Keynotes.

In my talks, I address topics of central importance for ensuring the quality, integrity and flourishing of our educational institutions. Clarity, passion, professional expertise and cutting-edge research are the keystones of my presentation style.

1

The Surprising Secret About Teaching Everyone Should Know

Change is Now?! TEDxStuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany| September, 2024

2

On the Edge of Their Seats

The Theory and Practice of Transformative Teaching
XVI Congreso Internacional de Teoría de la Educación (CITE)
Pamplona, Spain| May, 2024

3

Awakening Student Engagement

How to Make Your Classroom Transformative
Forum Unterrichtspraxis, Leipziger Buchmesse
Leipzig, Germany| March, 2024

4

Awakening Student Engagement

Powerful Lesson Planning for the TikTok Generation
Forum Pädagogik des Verbandes Deutscher Privatschulen
Berlin, Germany | February, 2024

5

Democracy and Dissensus

Teaching Controversial Issues from an International Perspective
Conference: Dortmunder Symposium zur Kontroversität des Initiativzentrums für politische Bildung und kommunale Demokratie
Dortmund, Germany | November 2021

6

Education ex nihilo

Reexamining the Transformative Potential of Crisis Experiences
Conference: Coping and Character Education
Bamberg, Germany | November 2021

7

Transformative Education

The Theory and Practice of Profound Self-Change
Conference: Annual Conference of the Institute for Daisaku Ikeda Studies in Education
Chicago, Illinois, USA | June 2021

For a full list of my public and scholarly presentations, see my CV in German or English.

Selected Scholarly Presentations

1

Friendship, Education and Social Progress

Conference: Natural Allies? Education and the Idea of Progress
Zürich, Switzerland| September 2024

2

Phronesis in Teacher Education

A Critical Reexamination
Conference: Jubilee Center for Character and Virtue Annual Conference
Oxford, UK | January 2023

3

The Psychology of Aspiration in Education

Malmö University
Malmö, Sweden | April 2022

4

Boredom and Aspiration in Moral Education

Conference: Jubilee Center for Character and Virtue Annual Conference
Oxford, UK | September 2021

5

On the Role of Articulation and Aspiration in Transformative Education
Universität Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland | March 2021

Education beyond the Negative

6

Transformation and Epiphany in Moral Education

Conference: Jubilee Center for Character and Virtue Annual Conference
Oxford, UK| January 2020

7

Transformative Wonder

Conference: International Conference on Wonder, Education and Human Flourishing
Amsterdam, The Netherlands | April 2019

8

Education for the Highest Self

Nietzsche’s Theory of Education in his Early Works (and Beyond)
Conference: Tagung – Abgründe der Pädagogik
Tübingen, Germany | June 2018

9

Nietzsche, Nazism and the Lessons of History

Documentation Center of the National Socialist Party Rally Grounds
Nuremberg, Germany | May 2017