Members

Prof. Dr. Katja Driesel-Lange

Professor of Educational Science with a focus on vocational orientation at the University of Münster

Initiator of the WiN·BO (together with Tim Brüggemann)

Research focus

• Career Development
• Career Orientation Interventions
• Gender and Teacher Professionalization

Selected Literature

1. Driesel-Lange, Gehrau, Brüggemann & Epker, M. (2023). The career orientation index (BOX). Theoretical and empirical foundation of survey items on career development. Journal of Vocational and Business Education, 119, 80–110.
2. Driesel-Lange, K., Klein, J. & Gehrau, V. (2023). Let’s Talk! Conversations as a motor in vocational orientation. Vocational education and training in science and practice, 52(2), 23–27.
3. Klein, J., Driesel-Lange, K., & Ohlemann, S. (2022). Are Adolescents in One-Parent Families a Previously Unnoticed Group in Inclusive Career Guidance? Social Inclusion, 10(2), 278–289. https://doi.org/10.17645/si.v10i2.5085.

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Thomas Bienengräber

Chair of Business Education and Business Didactics at the University of Duisburg-Essen

Mercator School of Management

Research focus

• Inclusion, Career Orientation, and Vocational Rehabilitation
• Deviance and Didactics in Commercial Education
• Moral Reasoning and Situational Decision-Making

Selected Literature

1. Bienengräber, T., Greiten, S., Retzmann, T., Bogaczyk, L., Geber, G., Lenzen, H., Schröder, M., & Turhan, L. (2022). Entwicklung eines Qualifikationstableaus für die inklusive Berufsorientierung im Gemeinsamen Lernen der Sekundarstufen - das Projekt BEaGLE. In D. Lutz, J. Becker, F. Buchhaupt, D. Katzenbach, A. Strecker, & M. Urban (Eds.), Qualifizierung für Inklusion. Sekundarstufe (pp. 55–68). Münster: Waxmann.
2. Bienengräber, T., Greiten, S., Geber, G., & Retzmann, T. (2021). Kooperationen zu Schülerbetriebspraktika in der inklusiven Berufsorientierung. In K. Kunze, D. Petersen, M. Fabel-Lamla, J.-H. Hinzke, A. Moldenhauer, L. Peukert, K. K. te Poel, C. Reintjes, & G. Bellenberg (Eds.), Kooperation – Koordination – Kollegialität. Befunde und Diskurse zum (multi-)professionellen Zusammenwirken pädagogischer Akteur*innen an Schule\ (pp. 275–285). Bad Heilbrunn: Klinkhardt.
3. Greiten, S., Hübner, C., & Bienengräber, T. (2024). Research on website-based information from ministries in the field of education on the topic of “Inclusive Vocational Orientation” - Results of a structured search. Journal of Education and Human Development, 13(2), 14–25.

Dr. Andreas Eimer

Head of Career Services at the University of Münster

 Research focus

• The connection between higher education and the labour market
• The impact of higher education measures that promote employability
• Perceptions of the importance of career in the context of life

Selected Publications

1. Eimer, A. (2024). Darf ein Studium nützlich sein? Hintergründe und Eckpunkte zur Entwicklung einer hochschuladäquaten Employability. In J. Breetzke & C. Bohndick (Eds.), Relevanz, Nutzen und Wert des Studiums: Neue Perspektiven aus Forschung und Praxis (pp. 69–78). Waxmann. https://elibrary.utb.de/doi/book/10.31244/9783830998440
2. Eimer, A., & Bohndick, C. (2023). Employability models for higher education: A systematic literature review and analysis. Social Sciences & Humanities Open, 8(1), 100588. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssaho.2023.100588
3. Eimer, A., Knauer, J., Kremer, I., Nowak, T., & Schröder, A. (2019). Employability als ein Ziel des Universitätsstudiums: Grundlagen, Methoden, Wirkungsanalyse (1st ed.). WBV.

Dipl.-Soz.wiss. Emanuel Hartkopf

Lecturer, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Institute for Educational Research; Research Associate for Educational Monitoring, Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, Department for Education and Integration

Research Focus

• Career readiness and career decision-making
• Vocational education system (in Germany)

Selected Literature

1. Hartkopf, E. (2020). Berufswahlkompetenz, Berufswahlbereitschaft und Berufswahlreife. Theoretische Hintergründe, Konstrukte, Messung und praktische Bedeutung. In T. Brüggemann & S. Rahn (Hrsg.), Berufsorientierung. Ein Lehr- und Arbeitsbuch (2. überarb. und erw. Auflage, S. 43–56). Münster: Waxmann.
2. Hartkopf, E. (2016). Die Berufswahlreife – Zur Struktur und Relevanz eines vielgesichtigen Konstrukts für die Berufsorientierungs- und Übergangsforschung. Zeitschrift für Berufs- und Wirtschaftspädagogik, 112, 1, 60–79.
3. Rahn, S. & Hartkopf, E. (2016). Geschlechtsuntypische Berufswahlen. Beobachtungen aus dem Berufsorientierungspanel. In Faulstich-Wieland, H. (Hrsg.), Berufsorientierung und Geschlecht (S. 115–132). Weinheim: Beltz Juventa.

