Research

How do young people envision their future? The answers to this question vary greatly: while many young climate activists emphasise the urgency of the climate crisis and fight for change, other young people feel largely unaffected by this debate. Their perspectives on the future often go unnoticed, even though we are all affected by the consequences of climate change.

This individual project focuses on the role of community in art education theory, school practice and education policy, and is being carried out in collaboration with partners from the universities of Cologne, Siegen, London, Winneba and the Exploring Visual Cultures network (EVC).

Great success for the Mozarteum University: The FWF (Austrian Science Fund) is funding the project ‘Aesthetic judgement in community’ by Iris Laner with 485,430 euros. The individual project is dedicated to the role of the community in art education theory, school practice and education policy and is being carried out in collaboration with partners from the universities in Cologne, Siegen, London and Pretoria.