Overview
- Vocational training and continuing education
- Skills-oriented work organization
- Education, structural change and regional development
- Knowledge transfer and impact in the social space
Education is an essential prerequisite for value creation and social participation. Equitable education is a prerequisite for stable democratic societies. However, traditional sector boundaries are dissolving, new economic sectors and professions are emerging and expanding the requirements for qualification and skills development. The structural change in the world of work also requires scientific reflection on the effects of professionalization and deprofessionalization. The relevance of lifelong learning is also becoming clear outside of school and vocational contexts. Accordingly, our research relates, among other things, to the interaction between technical/vocational schools and higher education and the interaction between different professions. We also need new qualifications and skills for the digital and ecological transformation.
