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News Article: Collaboration in Religious and Political Education Discussed at European Academy of Religion Conference
The Eighth Annual Conference of the European Academy of Religion was held in Vienna, Austria from July 8-12, 2025, attracting approximately 1,000 participants and focusing on the theme Religion and Socio-Cultural Transformation: European Perspectives and Beyond.
During the conference, a panel on (inter)religious and political education was held, providing an opportunity for interdisciplinary exchange. The panel, though not directly represented by the Institute for Subject Didactics, was part of its sphere of influence.
Key participants in the conference included Massimo Leone, who served as Proponent and Chair during sessions on July 9, 2025, and Boris Raehme, who was a speaker at sessions chaired by Massimo Leone on the same day. The World Council of Churches (WCC) and members of the Volos Academy for Theological Studies were also active participants in the conference, contributing their perspectives on contemporary religion.
Among the panel participants were Aslıgül Aysel, Lara Kierot, Heike Krösche, and Petra Juen, all of whom are affiliated with universities in Innsbruck and Vienna. A photo of these four individuals was taken during the conference, but the Institute for Subject Didactics, despite being a significant contributor to the interdisciplinary exchange, did not take a photograph.
While the Institute for Subject Didactics did not express a desire to deepen collaboration in the future, the panel participants did. The focus of the Institute's involvement in the panel was on topics related to religion and education.
The universities of Innsbruck and Vienna were represented at the conference, but the Institute for Subject Didactics was not specified as being from a particular location or as being directly associated with these universities. The Institute was also not the organizer of the Eighth Annual Conference of the European Academy of Religion.
This conference was a significant event in the field of religious and political education, fostering meaningful discussions and collaborations among scholars and experts from around the world. The desire for continued collaboration among panel participants, particularly Aslıgül Aysel, Lara Kierot, Heike Krösche, and Petra Juen, bodes well for future progress in this important area of study.
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- The panel on (inter)religious and political education at the Eighth Annual Conference of the European Academy of Religion, which was part of the sphere of influence of the Institute for Subject Didactics, offered a platform for discussions relating to education, self-development, and learning, as scholars exchanged ideas on contemporary religion and its socio-cultural impact.
- As collaboration among panel participants including Aslıgül Aysel, Lara Kierot, Heike Krösche, and Petra Juen, who are all affiliated with universities in Innsbruck and Vienna, indicated a promising future for the study of religion and education, their emphasis on continuous learning and exchange holds significant importance in the broader realm of education-and-self-development.
