Education for all

DIALOGUE cafés, workshops, publications

Education for all

DIALOGUE cafés, workshops, publications

INSPIRATIONS. ENCOUNTERS. ALTERNATIVES

weltgewandt realises civic and political education in Berlin and Europe. The offers are diverse: workshops, dialogue cafés, discussions, excursions, texts and online courses. weltgewandt stands for human rights, democracy, analysis and enlightenment, discussion culture, freedom of opinion, public spirit, joy and the art of living. The institute is not affiliated with any political party and is open to people of different lifestyles, cultures and perspectives. Guiding principle is the humanistic educational ideal of Wilhelm von Humboldt. Find out more and join us.

NEWS

Afghanistan

Undescribable_unknown: We “travel” to a country with an exciting history and rich culture. Wed, 10/12/25, 18 o’clock

Walls in the mind

Video by Musa Mowahid about our Bulgarian-German-French-Serbian workshop with performance and vernissage at the Centre Francais de Berlin

Global inequality

… and the survival of … the richest? An Oxfam report shows the global inequality and how the survival of all requires a radically different turn.

Deindustrialising?

Short article on the debate if Europe is currently deindustrialising as a consequence of politics in times of war and crisis.

PUBLICATIONS

LP FU Work

Learning platform on work and resilience

The current upheavals and crises are also changing the world of work. How? Which jobs are being cut and which are being created? Are working conditions changing? Courses in five languages on these and other questions.

Courses Ec

Courses on Economic Literacy

Knowledge of history opens the door to understanding. Courses in seven languages about events that still have an impact today and are sometimes controversial.

Knowledge of history opens the door to understanding. This is especially true of experiences of change and transformation. Courses in seven languages about events that still have an impact today and are sometimes controversial.

Money, debt, social inequality, growth, climate change, different economic schools, taxes and much more: courses in six languages to better understand what is happening. Including forum to join the discussion.

LP on Transf in the past

Learning platform on Transformations in the Past

Knowledge of history opens the door to understanding. Courses in seven languages about events that still have an impact today and are sometimes controversial.

Slide 3 MOOC CC

Online course on climate change and ecological questions

Articles on climate change controversies, green and social transformation, history of waste and recycling, natural disasters, water and other topics. Please click on "get started"

Articles on climate change controversies, green and social transformation, history of waste and recycling, natural disasters and their connection to global warming, water and other topics. Please click on "get started"

Treibhauseffekt CC 1

The greenhouse effect and the world of tomorrow

Author Karl-Martin Hentschel calls his introduction to the problem of global warming a "story of knowing and not wanting to know". He discusses the effects and ways to politically counteract them. An attempt to contribute to the objectification of the debate.

Kontroversen Klimapolitik

Controversies on climate policy

Climate change and climate protection policy are controversially discussed. Some believe that global warming has always existed. For others, the transition to a new economy cannot happen fast enough. Still others complain that the issue is being instrumentalised politically. The author Adi Golbach addresses the various arguments.

Klimaschutz - soz. Gerechtigkeit

Climate protection or social justice?

The author Karl-Martin Hentschel says: "People with low incomes are significantly more affected by climate change. They are also more affected by price increases of food, (...) electricity and heating and by other kinds of purchases that are influenced by climate policy. (...) Therefore, the Paris Agreement will only be successfully implemented if social justice is considered from the beginning.

Wiki dig

Wiki on Digitalisation

Articles on technological, social, and political dimensions of digitalization. In simple language.

Articles on technological, social, and political dimensions of digitalization.
Topics: History of digitalization, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Cybermobbing, Digitalisation and the public, Online-Collaboration, EU data protection rules. In simple language.

Digi and public

Digitisation and the public

With blogs, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and co., citizens can inform themselves directly about other citizens. This affects the power of interpretation of the traditional media. Against this backdrop, word creations like "fake news" on the one hand mark a state of affairs. On the other hand, they are themselves instruments in the struggle for interpretive sovereignty.

Big Data

Data in large quantities are considered the "oil" of the digital age. They are a central economic factor and growth engine. However, the masses of data also call for an "update" of Democracy: Who has access to data? How can this be democratically controlled and abuse of power through data prevented?

Slide Future 4.0

Future 4.0

The text includes a brief presentation of the History of Industry 1.0 – 4.0, summarises technological aspects of digitisation and addresses the impact on society. Ideas for democratic governance of change and the role that education could play in this are discussed.

Women and Robotics

Learn programming - Online-course Free of charge. Step by step create your own little robot: Five modules, with certificate after completion of the course.

Learn programming - Online-course Free. Module 1: What is a robot? History of robotics, robot ethics, Module 2: Basics of electricity and circuits, Module 3: other components of robotics, automatic control, programming, Module 4: Introduction to coding with Scratch, Module 5: Working with robotics kits and the coding Morse code.
With certificate after completing the course.

