Thomas Clausen

Policy advisor on Education and Research at the Liberal Institute of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom

Beyond Digital Education: Ethical Formation in Digital Age

BY Thomas Clausen AND Liberales Institut / February 26, 2021

After having spent more than two hundred pages on Kantian philosophy, Goethe\'s Wilhelm Meister, and a number of obscure German Pietists, Jennifer A. Herdt hurls the reader of her newest book back into a seemingly very different present.

Society

Homeschooling Rules? German Perspective

BY Thomas Clausen AND Liberales Institut / April 28, 2020

On the face of it, COVID-19 has changed everything. Suddenly, homeschooling seems to be the new norm and many parents have to tackle a tremendous challenge for which they have hardly been prepared.

Society

Towering Problems in German Education

BY Thomas Clausen AND Liberales Institut / January 27, 2020

The quality of Germany’s educational system will also have an impact on its economic success. Since the German economy is based to a considerable extent on world-leading technology, a passing score can rapidly turn into rustication. Therefore, some liberal extra lessons are urgently needed.