The projects we support are
our windows to the world.

The projects we support are
our windows to the world.

What We Support

Project Insights

The goal of our public relations work is to make our current activities and exemplary projects more visible. That’s why the people and initiatives that we support take center stage, both in our print publications and on our website. Lighthouse projects both large and small are given a special place.

Here, we provide short updates that reveal current happenings among our projects. In addition, we present in-depth reports and interviews that create a vivid picture of the initiatives that our foundation is privileged to enable and support.

To make this possible, our public relations team visits many of the projects together with the responsible project managers and gets to know the organizations and people on location.

We hope that these reports, in text and image, help to orient engaged individuals regarding possible support from the Software AG Foundation (SAGST) – and encourage them to tread new paths.


All over the country, Waldorf schools are urgently looking for new teaching staff. But how do you actually become a Waldorf teacher? We interviewed two Alanus students about their experiences in their undergraduate studies and part-time master’s degree in Mannheim and Alfter.


What does anthroposophic medicine entail? Clear answers to this question are provided in the recently released documentary entitled “Die Kunst des Heilens” (The Art of Healing), which presents various fields of work in this integrative extension of conventional medicine. Another topic is fuelling the talent pipeline – such as at Witten/Herdecke University, where students can learn more about anthroposophic perspectives in the course of their regular medical studies.  ...


What basic and specific skills do specialists working with severely disabled people need? How can quality be increased and ensured in the relevant places of work or educational organisations? A research project offers valuable impulses for training and continuing education.


More creative freedom and more case-specific support for people requiring assistance, yet more bureaucracy, with quite a few unresolved questions pending: Benjamin Andrae, a Board Member of the Anthropoi Federation, explains, in an interview, the state of affairs in matters relating to the Federal Participation Act. He comments that, for institutions of the anthroposophical social care system, the present reforms opened up development prospects, which may lead to a new quality in community education ...


How do children and young people learn to use media with confidence? And what can kindergartens and schools do to introduce them to different media appropriate for their age – analogue as well as digital? A current research project at the Alanus University is pursuing these issues in the context of progressive educational institutions. The initial results were published in an interim report at the end of 2020.