Slide PPP

Power. Peace. Poetry

Gender (in)justice in times of polarisation: Crises offer opportunities for more equality. Reflections and suggestions for educational work.

Gender (in)justice in times of polarisation: Crises offer opportunities for more equality. At the same time, they are breeding grounds for a return to traditional power distributions and anti-feminism. Either way, change creates insecurity. And how do women view it?

Slide No Revolution without Women

There is No Revolution to Make without Women

HERstory and and dynamics of the upheaval in 1989:
What role did women play in autumn '89? Materials on remembrance and the politics of remembrance.

HERstory and and dynamics of the upheaval in 1989: Why was it possible to end the seemingly immovable power of the GDR leadership so quickly? Was the GDR broke and insolvent? What role did women play in autumn '89?
Materials on remembrance and the politics of remembrance.

NVC

Non-violent communication

How can a connection between people be established that is authentic and also makes the feelings and needs of each one resonate? And what are the obstacles? A short introduction to NVC according to Marshall Rosenberg. His criticism of the education system is also discussed.

Slide Dare to a politics of detente

Dare a politics of detente

Recording of a discussion on the World Day of Peace in September 2019 about the relations of Germany or 'the West' and Russia. Both conversation partners, Dr Manfred Sapper and Ulrich Heyden, had warned against war despite their so different views.

PROJECTS

COSMO_POLIS

Workshops for citizens with a low income in a European country, methodological trainings of weltgewandt staff abroad.

‘Together, we are less alone.’

Forming communities – organising ourselves. Linked to innovation needs in adult education. Cooperation with an artist group in Marseille.

Erasmus

… and the humanist roots of Europe. The European education programme is named after Erasmus. But what do we know about him?

FLAIR

The CITY as a connection between society and community: Europe is inconceivable without its cities. Each has its own flair. Learners and adult educators in Berlin, Budapest, Florence and Skopje explore urban spaces, develop own city tours, create an exhibition and play theatre.

Walls in the mind

Differences between Eastern and Western European countries have been noticeable again. At the same time, a dialog within societies is becoming more difficult. Participants from Bulgaria, France, Serbia and Germany create a joint performance on these topics.

BYBLIOS

How can a (school) library be a place of work and learning as well as a community center for people with disabilities? Why are they so underestimated in Germany, even though they could be pioneers of inclusion? Six partners develop educational material for more social progress in that field.

Resilient Work

Development of a learning platform on work and resilience in the context of crises and upheavals with partners in five countries.

Moving memories

Development of a learning platform on transformations and upheavals in the history of six countries.

TALK WITHOUT SHOW

Public discussion events at irregular intervals on current social issues. Invited guests engage in debates with interested citizens.

DIALOGUE CAFÉ

Once a month: get to know people, laugh, talk freely in a friendly atmosphere. About your own questions, the neighborhood, the world. Open to everyone. Women and men.

ABOUT US

The weltgewandt (“open to the world”). Institute for Intercultural Political Education invites you to discover the world outside your door, next door and far away and to grow from it. weltgewandt offers learning. Not in the sense of education, but as an encouragement to think for oneself. Not as frontal teaching as often in school, but with creative methods. Information is nevertheless not neglected. The preferred topics are economy/social issues, digitalisation, culture of remembrance, integration. The focus is on diversity of perspectives and debate, empowerment, contact and encounter. The services offered by weltgewandt are aimed at people from all social and cultural backgrounds. We want to encourage people to discover their creative powers, to experience self-efficacy and to stand up for democracy, justice, freedom, tolerance and human rights. The projects are funded by the European Union, a foundation, donations from citizens and the state of Berlin.

TEAM

Sophia Bickhardt

Leiterin

Koordination der Bildungsprojekte, Trainings, Verfassen von Bildungsmaterialien

Sozialwissenschaftlerin (Diplom)

Gesa Schaffrath

Projektmitarbeiterin

Projektmanagement, Erstellung von Bildungsmaterialien, Öffentlichkeitsarbeit

Kultur- und Sozialwissenschaftlerin

Alisa Jachnowitsch

Projektmitarbeiterin

Trainings, europäische Kooperationen, Schwerpunkt interkulturelle Bildungsarbeit

Doktorandin der Kulturwissenschaft

Peter Zaunigk

Projektmitarbeiter

Beratung, Projekte zu Digitalisierung und ökonomischer Allgemeinbildung

Kaufmann für Bürokommunikation; Entwickler von Bildungsmaterialien

Beate Rohmich

Trainerin

Trainings, Beratung europäische Projekte zu Migration und Integration

Betriebswirtin, Einzel-Coaching von Migrant/innen

Ulrich Balling

Projektmitarbeiter

Projektmanagement ökonomische Allgemeinbildung, Digitalisierung, Erinnerungskultur

Studium der Linguistik und Informatik