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Research

In the series Studien zur Interreligiösen Religionspädagogik, the results of interreligious research projects from the areas of schools, universities and teacher training are methodically reflected upon and scientifically analysed. The editorial team (Martina Kraml and Zekirija Sejdini) focuses on two areas: The work on the foundations of theologically orientated interreligious religious education and didactics on the one hand, and the evidence-based analysis of processes in school and university didactic research on the other.

The volumes are therefore characterised by a close interlocking of empirical analysis and theory-building reflection. The identity perspective ("learning in religion"), multidimensional attention (biography, interaction, contextuality, subject matter), process orientation, encounter orientation and the networking of concrete teaching and learning processes with the scientific level of reflection are central guiding aspects. The series is published at Kohlhammer publishing house.

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Forum for Sustainable Religious Education

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The Forum for Sustainable Religious Education focuses on the further development of sustainable approaches to (denominational) religious education. Since 2017, interreligious and intercultural perspectives have been at the centre of research and a broad-based discourse that takes academic and practical perspectives into account.

The forum is organised by Department of Islamic Theology and Religious Education (Faculty of Teacher Education) and Department of Practical Theology (Faculty of Catholic Theology) together with the Centre for Interreligious Studies (ZIRS) at Conference series on sustainable religious education. The conference now takes place every two years at the end of February. Further information on the series, a review of previous conferences and insights into the last conference can be found at here.

Selected individual publications (from 2020)

  • Bubenheim, Julia (2021): Jonah as a key to the Bible and the Koran. Intertextual reading in Catholic religious education. Stuttgart [and others]: Kohlhammer (Studies in interreligious religious education, vol. 6).
  • Peter, Karin/Stockinger, Helena (2021): A common space takes shape. In: KatBl 146/4, 276-279.
  • Tuna, Mehmet Hilmi/Juen, Maria (eds.) (2021): Practice for the future. Experiences, examples and models of co-operative religious education. Stuttgart [et al:] Kohlhammer (Studies in interreligious religious education, vol. 5).
  • Sejdini, Zekirija (2021): The Fundamentals of Christian-Islamic Dialogue from an Islamic Perspective. In: Aslan, E.; Hermansen, M. (eds.): Religious Diversity at School. Educating for New Pluralistic Contexts. Wiesbaden: Springer VS (= Wiener Beiträge zur Islamforschung), 141-149.

Ongoing dissertations

NameArbeitstitel
johannes BrunnerWeltanschaulich-religious positioning and conflicts in educational processes.
johannes HärtingContours of a religious education meme didactics for (inter-)religious learning processes in the school context.
Antigona ShabaniEducational challenges of Muslim pupils in the school environment. A qualitative study in Tyrolean secondary schools.

As part of the Centre's research work and collaborations, the Empirical Research Group Interreligious - Interdisciplinary was formed, which meets at regular intervals to interpret empirical material and discuss the research process. The group is based on the Innsbruck model of equal representation and is committed to a multi-perspective and diversity-sensitive working method. The aim is to promote the exchange of young scientists who deal with worldviews, religions and/or cultural diversity and/or the corresponding educational processes in their work.

If you are interested in an exchange and collaboration in the research group, we cordially invite you to contact us at zirs@uibk.ac.at.

Ongoing dissertations of the Empirical Research Group

NameArbeitstitel
Carsten BongersThe future of religious education in the field of tension between ethics and religious education.
johannes BrunnerWeltanschaulich-religious positioning and conflicts in educational processes.
Sissi MarchReligious diversity at schools in South Tyrol.
Julia EitzingerSupporting converts in Muslim communities in Austria.
Antigona ShabaniEducational challenges of Muslim pupils in the school environment. A qualitative study in Tyrolean secondary schools.

The project Interreligious Education as a Contribution to a Society Capable of Plurality is concerned with the development of evidence-based and multi-perspective interreligious religious education and religious didactics. The linking of intra- and interreligious perspectives and the "four-eyes" research principle are forward-looking methodological principles in the project. By collecting empirical data, the project aims to analyse and further develop interreligious teaching at universities, the supervision of school internships and the interreligious attitudes of teachers. The results are relevant far beyond the school context. They should contribute to greater plurality competence in education and society and thus promote peaceful coexistence.

    Project funding:

    • Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs
    • University of Innsbruck

    Project duration:

    • 2017-2019

    Project team:

    • Zekirija Sejdini (project leader)
    • Martina Kraml (project management)
    • Clemens Danzl
    • Julia Eitzinger
    • Aykut Gelengec
    • Hayriye Öztürk
    • Marion Prieler
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