Michael Gebauer is a professor in didactics of primary school education at the Martin-Luther-University in Halle/Germany. He worked as a teacher for science and English language in secondary schools for more than 12 years and was the co-founder of a democratic school. He was also co-founder of the European Democratic Education Community (EUDEC) and organized the first EUDEC Conference in Leipzig. His major fields of research are environmental education and human rights based democratic and inclusive education. He has been working as an author of schoolbooks, teaching materials and articles for more than 30 years.