Eckhardt Fuchs is Director at the Georg Eckert Institute for International Textbook Research, Germany, and Professor of Comparative Education and History of Education at the Technical University of Braunschweig. He has worked in a variety of academic institutions and served as a visiting professor in various countries. His research interests include the global history of modern education, international education policies, and curriculum and textbook development.
Annekatrin Bock is Deputy Head of the ‘Textbook as Media’ Department at the Georg Eckert Institute for International Textbook Research, Germany. Her research focuses are open education and digital media. She undertook research projects covering areas such as media change, theoretical and methodological aspects of media use, and acquisition of skills and knowledge. She has published on popular media, visual communication, and participant observation.