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50 Years of Educational Media Research

In 2025 the Leibniz Institute for Educational Media | Georg Eckert Institute looks back upon half a century of dedicated research. We are celebrating our anniversary with a broad programme of events to which scholars, policy-makers and politicians, as well as the general public, are invited to join us as we discuss, think and help shape the future.

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07-Aug-2025

News

Final Report Online

RIRA (Radical Islam vs Radical Anti-Islam) is a joint project that examined co-radicalisation processes and analysed social dynamics within spirals of radicalisation.

30-Jul-2025

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LWC-PdP: Better Journeys to School

In a project coordinated by the Leibniz ScienceCampus ‘Postdigital Participation’, students have developed creative ways to improve their journeys to school which has led them to reassess their more general environment.

25-Jul-2025

Research Fellowships in 2026

The Leibniz Institute for Educational Media | Georg Eckert Institute is pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for 2026 Research Fellowships. The deadline for submissions is 30th September 2025.

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Annual theme 2023: #PERSPECTIVES

Considering Perspectives in Educational Media. Conditions – Negotation Processes – Opportunities

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Annual theme 2021: #PERFORMANCE

Achievement is one of the central categories in the self-description of modern societies, whose individual and societal dimensions are reflected upon critically time and again.

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Stories of Diversity

AI in Classrooms

Educational Ecosystems

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Academic Publications

02-May-2025

JEMMS

VOLUME 16 (2024), ISSUE 2

In this issue, the authors examine US world´s fair expositions, analyses of school textbooks in Afghanistan and Albania and a case study of the use of ChatGPT in the history classroom.

28-Apr-2025

JEMMS

VOLUME 16 (2024), ISSUE 1: Nature and Society in Spanish and Portuguese Textbooks in the New Democratic Scenario from 1970 to 1995

This thematic issue addresses nature and society as categories of analysis in Portuguese and Spanish textbooks.

29-Jan-2025

Publications

01/2025 Ambivalences of generative AI in schools and lessons

Generative AI is increasingly being used by students and teachers alike, yet it has proved a contentious topic in many areas. Research by the GEI reveals ambivalences with regards to its use in the classroom.

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