Publications

This publication offers a checklist for the participatory designing of educational formats. Based on experiences gathered in the network of Understanding Europe, the authors discuss the concept of focus groups.

In 2020, our annual publication takes a look at diversity-sensitive educational processes from different perspectives. Contributors are Prof. Dr. Karim Fereidooni, Prof. Dr. Claudia Lenz and Maja Bogojević.

This year's publication is entitled “Going digital together: pathways to inclusive citizenship education online”. Next to contributions from education experts on fake news and digital inclusion, some of our network members report on their experiences with digital peer education.

The climate crisis terrifies young people all over Europe. The 2022 Educational Briefing explores how citizenship education can tackle this major challenge of our times – featuring practical suggestions by academics, activists and network members.

This publication explores the concept of resilience as a means for young people to deal with today's multiple crises – featuring practical suggestions by a psychologist, educational scientist and network members.

This German publication includes contributions form a variety of educational actors and was published by the association „Gegen Vergessen – Für Demokratie“. It sheds light on the crucial importance of Peer Education for promoting social diversity and democracy.

In this publication, Prof. Dr. Karim Fereidooni gives an introduction to racism-critical education and illustrates, using two examples from the classroom, why it is so important.

Perceptions and ideas around Europe can be very different within Understanding Europe network members. This report explores stories, concerns, suggestions and visions of Europe from thirteen young volunteers active in the network.

This publication of the DARE BLUE LINES series offers recommendations on how to promote competences for democratic cultures in the non-formal educational setcor. It includes contributions by our team members Thimo Nieselt and Laura Meijer.

On the occasion of our ten-year anniversary, we are happy to give insights into the knowledge gained during the last decade and provide consequent approaches to diversity-oriented Peer Edcuation.

Compiled into a publication, Understanding Europe's Peer Educators have created 22 Photovoices. Consisting of an image and a text fragment, they were created at the European Summer School last August.