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Zeitschrift für Bildungsforschung - About the Society

The Austrian Society for Research and Development in Education (ÖFEB) is a non-partisan, supra-regional & non-profit association that addresses all researchers, teachers and developers in education. It has been founded in 2000. Its name signifies a broader understanding of educational research by including educational researchers with a disciplinary background in sociology, psychology, economics, history and others. The connection to “research and development” also builds bridges to applied research and research-led development. Over 500 members (2017) are organised in several sections: 

  • Vocational and adult education
  • Elementary education
  • Empirical pedagogical research
  • Teacher education and teacher education research
  • Media education
  • School research and school development
  • Social pedagogy


The goals of the ÖFEB are:

  • To promote educational research, development and teaching in Austria and to advance a humane and democratic education system through quality research and teaching.
  • To cooperate with researchers and practitioners in educational research and development in Austria across different disciplines, research methodological approaches and institutions
  • To increase the quantity and quality of educational research and development
  • To promote early career researchers in educational research in the permanent working group “Emerging Researchers”
  • To promote the cooperation between educational research, educational practice, educational administration and educational policy
  • To cooperate with policy makers and research funders
  • To represent the interests of educational researchers vis-à-vis educational policy makers, educational administrators and research funders
  • To disseminate the results of educational research
  • To increase public information about the methods and results of educational research
  • To stimulate the exchange with international educational researchers


The ÖFEB offers its members:

  • the organisation of national and international conferences, seminars and lectures
  • the promotion of specialised publications, e.g. through the book series of the ÖFEB
  • the publication of the Zeitschrift für Bildungsforschung/Journal of Educational Research (ZBF), which all members of the ÖFEB receive
  • free access to the European Educational Research Journal (EERJ)
  • discounted journal subscriptions for members
  • initiatives of continuing education and promotion of early career researchers
  • the promotion of female researchers in education
  • statements on issues of educational policy, educational practice and research funding
  • the development and promotion of standards for educational research and development
  • platform for project placement and networking opportunities

Please visit the ÖFEB website (this opens in a new tab) or the Twitter channel (this opens in a new tab).

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