Leonhard, Silke
Silke Leonhard is Rector of the Loccum Institute of Religious Education and Privatdozentin in Practical Theology/Religious Education at the Department of Protestant Theology, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Germany. She did her PhD at Leibniz University, Hannover, in 2005. Her research focuses on phenomenology, RE teachers’ professionalism, theories of RE, and performative didactics.
Leonhard, Silke
Silke Leonhard is Rector of the Loccum Institute of Religious Education and Privatdozentin in Practical Theology/Religious Education at the Department of Protestant Theology, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Germany. She did her PhD at Leibniz University, Hannover, in 2005. Her research focuses on phenomenology, RE teachers’ professionalism, theories of RE, and performative didactics.
Gustavsson, Caroline
Caroline Gustavsson, Associate Professor, Stockholm University, Sweden
Bakker, Cok
Cok Bakker is Professor of Religious and Worldview Education at the Faculty of Humanities of Utrecht University and Professor of ‘Normative Professionalization’ at the HU University of Applied Sciences at Utrecht. He is co-editor of the bookseries Religious Diversity and Education in Europe and senior Educational Consultant.
Miedema, Siebren
Siebren Miedema is Professor em. in Religious Education in the Faculty of Theology (Department Beliefs and Practices) and Professor Emeritus in Educational Foundations in the Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences (Department of Pedagogy), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Ipgrave, Julia
Julia Ipgrave is Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Humanities, University of Roehampton, London. She is lead investigator for the London strand of the Religion and Dialogue in Modern Society research project (World Academy of Religions,
University of Hamburg).
ter Avest, Ina
Ina ter Avest is em. Professor ‘Education and Philosophy of Life’ at the Holland University of Applied Sciences, and former senior lecturer and researcher Pedagogy of Religious Education at the VU University in Amsterdam. She has a private coaching & consultancy practice, with a focus on existential questions and (personal and organisational) identity development.
Bakker, Cok
Cok Bakker is Professor of Religious and Worldview Education at the Faculty of Humanities of Utrecht University and Professor of ‘Normative Professionalization’ at the HU University of Applied Sciences at Utrecht. He is co-editor of the bookseries Religious Diversity and Education in Europe and senior Educational Consultant.
Fuglseth, Kåre S.
Kåre S. Fuglseth is Professor in educational theory at the Faculty of Teacher Education, Nord University in Bodø, Norway. His research is mainly focused on religious education, but has also published Biblical studies and studies on Philo of Alexandria.
Schreiner, Peter
Dr. Peter Schreiner was director of the Comenius-Institut, Protestant Centre for Research and Development of Education, Münster. His main research interests are education philosophy and the concept of “Bildung”, comparative religious education, intercultural and interreligious learning.
Sporre, Karin
Karin Sporre is Professor in Educational Work at Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden. At the Department of Applied Educational Science she leads the research group RECEUM, Research in Early Childhood Education, Umeå University. Her own research is in the fields of gender, religion, ethics, and existential issues of children. 2015–2018 she is a partner in the research project “What may be learnt in ethics?”, EthiCo.
Schreiner, Peter
Dr. Peter Schreiner was director of the Comenius-Institut, Protestant Centre for Research and Development of Education, Münster. His main research interests are education philosophy and the concept of “Bildung”, comparative religious education, intercultural and interreligious learning.
Schihalejev, Olga
Dr. Olga Schihalejev is a researcher and a lecturer in the Faculty of Theology at Tartu University, Estonia. She has worked as a teacher of religious education and has written teaching-learning resources for students in Estonia. She is a board member of the Estonian RE Teachers' Association, actively involved in improving the national syllabus for RE and organising annual conferences for RE teachers in Estonia. She worked on the EC Framework 6 project REDCo (Religion in Education. A contribution to dialogue or a factor of conflict in transforming societies of European Countries). Within the REDCo Project her research was on how religion is perceived by young people in a secular context. Additionally she is interested in the perception of religion and tolerance by different ethnic groups in Estonia. Her current research interest is the study of the competences young teachers of different subjects have for implemeting values education.
Ipgrave, Julia
Julia Ipgrave is Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Humanities, University of Roehampton, London. She is lead investigator for the London strand of the Religion and Dialogue in Modern Society research project (World Academy of Religions,
University of Hamburg).
Lilja, Annika
Annika Lilja, Senior Lecturer, University of Gothenburgh, Sweden
Gennerich, Carsten
Carsten Gennerich, geb. 1969; studierte Evangelische Theologie und Psychologie in Göttingen. Promotion in Göttingen über das Vertrauen zum Pfarrer und Habilitation an der Universität Bielefeld mit der Arbeit „Empirische Dogmatik des Jugendalters“. Er ist Professor für Religions- und Gemeindepädagogik an der Ev. Hochschule Darmstadt und Mitglied der GwR (Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche Religionspädagogik) und ISREV (International Seminar on Religious Education and Values). Sein Forschungsschwerpunkt ist die Religiösität Jugendlicher.
ter Avest, Ina
Ina ter Avest is em. Professor ‘Education and Philosophy of Life’ at the Holland University of Applied Sciences, and former senior lecturer and researcher Pedagogy of Religious Education at the VU University in Amsterdam. She has a private coaching & consultancy practice, with a focus on existential questions and (personal and organisational) identity development.
Franck, Olof
Olof Franck, Associate Professor, University of Gothenburgh, Sweden
van der Zande, Edwin
Edwin van der Zande is teacher educator at the HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, the Netherlands. He is a PhD candidate at Utrecht University and a member of the research group ‘Normative Professionalisation’. His research project concerns the meaning of a personal worldview orientation regarding normative professionalisation.
Skeie, Geir
Geir Skeie is Professor in Religious Education at University of Stavanger and guest professor at Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU, Trondheim. His research includes both empirical and theoretical contributions with a particular interest in the challenges and possibilities for religious education raised by a diverse socio-cultural context. In recent years, he has also written about the relationship between religious education and other school subjects. He has had a leading role in several national and international research projects, mainly investigating religion and education.
Osbeck, Christina
Christina Osbeck is Associate Professor in Religious Studies and Senior Lecturer in Social Studies Education as well as Deputy Head of the Department of Pedagogical, Curricular and Professional Studies, Gothenburg University, Sweden. Her research 2015–2018 mainly focused on the project “What may be learnt in ethics? Varieties of conceptions of ethical competence to be taught in compulsory school”, EthiCo, of which she is the Principal Investigator.
