Elisabeth Vanderheiden is a pedagogue, theologian, intercultural mediator, managing director of the Catholic Adult Education Rhineland-Palatinate, and the federal chairwoman of the Catholic Adult Education of Germany.
Her publishing focus is in the context of basic education for adults, in particular on trainings for teachers and trainers in adult education, as well as vocational and civic education, text collections on intercultural opening processes, and intercultural mediation.
Her latest publications—with Claude-Hélène Mayer—investigate shame as a resource as well as mistakes, errors, and failure, and its hidden potential in the context of culture and positive psychology. She lives in Germany and Florida.
Meaning Conference 2025 will be the INPM’s first in-person conference with a virtual option after the pandemic.