How Can Teacher Education Be Sensitive to Racism? Insights into the Findings of a Racism-Theoretical Study

30 March 2026  | 5:00–8:00 p.m. | FAKTory Universitätsstraße 9, 1010 Vienna 

Based on the research project of the BMFTR junior research group “Conditions for Successful Teacher Education Sensitive to Racism,” current findings will be presented that focus on the relationship between professionalization, racism, and fear. In light of the experiences of prospective teachers, it becomes clear that fear is not an individual phenomenon; rather, it provides insight into the migration-society conditions within teacher education.

In a conversation with Natascha Khakpour, we will discuss how racism becomes a topic in teacher education and what traces it leaves in bodies, self-images, and the professionalization process. Together, we will explore what impulses a racism-critical perspective on professionalization in teacher education can open up.

You can look forward to the presentation of key findings and open research questions, followed by a joint discussion. Afterwards, we invite you to bread and wine.

You are warmly invited and can register here!

A joint event with the University of Teacher Education Vienna in cooperation with Bielefeld University.

Contributors:

• Host: Natascha Khakpour
  University of Teacher Education Vienna, Urban Diversity Education\
• Discussants: Jaël In 't Veld, Vanessa Ohm, Roya Saadati Fashtomi, Katharina Schitow, and Saphira Shure
  Bielefeld University, BMFTR junior research group Conditions for Successful Teacher Education Sensitive to Racism (GraL)