5th Cultural Diversity, Migration, and Education Conference

August 19 – 21, 2025

Potsdam, Germany

CDME Conference Program

Tuesday

August 19th

Wednesday

August 20th

Thursday

August 21st

Tuesday, August 19th

08:30 – 18:00

Foyer II, 0.61

Registration

9:00 – 12:00

Rooms 0.58 / 0.56

Pre-conference workshops

Workshop 1 by Gretchen Brion-Meisels

Workshop 2 by Ursula Moffitt

13:15 – 13:30

Room 1.45, Audiomax

Welcome

Linda Juang, Maja Schachner & Barbara Höhle (Vice President of Research, University of Potsdam)

13:30 – 14:30

Room 1.45, Audiomax

Keynote

Resilience Over and Under the Skin: How Racial/Ethnic Socialization Takes Root and Strength Emerges in Adolescents of Color

Juan Del Toro

14:30 – 15:00

Room 1.45

Tea Time with Juan Del Toro

Host: Beyhan Ertanir

15:00 – 15:30

Foyer I, 0.60

Coffee Break

15:30 – 16:45

Spotlight Topic

Teacher Training for Complex and Diverse Societies: Transnational Perspectives

Adriana Umaña-Taylor, Moritz Borchardt, Jürgen Budde
Moderator: Sharleen Pevec-Zimmer

Room 1.45

Symposium I

(Anti-)Blackness in Europe: Psychological
and Educational Processes

Chair: Tuğçe Aral

Room 0.58

16:45 – 17:00

Break

17:00 – 18:15

Symposium 2

Social Environments of Resistance and Reflection: Developing Critical Consciousness Across Diverse Sociopolitical Landscapes

Chairs: Oktay Balci & Miriam Schwarzenthal

Room 0.58

Paper Session 1

Refugee Mobility, Aspirations and Educational Pathways

Chair: Guðbjörg Ottósdóttir

Room 0.56

Paper Session 2

Challenging Dominant Narratives and Racialized Structures in Education

Chair: Ann Kim

Room 0.59

18:15 – 20:00

Neues Palais (Outside Haus 8)

Welcome Reception at Neues Palais

Wednesday, August 20th

8:30 – 9:00

Foyer I, 0.60

Wake-up Snack

9:00 – 10:00

Room 1.45, Audiomax

Keynote

Contested Solidarities: Antisemitism, Anti-Muslim Racism and the Struggle over Public Narratives in Germany after October 7

Meron Mendel & Saba-Nur Cheema

10:00 – 10:30

Room 1.45

Tea Time with Meron Mendel & Saba-Nur Cheema

Host: Jannis Niedick

10:30 – 10:45

Break

10:45 – 12:00

Symposium 3

Diversity Climate, Diversity Perspectives, and Exclusion Experiences: How Classrooms and Schools Shape Minority and Majority Students’ Adjustment

Chair: Jana Vietze

Room 0.58

Paper Session 3

Education in the Context of Racism

Chair: Carolina Gonçalves

Room 0.59

Paper Session 4

Educational Systems and Policy Responses Addressing Diversity and Migration

Chair: Kristina Kocyba

Room 0.56

12:00 – 13:00

Canteen / Mensa

Lunch Break

13:00 – 14:00

Upper Canteen / Mensa

Poster Session

14:00 – 14:15

Canteen / Mensa

Break

14:15 – 15:30

Spotlight Topic

Research for Change: Creating more Equitable Educational Experiences For Youth

Jozefien de Leersnyder, Iniobong Essien, Nasanin Montazeri
Moderator: Linda Juang


Room 1.45

Symposium 4

Children as Citizens: Participatory Practices for Democracy and Well-Being

Chair: Emma Carey Brummer
Discussant : Noel Clycq


Room 0.58

Symposium 5

Cultural Diversity Climate in Schools: Associations with Intergroup, Developmental, Academic, and Socioemotional Outcomes

Chairs: Savaş Karataş & Danila Tran Thuy Duong


Room 0.59

15:30 – 16:00

Foyer I, 0.60

Coffee Break

16:00 – 17:30

Speed Mentoring with Experts

Experts: Richard Lee, Gretchen Brion-Meisels, Juan Del Toro & TBA
Moderator: Oktay Balci


Room 0.64

Symposium 6

Creating Sustainable Collective Action Against Social Injustices: Evidence from Science-Based Interventions

Chair: Larisa Buhin-Krenek

Room 0.58

Paper Session 5

Identities, Belonging, and Autonomy within the Context of Migration

Chair: Arpana G. Inman

Room 0.59

19:00 – 22:00

El Puerto Restaurant,
Potsdam Harbour

Conference Dinner

Thursday, August 21st

9:00 – 10:00

Room 1.45, Audiomax

Keynote

Contested Diversity: Assessing Support for an Open, Inclusive Society

Karen Schönwälder

10:00 – 10:30

Room 1.45

Tea Time with Karen Schönwälder

Host: Haliemah Mocevic

10:30 – 10:45

Break

10:45 – 12:00

Symposium 7

Diversity Climate and Student Outcomes in German University Settings

Chair: Carolin Hagelskamp

Room 0.58

Paper Session 6

From Teacher Practices and Professional
Development to Supporting Students with and without Refugee Background

Chair: Friedrich Linderkamp

Room 0.56

Symposium 8

Educational Inequity Revisited: How Navigating Multiple Cultural Systems and Identities at School is Associated with Educational Outcomes

Chair and Discussant: Anna Schouten

Room 0.59

12:00 – 13:00

Lunch Break (Canteen/Mensa)

13:00 – 14:15

Paper Session 7

Youth Participation and Voice in Research

Room 0.58

Symposium 9

How Do Future Teachers in Germany See Inequality? Attribution Bias, Stereotypes, and Microaggressions Toward Minoritized Students

Chair: Yağmur Güleç
Discussant: Jozefien De Leersnyder

Room 0.59

Paper Session 8

Measurements for Multicultural Contexts and Competencies

Room 0.64

Planting the Seed: Applying for Seed Grants and Networking for Postdocs and Jr. Profs

Educational Inequity Revisited: How Navigating Multiple Cultural Systems and Identities at School is Associated with Educational Outcomes

Karen Phalet, Orhan Agirdag
Moderator: Tuğçe Aral

Room 0.56

14:15 – 14:45

Foyer 1, 0.60

Coffee Break

14:45 – 16:00

Spotlight Topic

Search, (En)joy & Other Ones: Innovations in Science Communication

Richard Lee, Dounia Bourabain, Jana Vietze
Moderator: Mehmet Day

Room 1.45, Audiomax

Paper Session 9

Increasing Engagement, Reducing Inequalities in School

Chair: Andrea Haenni Hoti
Room 0.58

Symposium 10

Racism and Discrimination in Education: Critical Reflections on Teachers’ Practices

Chair: Francesca Ialuna
Discussant: Sauro Civitillo

Room 0.59

16:00 – 16:20

Room 1.45, Audiomax

Best Posters Awards and Closing

17:30 – 19:30

Walking Tour in Berlin, organized by Zhihao Zhong