Division for Media Education

Communication and Media Education. Theories, Practices and Perspectives #mpaed2025

Autumn Conference 2025 of the Media Education Section (DGfE), 18–19 September 2025, at FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg

The 2025 autumn conference focuses on the relationship between communication and media education from theoretical, empirical, and practical perspectives. At the core is the question of how communication is changing under the conditions of profound mediatization, digital cultures, and post-digital societies—and what challenges and tasks this poses for media education. Topics of discussion include communicative practices in educational and socialization processes, new demands on media-related competencies, and the role of automated communication via AI systems. The aim of the conference is to critically examine current developments, reflect on fundamental concepts of media-educational communication, and open up new perspectives for research and practice.

The 2025 autumn conference of the Media Education Section is organized by Prof. Dr. Rudolf Kammerl, Dr. Jane Müller, and Dr. Katrin Potzel (Chair of Education with a Focus on Media Education at FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg).

Conference Website | Call for Papers and Call for Papers for the Doctoral Forum Submissions are possible until 1 June 2025

2nd Conference of the Working Group on Media Didactics

The second conference of the Media Didactics Working Group (AK Mediendidaktik) of the DGfE Media Education Section will take place on 4–5 September 2025 at the Zurich University of Teacher Education (PH Zürich).

The Media Didactics Working Group within the Media Education Section of the German Educational Research Association (DGfE) will once again bring together researchers from German-speaking countries who engage with the design of digital technologies for educational purposes. The AK Mediendidaktik conferences provide a platform for presenting current activities of research groups in the German-speaking context and for fostering further networking.

Call for Papers (in German) | Submission via EasyChair by 31 March 2025

15th Magdeburg Theory Forum: The Anthropomediality of the Pedagogical

The 15th Magdeburg Theory Forum will be held on 11–12 July 2025 at Otto von Guericke University in Magdeburg.

This year’s forum centers on the question of how the pedagogical can be conceptualized under conditions of anthropomedial constitution. The focus lies on human–media relations, digital mediality as a constitutive factor of being human, and their implications for education, subjectivity, and pedagogical theory. The aim is to harness current impulses from media philosophy for educational science discourses.

Call for Papers (in German) | Submission via email to theorieforum@ovgu.de by 31 March 2025