Institute of Ethics and Theological Research

Research and projects at the Institute for Ethics and Theology (IET) cover a wide range of topics: ethics, religious education, systematic and historical theology as well as the interpretation of the Bible and other 'holy' texts. Current research focuses on the trans-religious conversation between Judaism, Islam and Christianity, as well as the question of a plural European religious ethos in the face of the dwindling interpretive power of secularisation theory (Pippa Norris). The question is: Who calls the shots when it comes to religion? How do we learn to talk about it?

You can find more details on current and completed projects in the research database and on the people pages.

The Institute is particularly responsible for the following study programmes in the Bachelor and Master:

• Bachelor Teaching and Learning: For primary, lower secondary and intermediate schools
• Master for Teacher Education for Vocational Schools - Social Pedagogy & Business and Economics
• Master of Education for teaching in primary schools
• Master of Education for teaching in secondary schools

The Institute offers individual courses in the areas of complementary studies and the Leuphana Semester. Several lecturers are active in teaching.

We cordially invite all interested parties to the Ecumenical Study Days 
on October 28 and 29, 2025, at the Universities of Hildesheim and Lüneburg.

All further information and details on registration can be found in the download: Invitation poster.

Office hours:

Monday to Thursday: 8am to 2pm