2026 annual conference of the Swiss Society for Research in Education (SSRE) and the Swiss Society for Teacher Education (SGL)

Keynotes

Sabine Doff

Sabine Doff is Professor of Foreign Language Education (English), Academic Director of the doctoral programme «Die DUALE PROMOTION», and Dean of the Faculty of Linguistics and Literary Studies at the University of Bremen. Her professional focus is on what already works in schools, notably through her participation as a member of the jury for the German School Award (Deutscher Schulpreis). For the past two years, she has been working in close collaboration with schools in Bremen within the framework of the project «UNLOCK THE FUTURE», addressing issues of educational equity through a participatory approach that integrates artificial intelligence. The results achieved to date have been analysed and disseminated both scientifically and through artistic and creative means by an interdisciplinary project team, in particular through the travelling exhibition of the same name, accompanied by a digital programme.

Rose Luckin

Rose Luckin is an internationally respected academic and influential communicator across multiple stakeholders about the future of education and technology, particularly Artificial Intelligence (AI). With over 30 years of experience, she is a recognised expert on AI in education, serving as an advisor to policymakers, governments, and industry globally.
Professor Emerita at University College London and Founder and CEO of Educate Ventures Research Limited (EVR), a company that provides thought leaderships, training and consultancy to the education sector to help them leverage AI ethically and eLectively. Throughout her career, Rose has held key leadership roles in academia, including serving
on the Director's Strategy Group at the UCL Institute of Education from 2011-2015 and as Pro-Vice-Chancellor, University of Sussex, Director of Undergraduate Studies for Science and Technology, and Co-Founding Director of the Human Centred Technology research group all at the University of Sussex.

In recognition of her contributions, Rose was honoured with the Bett Outstanding Achievement Award in 2025, as a Leading Woman in AI EDU at the ASU-GSV AIR Show in 2024 and she received the 2023 ISTE Impact Award, becoming the first person outside North America to receive their top honour. She was also awarded the International Francqui Chair in 2018 by the Francqui Foundation in Belgium, named one of the 20 most
influential people in education in the 2017 Seldon List and one of the 50 most influential women in UK tech by Computer Weekly in 2024.

A prolific author, Rose has published extensively in academic journals, books, and conference proceedings. Her 2018 book, "Machine Learning and Human Intelligence: The Future of Education for the 21st Century," available in English and Mandarin, describes how AI can be eLectively used to support teaching and learning. Her most recent book, "AI
for Schoolteachers," published in 2022, is an essential and accessible guide to AI for anyone involved in education.

As a highly sought-after speaker, Rose regularly delivers keynotes and public lectures across the globe on AI, ethics, and the future of education. She engages with the public through a monthly column in the Times Educational Supplement and op-eds in the Financial Times, Guardian, and China Daily. Rose has also appeared on various media outlets, including BBC Radio 4, ITV News, and CNBC.

In addition to her academic and entrepreneurial roles, Rose serves as an advisor to Cambridge University Press and Assessment and is co-founder of the Institute for Ethical AI in Education. She is also President of The Self-Managed Learning Centre in Brighton and sits on a range of advisory boards within the education and training sector, including membership of the UK Department for Education Science Advisory Council. Rose holds a PhD in Cognitive and Computing Sciences and a First Class Bachelor's
degree in AI and Computer Science, both from the University of Sussex. Prior to her academic career, she achieved Associateship of the Chartered Institute of Bankers.
 

Gert Biesta

Gert Biesta is Emeritus Professor of Public Education at Maynooth University, Ireland, and Professor II in the Department of Pedagogy, Religion and Social Studies, at the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway. He is an appointed member of the Education Council of the Netherlands, the advisory body of the Dutch government and parliament and is involved as an expert in the development of the Council of Europe’s European Space for Citizenship Education. He writes about educational theory and policy, with a particular interest in teachers, teaching, teacher education, curriculum, citizenship education, arts education and religious education. To his surprise, his work has been translated in more than 20 languages. His latest monograph, World-Centred Education: A View for the Present was published in 2022 by Routledge. In 2026 he will publish Religious Education for Everyone (co-authored with Patricia Hannam), Indirect Education: A Guide for Teachers (co-authored with Herner Saeverot and John Baldacchino) and a single-authored book called Teaching in Bloomsbury’s Philosophical Ideas in Practice series.

• Gert Biesta

Raphael Berthelé

Raphael Berthelé is Professor in multilingualism at the University of Fribourg. He studied and worked at the Universities of Fribourg, Tübingen, Berkeley, and Berne.
He co-founded the Fribourg Institute of Multilingualism in 2008. Currently he directs the MA programmes in Multilingualism studies and in foreign language pedagogy.
His research interests cover different areas from cognitive to social aspects of multilingualism. In the course of the last years he has focused on the empirical investigation of language-specific, general cognitive, affective, and social predispositions to using and learning additional languages in young and adult learners. His research consists of multi-variable investigations of different samples of learners, both cross-sectionally and longitudinally.