Trust in the education system – thoughts on a fragile bridge into the future

Abstract

This article discusses trust and its evident crisis with a particular focus on the education system (1). Subsequently, the function of trust in the complex knowledge-based society is highlighted (2). Using implementation of evidence-based governance in education as an example, this paper shows how social complexity increases by linking several partial systems (3). This is followed by a discussion of some perspectives on how these combinations can be interpreted with regard to trust (4). Finally, aspects of future theoretical and empirical analysis of trust in applied social science educational research will be outlined (5).