Press review
Roland Bernhard in the media
80+ documented features on his research and initiatives — television, radio, national dailies and weeklies. Headlines are shown in English translation; switch to DE for the German originals.
Press review
2026
20.01.2026Campus TivoliProfile of Roland Bernhard — Character InitiativeOnline
2025
26.08.2025NÖN“Education leaders discuss AI & character education in Lilienfeld” (EULEAD Summerschool 2025)Online
03.07.2025RZ Regionalzeitungen Vorarlberg“Learning respect at school”Print
02.07.2025BezirksBlätter NÖ“Learning respect at school”Print
02.07.2025bz Wiener Bezirkszeitung“Learning respect at school”Print
02.07.2025BezirksBlätter Burgenland“Learning respect at school”Print
02.07.2025BezirksBlätter Tirol“Learning respect at school”Print
02.07.2025BezirksBlätter Salzburg“Learning respect at school”Print
02.07.2025Meine Woche Kärnten“Learning respect at school”Print
30.06.2025ORF 2 W -- Wien heuteFeature on character education in schoolsTV
27.06.2025Martschin.com“Persönlichkeitsbildung wirkt!” — follow-up reportOnline
26.06.2025Die Furche (Print)“It takes a whole village …”Print
24.06.2025Kurier (Print)“A question of character”Print
24.06.2025Tiroler Tageszeitung (Print)“Don’t leave the topic to TikTok”Print
24.06.2025MeinBezirk.at“BKI 2025: students and teachers ever more dissatisfied with the education system”Online
24.06.2025Schule.at“Character education works”Online
23.06.2025OÖN Online“Game changer in education policy: experts call for more character education in schools”Online
23.06.2025News Online“Mental health in schools: character education demanded”Online
23.06.2025science.apa.at“Mental health in schools: character education demanded”Online
23.06.2025Mein Bezirk.at“Character education: what schools in Austria really need”Online
23.06.2025PsyOnline.at“Mental health in schools: character education demanded”Online
23.06.2025Concordia.atPress conference “Persönlichkeitsbildung wirkt!” (“Character education works!”)Online
2024
10.09.2024Schule.at“Innovative ideas for a healthy school climate”Online
02.09.2024NÖN (Lilienfeld)“Symposium of school leaders at Lilienfeld Abbey” (EULEAD Summerschool 2024)Online
18.08.2024Sonntagsblatt für Steiermark“Time for character” (full-page feature on character education)Print
13.08.2024Meine Kirchenzeitung (Steiermark)“Time for character” (online version)Online
08.03.2024OÖ Nachrichten (Kotanko)“Education spending at a record high: schools and their weak spots”Online
03.03.2024Kurier (Print)“Young people must learn to work hard” (double-page interview)Print
02.03.2024Kurier“Education researcher: why clear rules matter so much in school”Online
19.01.2024ORF 2Interview on school development in London’s schoolsTV
2023
19.10.2023APA-MedizinNews“More psychological support for students demanded”Agency
19.10.2023Die Presse“Children’s and adolescents’ mental health: expert sounds the alarm”Online
19.10.2023News.at“More psychological support for students demanded”Online
19.10.2023Salzburger Nachrichten“More support for students”Online
19.10.2023Kleine Zeitung“More psychological support for students demanded”Online
19.10.2023Vorarlberger Nachrichten (vn.at)“More psychological support for students demanded”Online
31.08.2023Die Furche“Learn history! But which one?” (guest commentary on history myths in textbooks)Print
07.07.2023science.ORF.at“School development: so much for ‘failing schools’”Online
04.06.2023Der Sonntag“Equal chances for all are possible”Print
04.06.2023Martinus“We need more educational justice”Print
02.06.2023News“The school improver” (multi-page feature on Roland Bernhard and Doug Lemov)Print
01.06.2023Kirchenzeitung (Diözese Linz)“We need more educational justice”Print
30.05.2023Studium.at“Strong leadership and open classrooms as a way out for disadvantaged schools”Online
30.05.2023science.apa.at“Strong leadership and open classrooms as a way out for disadvantaged schools”Online
30.05.2023OÖ Volksblatt“A way out for disadvantaged schools”Print
28.05.2023Vienna Online“Disadvantaged schools: lessons from England could help Austria”Online
28.05.2023Vorarlberg Online“Disadvantaged schools: lessons from England could help Austria”Online
27.05.2023Der Standard Online“Strong leadership and open classrooms as a way out for disadvantaged schools”Online
27.05.2023OÖN Online“Strong leadership and open classrooms as a way out for disadvantaged schools”Online
27.05.2023Kurier Online“Disadvantaged schools: strong leadership and open classrooms as the way out?”Online
27.05.2023ORF Volksgruppen Online“Strong leadership and open classrooms as the way out”Online
27.05.2023ORF Wien Online“Study on an effective inner-city school”Online
27.05.2023msn.com“How to turn disadvantaged schools into elite schools”Online
26.05.2023Die Presse Online“Study: learning outcomes can always be improved”Online
26.05.2023Kurier (Print)“How every school can become an elite school”Print
25.05.2023Concordia.at“The path to educational justice and fair chances”Online
25.05.2023Kurier Online“How to turn disadvantaged schools into elite schools”Online
25.05.2023Pressetext Online“Study: educational justice arises through pedagogical leadership”Online
25.05.2023Kathpress.at“KPH study: quality of education decisive for fair chances”Online
25.05.2023Katholisch.at“KPH study: quality of education decisive for fair chances”Online
25.05.2023Schule.at“Study: educational justice arises through pedagogical leadership”Online
25.05.2023YouTubePress conference at the Concordia Press Club (full recording)Video
2022
07.04.2022ORF 2 -- ZIB 1Report on the school principals’ open letterTV
07.04.2022Ö1 MorgenjournalRoland Bernhard interviewed on the administrative burden on schoolsRadio
07.04.2022ORF Radio -- 10:00 NachrichtenReport on the open letterRadio
07.04.2022Der Standard“Principals’ cry for help to the education minister”Online
07.04.2022Der Standard (Schrodt)“School: just administer — or actually shape?”Online
07.04.2022Kurier“Open letter to the education minister: outcry of the school principals”Online
07.04.2022Kurier Podcast“What on earth is going on in our schools?” (J. Kleinrath)Podcast
07.04.2022Heute“Principals at the limit — cry for help to Minister Polaschek”Online
07.04.2022Kleine Zeitung“Cry for help from school leaderships, criticism of the €500 bonus”Online
07.04.2022Kleine Zeitung (Kloibner)“Worth aspiring to?” (commentary)Print
07.04.2022Kleine Zeitung (Reif)“Wrangling over the bonus, and a cry for help from schools”Print
07.04.2022Kronen Zeitung (Vettermann)“What is the education minister actually doing?”Online
07.04.2022Wiener Zeitung“School leaders call for more administrative support”Online
07.04.2022Neue Vorarlberger Zeitung“Cry for help from the school leaderships”Online
07.04.2022Kathpress“Principals’ plea to Minister Polaschek: far too much administration”Online
07.04.2022Pressetext.com“Open letter from school leaders to Minister Polaschek”Online
2022APS Magazin“I copy by the tonne — a waste of my good training!” (guest contribution)Print
2021
04.10.2021ORF 2 "Aktuell nach Eins"Roland Bernhard in conversation with Stefan Gehrer on school development in LondonTV
28.09.2021Kurier“The secret of London’s schools” (double-page feature)Print
28.09.2021Kurier“Gangs used to run this place — today the head teacher does”Print
2019
25.03.2019Universität Salzburg (Presseinformation)“Improving the learning outcomes of disadvantaged students”Press release