Dr. Pia Gausling

Research assistant at Bielefeld University, Faculty of Educational Science, Working group for research methods Research Focus

Research Focus

• Career Orientation
• Extracurricular partnerships
• Data literacy education

Selected Literature

1. Gausling, P. (2022). „Ich denke, man muss immer das aktuell halten: eben was ist aktuell in einem Industrieunternehmen, was ist aktuell in der Schule?“ - Die Bedeutsamkeit von Praxiskontakten in der gymnasialen Studien- und Berufsorientierung. Zeitschrift für ökonomische Bildung (Sonderausgabe: BOGyO Fachtagung 2022), 158–183.
2. Gausling, P. (2021). Die multiprofessionelle Kooperation am Beispiel der Zusammenarbeit von Schulen und Unternehmen. In K. Kunze et al. (Hrsg.), Kooperation – Koordination – Kollegialität. Befunde und Diskurs zum (multi-)professionellen Zusammenwirken pädagogischer Akteur*innen an Schulen (S. 286-296). Bad Heilbrunn: Klinkhardt.

Prof. Dr. Michael Heister

Head of Department 4 “Initiatives for Vocational Education and Training" at the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training, Honorary Professor at Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences

Research Focus

• Vocational orientation for refugees
• Digitalization, AI
• vocational education and training

Selected Literature

1. Buck, P., Heister, M. & Münk, D. (2024). Learning potential for German vocational training policy? Integration experiences of refugees from Ukraine and the VET system. berufsbildung, 201(1), 3–6.
2. Heister, M. & Pickl. S. (2022). Using the opportunities of digitization and AI in vocational education and training – valuing learners as subjects within the learning process. dtec.bw contributions from Helmut Schmidt University / University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg: Research activities at the Bundeswehr Centre for Digitization and Technology Research dtec.bw (Vol. 1, pp. 321–323). Hamburg. Online: https://openhsu.ub.hsu-hh.de/entities/publication/7fbc45e6-d23c-45aa-864e-3272fd250240
3. Heister, M. (2017). Outlook: Digitalization and the influx of refugees. Two challenges for pre-vocational and vocational education and training. In A. Löwenbein, F. Sauerland & S. Uhl (Eds.), Vocational orientation in crisis? The transition from school to work (pp. 204–209). Münster: Waxmann.

Dr. Carina Hübner

University of Siegen, Studienrätin at the Chair of Educational Science with a focus on remedial education („Emotional and Social Development")

Forschungsschwerpunkt

• Transitions and pathways for special educational needs
• Vocational orientation and teacher professionalization
• Mental health and attachment in youth

Literatur

1. Greiten, S., Hübner, C. & Bienengräber, Th. (2024). Research on website-based information from ministries in the field of education on the topic of “inclusive vocational orientation” - results of a structured search, Journal of Education and Human Development, 13 (2), pp. 14-25. DOI: 10.15640/jehd.v13n2a3
2. Hübner, C. (2023). The assessment of different types of student work experience for vocational orientation from the perspective of students with learning difficulties. International Journal of Educational and Life Transitions, 2(1): 7, pp. 1–15. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/ijelt.37
3. Hübner, C. (2021). Übergänge von der Schule in die berufliche Bildung von Schülerinnen und Schülern mit dem sonderpädagogischen Schwerpunkt Lernen.Vierteljahresschrift für Heilpädagogik und ihre Nachbargebiete 90(4), 297-311. http://dx.doi.org/10.2378/vhn2021.art38d

Natalie Junghof-Preis, M.A.

Research assistant at the University of Münster, Institute for Communication Science

Research Focus

• Media Impact and Digital Career Guidance
• Gender-Sensitive Career Orientation
• STEM Promotion and Career Choice

Selected Literature

1. Junghof-Preis, N., Zeisberg, I., Gehrau, V., Denz, C. (2020). The use of female role models for career orientation on the Internet using the example of information technology. In K. Driesel-Lange, U. Weyland & B. Ziegler (Eds.), Vocational orientation in motion. Topics, findings and perspectives (pp. 49–62). Supplement to the Zeitschrift für Berufs- und Wirtschaftspädagogik (Vol. 30). Stuttgart: Franz Steiner.

