Prof. Dr. Jörg Ramseger

With the legal right to all-day support in primary schools, Germany is facing a significant challenge: How can schools be designed to meet the needs of children and at the same time meet the increased demands of all-day education? Prof. Dr. Jörg Ramseger, professor emeritus at the Free University of Berlin and one of the most experienced experts in school development and educational research in Germany, provides answers to this question.

Successful examples and practice-oriented insights

Prof. Dr. Jörg Ramseger has decades of experience in school development. After training to become a primary and secondary school teacher, he completed a degree in education, psychology and sociology. He worked for several years as a teacher at the Wartburg primary school in Münster, the first all-day primary school in North Rhine-Westphalia, and played a key role in shaping its award-winning educational concept.

From 2004 to 2016, Prof. Dr. Ramseger was Professor of School Pedagogy with a focus on primary schools at the Free University of Berlin and Head of the Department of Educational Research for Primary Schools. His main areas of work include educational theory, science teaching and school architecture. As co-author of the Berlin educational program for the open all-day primary school and member of the State Advisory Board for School Construction, he brings extensive expertise to the planning of modern school buildings. He supports municipalities throughout Germany in all planning phases, from concept development to implementation testing, and regularly serves as an expert assessor on competition juries.

In 2014, he was awarded the Erwin Schwartz Primary School Prize for his entire scientific work.

On April 15 and 16, 2025, Prof. Dr. Ramseger will speak at SCHULBAU Leipzig about how schools can be designed to be multifunctional in order to take the needs of children, teachers and the neighborhood into account equally. A special focus is on the use of school buildings as neighborhood centers that offer flexible learning, leisure and meeting spaces.

A look into the future of educational construction

With his many years of experience and in-depth knowledge of the German educational landscape, Prof. Dr. Ramseger will present concrete examples of successful school buildings and show how sustainable architecture and well-thought-out spatial concepts contribute to a holistic educational experience. Leipzig, which plans to build around 30 new schools by 2030 through new construction and reactivation, is the perfect venue to discuss these forward-looking ideas.

Event notice: SCHULBAU Leipzig 2025

SCHULBAU Leipzig will take place on April 15 and 16, 2025 in the Alte Wollkämmerei. Under the motto “Multifunctionality and Multiple Use”, the focus is on the sustainable design of schools and open spaces. Take the opportunity to learn from Prof. Dr. Ramseger and other experts and be inspired by best practice examples.