Florian Brustkern

Florian Brustkern is a part-time Research Associate at the Chair of Religious Education and Didactics of Religious Instruction within the Institute of Catholic Theology at Otto-Friedrich University of Bamberg, concurrently serving as a secondary school teacher. His academic journey includes:

• Teaching degrees in Catholic Religious Education/Physical Education from Bamberg, Erlangen-Nuremberg, and Norwegian institutions
• State examinations (2015, 2024) and Institute Prize for outstanding thesis (2015)
• Professional transitions: Research Assistant (2015-2022) → Student Teacher (2022-2024) → Current dual position

His research examines:

• Experiential learning in religious contexts
• Digital pedagogy for religious education
• Textbook/content analysis methodologies
• Visual interpretation in teaching

Recent publications explore truth in religious textbooks (2021), digitality as educational context (2021), and image hermeneutics (2021). He received the 2015 Institute Prize for academic excellence and maintains memberships in professional organizations including EARLI and AKRK. Currently developing a dissertation on experiential religious education while supervising teacher training initiatives.