Helena Kaiser, M.A.

Research Associate at FernUniversität in Hagen, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Lifelong Learning

Research Focus

• Career choice research
• Value-sensitive career orientation
• German vocational education and training system

Selected Literature

1. Elsholz, U., & Kaiser, H. (2025). Career biographical design competence as a future skill. In denk-doch-mal.de, 02/2025 – Career and employment biographical orientations in the life course. https://denk-doch-mal.de/uwe-elsholz-helena-kaiser-berufsbiografische-gestaltungskompetenz-als-future-skill/

Dr. Jochen Kinast

PostDoc Researcher: University of Münster, Research Group: Career Guidance (Prof. Dr. Katja Driesel-Lange); Associated Researcher: University of Copenhagen, Institute for Communication

Research Focus

• Media Effects Research
• Cultivation Theory,
• Occupational Images

Selected Literature

1. Kinast, J. (2022). Television Series and Careers: A search for indicators of media effects on choice actions and outcome. (Dissertation). Universität Münster, Deutschland.
2. Kinast, J., Driesel-Lange, K. & Gehrau, V. (2023). Netflix as Career Guide? The Influence of Legal Series on German Law Students’ Careers. In T. Fletemeyer. & B. J. Ertelt (Eds.), Berufliche Orientierung oder Career Guidance? (S. 305–323). Springer Nature.
3. Kinast, J., Gehrau, V. & Driesel-Lange, K. (2023). Police Careers in Series and Reality: The Influence of Police Series on Career Expectations of Law Enforcement Students. Polizei und Wissenschaft, 2, 2–16.

Jerusha Klein, M.A.

Research associate, University of Münster, Institute for Educational Science, Career Guidance Research Group

Research Focus

• Risk Factors for Career Development
• Career Guidance in School Development
• Evaluation of Career Education Activities

Selected Literature

1. Driesel-Lange, K., Klein, J. & Gehrau, V. (2023). Let’s Talk! Gespräche als Motor in der Beruflichen Orientierung. Berufsbildung in Wissenschaft und Praxis, 52(2), 23–27.
2. Klein, J., Driesel-Lange, K. & Ohlemann, S. (2022). Are Adolescents in One- Parent Families a Previously Unnoticed Group in Inclusive Career Guidance? Social Inclusion,10, 2, 278-289. https://www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclusion/article/view/5085
3. Driesel-Lange, K., Ohlemann, S., Klein, J. (2020). Career choice competence. How school development helps schools to achieve this. Learning School, 90, 4–8.

Annika Kruse, M.A.

Research associate, University of Münster, AG Vocational Pedagogy

Research Focus

• Vocational Research in Health Professions
• Career Design in Healthcare
• Nursing Teacher Education

Selected Literature

1. Weyland, Ulrike; Reiber, Karin; Kruse, Annika; Koschel, Wilhelm. 2022. “Design requirements for educational institutions for health professions.” In Handbuch Gebäude Berufsbildender Schulen. Gestaltung von Lern- und Arbeitsumgebungen im Kontext von Berufsbildung und Architektur, edited by Mersch, Franz Ferdinand; Pahl, Jörg-Peter, 627–647. Bielefeld: wbv publication.
2. Weyland, Ulrike; Ziegler, Birgit; Driesel-Lange, Katja; Kruse, Annika (eds.): 2021. Developments and perspectives in vocational orientation – status and challenges. Reports on vocational education AG BFN. Opladen et al: Verlag Barbara Budrich.
3. Kruse, Annika; Driesel-Lange, Katja. 2017. “Vocational orientation in the nursing professions – a neglected area? Vocational orientation in the nursing professions – a neglected area?” Vocational education and training in science and practice 46: 20–21.

Meike Nienkötter, M.A.

Research associate, University of Münster, Institute of Educational Science, AG Vocational Pedagogy

Research Focus

• Vocational Orientation in Companies
• Professionalization of Educational Staff
• Corporate Career Development

