean to act politically? Theses on the education protests’ as part of the ‘Alternative University’ |
| July 2009 | Lecture on 9 July: ‘Political Ethics and Education Policy’ at the symposium ‘Elements of a Politically Grounded Ethics’ to mark the tenth anniversary of the Hannah Arendt Centre and Archive and on the occasion of Professor Antonia Grunenberg’s retirement, University of Oldenburg |
| July 2009 | Speaker and leader of the workshop ‘Introduction to Reference Management and Knowledge/Project Organisation with Citavi’ (10 am–3 pm) organised by the Hans Böckler Foundation on 9 July, University of Oldenburg |
| June 2009 | Lectures on 13 June entitled ‘Hannah Arendt in her hometown’ in the ‘Hannah Arendt Room’ at Hanover City Library to mark the 11th ‘Night of the Museums’ |
| 04/2009 | Participation in the DHV seminar ‘Research Assistants at Universities’ (23 April 2009) at the University of Oldenburg |
| June 2008 | Lectures on 28 June: ‘Hannah Arendt in her hometown’ in the ‘Hannah Arendt Room’ at Hanover City Library to mark the 10th ‘Night of the Museums’ |
| July 2006 | Closing lecture on 24 July: ‘“What we actually do when we act”: Contemporary questions for Hannah Arendt’ as part of the series of lectures ‘I want to understand…’, jointly organised by the Institutes of Political Science and Philosophy during the summer term of 2006 |
| 01/2006 | Organisation of the commemorative event on 30 January, ‘“In Trust”. Hannah Arendt in Texts and Letters’, hosted by the Hannah Arendt Centre in collaboration with the Oldenburg State Theatre as part of the ‘Germany – Land of Ideas’ campaign |
| 12/2005 | Organisation of the conference ‘Critical Social Theory(ies) and Emancipatory Practice Today’ on 16–17 December at the University of Oldenburg, organised by the ‘Working Group on Critical Social Theory, Oldenburg’ |
| 10/2005 | Organisation of the evening lecture (with seminar) by Prof. Dr Wolfgang Fritz Haug, ‘Marxist Philosophy Today – An Attempt at an Approach’ on 20 October at the University of Oldenburg, organised by the ‘Working Group on Critical Social Theory, Oldenburg’ |
| July 2005 | Organisation of the evening lecture (with seminar) by Prof. Dr Alex Demirovic, ‘Critical Social Theory in Post-Fordist Capitalism’, on 4 July at the University of Oldenburg, organised by the ‘Working Group on Critical Social Theory, Oldenburg’ |
| March 2004 | Contribution as part of the performance of ‘Dario Fo: We Won’t Pay!’ by the Oldenburg State Theatre on 10 March, as a representative of the ‘Sachzwang’ working group |
| 01/2004 | Opening lecture and organisation of the symposium ‘Education for Maturity or Conditioning towards Half-Education – Forum: Higher Education and Society under the Constraints of Economic Rationality’ on 7 January at the University of Oldenburg, organised by the ‘Sachzwang’ working group |
Projects
Research/Third Mission
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| 2023-2024 | Sinti*and Roma* in the German higher education landscape - Taking stock of the fight against antiziganism at colleges and universities (University of Vechta) |
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| 2022 | Public exhibition "Civil rights movement of German Sinti and Roma" in the summer semester 2022, opening in a ceremony on 16 May 2022 (Weingarten University of Education) |
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| 2022 | Programme to mitigate learning deficits caused by the pandemic (Weingarten University of Education) |
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| 2021 | "Pendulum movements. Explorations in the field of tension between musical and political education". Transdisciplinary series of lectures at the University of Education Weingarten in the summer semester 2021 |
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| Publication: Stange, Christoph; Friedrichs, Werner; Rößler, Sven; Höftmann, Andreas; Barth, Lukas (eds.) Pendulum Movements. Explorations in the field of tension between musical and political education. Münster 2022, 246 pp. | |||
| 2020-2021 | Sinti power ambassadors (material development) |
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| WDR report (16 October 2021, KiKA, "neuneinhalb"): "Sinti and Roma - How power ambassadors fight against prejudice" | |||
| 2017-2018 | "Experiencing, thinking and developing the political: Founding a village - a social experiment for everyone who wants to get involved" |
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| Publication: Hartig, Ulrich; Rößler, Sven. Political education with refugees - Workshop: "Experiencing, thinking, developing the political: Dorfgründung - ein soziales Experiment für alle, die sich einmischen wollen", in: Politik unterrichten. Journal of the German Association for Civic Education Lower Saxony. H. 1/2018, PP. 38-40 | |||
| 2008-2009 | Representations of the migration society |
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| Publication: Lange, Dirk; Rößler, Sven. Representations of the migration society. The Friedland transit camp in the historical-political textbook. Baltmannsweiler 2012, 288 p. | |||
Memberships
- German Association for Political Education (DVPB)
- since 10/2021 Assessor on the extended state board of the Baden-Württemberg state association
- 09/2019-10/2021 Assessor on the extended state board of the state association of Lower Saxony
- Society for Didactics of Subject Teaching (GDSU)
- Society for Political Didactics and Political Youth and Adult Education (GPJE)
- Hannah Arendt Prize for Political Thought e. V.
- State Representation of German Sinti and Roma Baden-Württemberg - Sinti Powerclub e. V.
- Since 2022 Didactic Advisor to the Executive Board
- Rosa Luxemburg Foundation Lower Saxony e. V.
- since 2020 Liaison lecturer of the Federal Foundation
- Student Association of Sinti and Roma in Germany
- since 2023 Member of the Scientific Advisory Board
- ver.di
Committee work
University of Oldenburg: | ||
| since summer term 19 | Member of the university/trade union cooperation committee | |
| Member of the Primary School Master's Examination Board | ||
Member of the Master's Examination Board for Secondary and Middle Schools | ||
| since summer term 17 | Member of the Commission for the Appointment of Honorary Citizens and Honorary Senators/Award of the University Medal | |
| since summer term 14 | Member of the University Senate's Basic Regulations Committee | |
| Summer semester 17 - winter semester 17/18 | Deputy member of the Commission for Research Assessment and Ethics | |
WINTER SEMESTER 11/12 - WINTER SEMESTER 18/19 | Deputy member of the Master's examination boards for primary, secondary and intermediate schools | |
| Summer term 09 - winter term 09/10 | Member of the Commission for Higher Education Development Planning (HEP) | |
| Summer term 09 - WS 09/10 | Member of the University Senate in the selection committee for the preparation of the election of the members of the Presidential Board | |
| Summer Semester 09 - WS 09/10 | Member of the 19th University Senate | |
| Summer term 05 - winter term 05/06 | Member of the Council of Elders of the legally constituted student union | |
| WS 04/05 | Member of the University Senate's selection committee in preparation for the election of part-time Vice-Presidents | |
Summer term 04 - winter term 05/06 | Member of the University Senate's Basic Regulations Commission | |
| Summer term 04 - winter term 04/05 | Member of the 16th University Senate | |
| Summer term 04 - winter term 04/05 | Member of the student parliament | |
Lectures
Summer term 2026
Winter term 2025 / 2026
Summer term 2025
Winter term 2022 / 2023
Summer term 2019
Winter term 2018 / 2019
Summer term 2018
Winter term 2017 / 2018
Summer term 2017
Winter term 2016 / 2017
Summer term 2016
Winter term 2015 / 2016
Summer term 2015