Floreal Raul Keller

Floreal Raul Keller serves as a Researcher at Chemnitz University of Technology within the Faculty of Philosophy, specifically in the Institute for Pedagogy's General Educational Science department. Since June 2025, he has worked as a scientific assistant on subproject 3 of the ImmEr research initiative focused on 'Integration through education for immigrant and refugee youth in childcare support,' funded by BMFTR/ESF+.

His academic foundation includes a Master's degree in 'Culture and Religion' and a Bachelor's degree in 'Regional Studies Asia/Africa,' both completed at Humboldt University of Berlin. Keller previously held research positions at the Junior Professorship of Intercultural Education (October 2024-May 2025) and completed a traineeship in Protestant Religious Education (February 2021-June 2024) with the Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia.

Keller's research examines the intersection of religious understanding and educational approaches for immigrant and refugee youth, utilizing global religious history as a methodological framework. His work addresses how researchers' and subjects' religious perspectives influence migration studies in educational contexts, with particular attention to methodological considerations in cross-cultural research.

Professional Affiliations:

• German Association for Religious Studies (Deutsche Vereinigung für Religionswissenschaft)

Research Contributions:

• Presented 'Global religious history as an impetus for educational migration research on the understanding of religion by researchers and those being researched' at the Commission on Education and Training in a Migration Society (KEBiM) conference at TU Berlin
• Conducted teaching on World Religions and Religion at the Center for Teacher Education, focusing on philosophical approaches with children