On 25 April, as a session of the 10th Christian Education Conference at the Apor Vilmos Catholic College, we held an interactive research workshop entitled “The Angelic Circle of Autonomy and Well-being”. Judit Gombás, Éva Gyarmathy and Mónika Turmezei presented the results of their research to date, and a very useful discussion ensued. The main topics were:

• The interaction between well-being and autonomy
• Shaping data-driven learning environments – profile studies
• Methodological developments
• Experiences of introducing methodological improvements – case studies
• Teachers’ mental health survey results

Questions and suggestions from conference participants will help to process research data and progress with the research. We received a lot of confirmation of the importance of the topic. Teachers’ professional autonomy is a fundamental need in the face of 21st century challenges.