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08-Apr-2026

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Call for Applications - Georg Eckert PhD Programme 2026

The Georg Eckert PhD Programme is offering an intensive, practice-based introduction to the theories and methods of educational media research from 7 to 11 December 2026. The deadline for applications is 15 July 2026.

01-Apr-2026

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New Professor and Department Head at the GEI

Dr Andreas Weich was apointed a professor at the Universty of Göttingen in 1 April 2026 and assumes the associated role of head of the Media| Transformation department.

24-Mar-2026

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Salon of Science

On 3 June members of the public can meet and exchange ideas with researchers from the region at the Salon of Science in the TRAFO Hub in Braunschweig. Dr Anke Hertling und Janina Becker from the GEI will be taking part.

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Events

GEI to take part in Lower Saxony Day

12. - 14.06.26

16:00 - 20:00

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Talk in the Foyer: The (Im)possible Power of Multilateralism?

18.06.2026

16:00

Villa von Bülow (GEI)

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Annual theme 2025: #EndingTheWar

Ending the War and Establishing the Post-1945 World Order: Comparing Textbook Narratives across Time and Space.

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Annual theme 2023: #PERSPECTIVES

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

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Stories of Diversity

AI in Classrooms

Educational Ecosystems

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05-Feb-2026

Eckert. Expertise

Anna Shkonda: Lehrpläne im Fokus. Struktur, Entwicklung und Implementierung

Volume 12

Göttingen: V&R unipress, 2026, 267 Seiten. ISBN Print 978-3-8471-1943-2, ISBN E-Lib 978-3-7370-1943-9, 50,00€

20-Nov-2025

Publications

02/2025 Heritage-Language Teaching and Educational Materials

This Policy Brief discusses the current state of teaching materials, identifies systematic deficits and provides recommendations for ways to improve to quality, sustainability and effectiveness

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.

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