Education

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The Heinrich Böll Foundation advocates for inclusive and discrimination-free education.
Below, you will find all our articles, publications, and thematic focuses on the topic of education.

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Articles

School as a Battlefield: The Debate on Sexuality Education in Ukraine

Published: 1 December 2021

Over the past decade, activists and CSOs have argued with conservative and religious groups in Ukraine over the introduction of the so-called “comprehensive sexuality education” in Ukrainian schools.

Maryna Shevtsova

More devices, insufficient skills: Digital literacy gap adds to educational inequity in Germany

Published: 15 April 2021

Julia Gerick

Ein Schlüssel steckt in einem Türschloss, darunter eine schwarze Türklinke

Data protection versus functionality: the dilemma of German schools

Published: 15 April 2021

Is data protection an obstacle to innovation? And is its easing in favor of digital educational opportunities inevitable? On the contrary!

Nikolai Horn, Philipp Otto

Ein Kind sitzt mit auf den Händen aufgestütztem Kopf vor einem aufgeklappten Laptop

Quality, not speed, is what we need - A case for a sustainable transformation of digital education

Published: 15 April 2021

German schools have been slower to embrace digital education than US schools over the past decade, due to concerns about the influence of commercial players and data protection. The Covid-19 pandemic has now significantly increased reform pressure in Germany.

Sigrid Hartong

Ein Tablet auf einem Bücherstapel, daneben ein Apfel und ein Lautsprecher

"It’s about a battle of ideas in which we have to constantly engage our opponents"

Published: 18 May 2017

In the beginning of April, the Hungarian President János Áder signed into force certain amendments to the Higher Education Act which in their particular formulation are obviously directed against the renowned Central European University (CEU), based in Budapest. We discussed with President Michael Ignatieff the implications of the new legislation on the university and its future prospects.

Peter Brod

Publications

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Wirtschaftsatlas 2024

Published: 12 March 2024

Atlas

How can we achieve climate targets while ensuring sustainable and equitable prosperity? This atlas identifies political instruments and solutions for an ecologically oriented social market economy in 19 subject areas.

Introducing the Right to Food in University Curricula

Published: 31 July 2016

While it is broadly recognised that hunger is a function of entitlements and not of food availability as such, there is still a vacuum in research and development education with regard to introducing a human rights and governance lens to teaching. This paper showes how this can be done.

Isabella Rae, Anne Bellows, Stefanie Lemke, Frank Mischler, Daniela Nunez