DeZIM_talk: What daycare centers do children need now and in the future?

A DeZIM dialog with experts from politics, science and practice

DeZIM_talk: “What daycare centers do children need now and in the future?” 

February 13, 2025 | 18:00-19:30 | DeZIM Saal 
Mauerstraße 76, 10117 Berlin 

We cordially invite you to our evening event "Which daycare centers do children need now and in the future?". The event will take place on 13.02.2025 from 18:00 to 19:30 followed by a get-together at the German Center for Integration and Migration Research (DeZIM). The aim is to discuss the current and future needs of childcare facilities in the context of post-migrant societies and structural challenges.

In times of a shortage of skilled workers, increasing expectations of the educational mission of daycare centers and changing social requirements, early childhood education systems are facing significant challenges. Topics such as the professionalization of daycare staff, discrimination against certain groups, access barriers and segregation processes require intensive discussion and innovative solutions.

In view of the upcoming federal elections, it is clear that the concerns of children, and in particular their rights, are hardly being taken into account in party political programs. As a result, the comprehensive importance of daycare centers for society as a whole is being overlooked. Against this backdrop, we would like to invite you to a specialist political exchange in order to point out the great need for action that currently exists in the upbringing, education and care of children.

We are inviting experts from politics, science and practice to this important dialog. Together, we would like to discuss short and medium-term options for strengthening daycare centers and how these can be implemented.

 

Program

Welcome: Dr. Seyran Bostancı (DeZIM Institute, "Netzwerk Gemeinsamer Diskriminierungsabbau in der frühkindlichen Bildung GeDAB")

Panel discussion:

Moderation: Dr. Nkechi Madubuko (Researcher at the Racism Research Unit, University of Marburg)

We look forward to a stimulating exchange with you and to jointly exploring ways of doing justice to childcare facilities.

The event is being organized in cooperation with the German League for the Child, the Bertelsmann Foundation and theAuridis Foundationorganized.

Our guests:

Kathrin Bock-Famulla
Kathrin Bock-Famulla is a senior expert at the Bertelsmann Stiftung and heads the Early Childhood Education department. Her work focuses on the governance of early childhood education systems, quality development in daycare centres and professionalization strategies for daycare staff.
Bastian Walther
Bastian Walther is a research associate at the DESI - Institute for Democratic Development and Social Integration, as well as a guest lecturer for the "Education in Childhood" professorship at the Alice Salomon University of Applied Sciences in Berlin. His research interests include children's perspectives on quality in childcare facilities.
Zipper
Sonja Zipper is a specialist for daycare centers at the Caritas Association for the Archdiocese of Berlin. She is also an educator, specialist and practical consultant and systemic consultant.
Rahel Dreyer
Prof. Dr. Rahel Dreyer ist Professorin für Pädagogik und Entwicklungspsychologie der ersten Lebensjahre an der Alice Salomon Hochschule Berlin, lehrt und forscht im Bereich Beobachtung und Förderung kindlichen Wohlbefindens, Entwicklung und Bildung im frühen Kindesalter, Zusammenarbeit mit Familien, Professionalisierung kindheitspädagogischer Fachkräfte sowie Frühpädagogik im internationalen Vergleich.
Dr. Nkechi Madubuko
Dr. Nkechi Madubuko arbeitet seit 30 Jahren im Feld der Antidiskriminierung als Referentin, Diversity-Trainerin, Wissenschaftlerin und Moderatorin. Neben ihrer Tätigkeit in der Rassismusforschungsstelle der Universität Marburg liegen ihre Schwerpunkte auf diskriminierungskritischem, diversitätssensiblem Handeln und Empowerment von Kindern und Jugendlichen. Zu diesen Themen hat sie mehrere Eltern- und Fachbücher veröffentlicht.
Seyran
Dr. Seyran Bostancı works as a research assistant in the National Discrimination and Racism Monitor (NaDiRa) at the German Centre for Integration and Migration Research (DeZIM). At NaDiRa, she is responsible for the area of education and racism. In 2024, she founded the network "Gemeinsamer Diskriminierungsabbau in der frühkindlichen Bildung (GeDAB)".