Britta Breser, Professorship for Democracy Education

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"In the public perception, democracy is associated with expectations and hopes for a good life. More and more frequently, however, democracies find themselves in multiple crises. Democracy must be thought of as an object of conflict. What potential do crisis-ridden processes hold for the formation of democracy? I am particularly interested in transnational perspectives in a European or global context, in political education research in the context of diversity and heterogeneity and in questions raised by political communication for democracy education." (Britta Breser)

Research areas:

* Political Education Research & Diversity
* Citizenship Education in a global and European context
* Transnational Democracy & European Union
* Political communication & media literacy
* Controversy and heterogeneity in political didactics

Curriculum Vitae:

Doctoral studies in political science, Andrássy University Budapest
Teacher training program in History, Social Studies and Political Education & Religious Education, Karl-Franzens-University Graz
Master in European Studies, Danube University Krems
Media Studies University Course, University of Graz
2010 Stagiaire, European Commission/Directorate General Communication, Brussels
2010-2013 Research Associate, Austrian Society for European Politics, Vienna
2013-2023 Professor of Political Education and Political Didactics, Private University of Teacher Education (PPH Augustinum), Graz
2014 International teaching stay, University of Tartu (Estonia)
2015-2019 Lecturer in political education, University College of Teacher Education Styria, Graz
2016-2018 Head of the Regional Didactics Center for History and Civic Education (RFDZ), Graz
since 2015 Lecturer and lecturer for political education and political didactics at the Institute of History/Department of History Didactics, Karl-Franzens-University Graz
2017 international teaching stay, Artesis Hogeschool Antwerp (Belgium)
2018 Research stay, Swiss European Mobility Program at the University of Teacher Education PH Bern (Switzerland)
2019 Research stay, University of British Columbia, University of Calgary, University of Alberta (Canada)
2022 Research stay, Gordon College for Teachers' Education Haifa & Tel Aviv University (Israel)
2023 Research stay, Nord Universitet Levanger (Norway)
since April 2023 Professorship for Democracy Education at the Center for Teacher Education, University of Vienna