Researching Schools

Bridging Research and Practice at Laboratory and University Schools
8 – 9 September 2022, Bielefeld (Germany)

In recent years, new laboratory and university schools have been founded throughout Europe. Despite their diversity, these schools have one thing in common: They all strive to connect research and practice to not only research school practice, but also to create researching schools.

The Researching Schools conference will be a forum for educators working at and researchers interested in laboratory and university schools from all over the world to share and discuss their work.

Time and venue

September 8th 2022 2 pm – September 9th 2022 at 5 pm

The conference will be held at two of Europe’s oldest laboratory and university schools: Laborschule Bielefeld and Oberstufen-Kolleg Bielefeld (Germany).

Dame Alison Peacock from The Chartered College of Teaching in London/UK will hold the keynote to initiate the conference theme “Bridging Research and Practise”

Other confirmed speakers will be:

  • James Biddulph (Headteacher of The University of Cambridge Primary School, United Kingdom)
  • Jana Chocholatá (Assistant professor at Masaryk University, Czech Republic)
  • Pascale Haag (Founder of the Lab School Network and Lab School Paris, France)
  • Richard Messina (Principal at Dr Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study Lab School at the University of Toronto, Canada)
  • Elizabeth Morley (Chair of the International Committee of the International Association of Laboratory Schools IALS, Canada)
  • Annette Textor (Head of Laborschule Bielefeld’s Research Unit, Germany)
  • Monika Votava Mandelícková (Teacher and School Deputy at Labyrinth, laboratorní škola Brno, Czech Republic)
The Researching Schools conference is kindly funded by the European Commission.

The Researching Schools conference is a collaboration with:

If you have any questions, please send us an email: labschoolseurope@uni-bielefeld.de

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