The TRACE project was presented at the international GIREP 2026 Conference in Crete. As a conference devoted to research in Physics Education, GIREP provided a particularly meaningful setting in which to reflect on the role of science education in the climate crisis. The presentation introduced the project as a whole, with particular attention to the…
Picture: OECD (2025), The effects of climate policies on emissions – evidence from a comprehensive and systematic review of the ex-post empirical literature, Inclusive Forum on Carbon Mitigation Approaches Papers, OECD Publishing, Paris. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ We are currently developing a self-reflection tool for students at TRACE. On the one hand, this…
At the EGU General Assembly 2026 in Vienna, the TRACE team presented first conceptual ideas of the project in the form of a poster. Among other aspects, the poster introduced the general idea of the project as well as initial approaches of the TRACE Self-Reflection Tool, which aims to make different forms of individual and…
In March 2026, the TRACE project was represented at the spring meeting of the German Physical Society (DPG) in Dresden—one of Europe’s largest physics conferences, attracting several thousand participants. The conference provided an important international platform for discussing and contextualizing current developments in physics education, particularly in the field of climate education. A highlight was…
We warmly welcome you to the TRACE project and would like to introduce you to our TRACE logo. But you may be wondering: what does this logo actually represent? With the TRACE logo, we want to draw attention to two things: the “twisty” paths of transformative agency in climate education, and the possible and varying…
From October 8th to 9th, 2025, the TRACE project officially launched with a dynamic kick-off event at the University of Innsbruck, set against the breathtaking backdrop of the Alps. The event brought together our project team from the Universities of Innsbruck and Bologna, as well as the Rhineland-Palatinate Center of Excellence for Climate Change Impacts….
TRACE brings together a diverse and highly skilled team of educational researchers from the University of Innsbruck, the University of Bologna, and the Center of Excellence for Climate Change Impacts. Despite their different institutional backgrounds, the team shares a common goal: fostering climate agency among students through innovative educational approaches. From University of Innsbruck, Sarah…
