Eckhardt Fuchs

Professor Dr. Eckhardt Fuchs serves as Director of the Leibniz Institute for Educational Media | Georg Eckert Institute since 2015. He holds a W3 Professorship in Historical and Comparative Educational Research at Technical University of Braunschweig since 2011, and previously served as deputy director (2009-2015) and research coordinator (2007) at the Georg Eckert Institute.

• Education: University of Leipzig (PhD 1992)
• Key Affiliations: Leibniz Institute, Technical University of Braunschweig, International Standing Conference for the History of Education (President 2012-2015)

Research Focus spans globalization of education, transnational textbook revision, educational policy analysis, and historiography. His work examines international organizations in education, European educational history, and the evolution of teaching materials.

• Recent Trends:
  • Transnational textbook analysis
  • Curriculum development
  • Postcolonial memory politics
  • Scientific cooperation history
  • History of educational media
  • Global educational governance

Leadership Roles include editorial board memberships (Comparativ, Paedagogica Historica) and organizing scientific conferences. Active in policy advisory through UNESCO collaborations and research projects.