Selected Literature

1. Nienkötter, M., Weyland, U. & Höke, S. (2024). Betriebliche Berufsorientierung als Gegenstand berufsbegleitender Studienangebote. In M. Kaufhold, U. Weyland, E.-L. Stratmann & S. Höke (eds.), Betriebliches Bildungspersonal als Promotor beruflicher Bildungsprozesse – Zur Legitimation und Konzeption berufsbegleitender Studienangebote (S. 132–154). Bielefeld: wbv.
2. Weyland, U., Nienkötter, M., & Koschel, W. (2023). Konzept eines wissenschaftsbasierten Web-Based-Trainings für Personalverantwortliche in der Pflege zur Online-Rekrutierung von Auszubildenden für den Pflegeberuf. In S. Hiestand (eds.), Beruflichkeit – Interaktionsarbeit – Kompetenz. Impulse für eine kompetenzorientierte Interaktionsarbeit in der Pflege (S. 239–256). Bielefeld: wbv. doi: 10.3278/9783763974344.
3. Weyland, U., Nienkötter, M., Höke, S. & Driesel-Lange, K. (2021). Dem Fachkräftebedarf mit betrieblicher Berufsorientierung begegnen? Empirische Erkenntnisse aus dem Projekt „HumanTec“ zu ausgewählten Maßnahmen in betrieblichen Einrichtungen. In U. Weyland, B. Ziegler, K. Driesel-Lange & A. Kruse (eds.), Entwicklungen und Perspektiven in der Berufsorientierung – Stand und Herausforderungen (S. 196–215). Opladen u.a.: Barbara Budrich.

Prof. Dr. Sylvia Rahn

University of Wuppertal, Institute for Educational Research, Professorship for Vocational Education Research; German Institute for Adult Education – Leibniz Centre for Lifelong Learning (DIE)

Research Focus

• Vocational Orientation and Transition Research
• School Development and VET System Structures
• Evaluation, Quality, and Lifelong Learning

Selected Literature

1. Rahn, S., Schäfer, B., & Fuhrmann, C. (2023). Berufsoption „Lehrer:in an einer beruflichen Schule“? Warum sich Schüler:innen (nicht) für das Lehramt an beruflichen Schulen interessieren [Why students are (not) interested in teaching at vocational schools]. Bildung und Erziehung, 76(1), 81–95. https://doi.org/10.13109/buer.2023.76.1.81
2. Rahn, S., & Fuhrmann, C. (2023). Students of partially qualifying higher vocational schools – Without a vocational qualification, but with prospects? Allocation effects of controversial vocational school programmes. Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11618-022-01136-6
3. Brüggemann, T., & Rahn, S. (Eds.). (2020). Berufsorientierung. Ein Lehr- und Arbeitsbuch [Vocational orientation: A text and workbook]. Waxmann.

Prof. Dr. Angelika Schmidt-Koddenberg (em.)

Catholic University of Applied Sciences, North Rhine-Westphalia, Dept. Cologne, Faculty of Social Services, Research Institute: education and diversity

Research Focus

• Gender, Migration, and Integration
• Social Inequality
• School-to-Career Transitions

Selected Literature

1. Schmidt-Koddenberg, A., & Ganß, P. (2023): “Good adviced” – Relevance of diversity orientated qualification of skilled personnel in the transition school-profession/study. In: V. Klomann & A. Schmidt-Koddenberg (Ed.), Study pioneers and social work – reasons, challenges and social consequences. Wiesbaden: Springer Verlag.

Prof. Dr. Ulrike Weyland

University of Münster, Institute of Education, Chair of Educational Science specialising in Vocational Pedagogy

Research Focus

• Professionalization and Video-Based Teacher Training
• Competency Modeling in Health Professions
• Digitalization and Vocational Orientation

Selected Literature

1. Weyland, U., Ziegler, B., Driesel-Lange, K. & Kruse, A. (Hrsg.). (2021). Entwicklungen und Perspektiven in der Berufsorientierung. Opladen: Verlag Barbara Budrich.
2. Driesel-Lange, K. & Weyland, U. (2021). Studien- und Berufsorientierung als Aufgabe von allgemeinbildenden Schulen – Empirische Befunde zur beruflichen Entwicklung und ihrer institutionellen Begleitung. In S. Lin-Klitzing, D. Di Fuccia & T. Gaube (Hrsg.), Allgemeine und berufliche Bildung. Aufgaben und Funktionen des Gymnasiums im Rahmen beruflicher Orientierung (S. 193–214). Bad Heilbrunn: Verlag Julius Klinkhardt.

Marie Tuchscherer, M.A.

Academic assistant at the Institute of Economics and its Didactics at the Karlsruhe University of Education; member of the BMBF project DigiBO – Vocational Orientation in a Digital World.

Research focus

• Innovative Digital Teaching and Learning
• Digitalization Skills for Student Teachers
• Digital Vocational Orientation Development

Selected Literature

1. Frentz, J., Tuchscherer, M., & Wiepcke, C. (2022). Gamified Sustainable Entrepreneurship Education – A digital Educational Escape Room for economy classes in German High Schools, In J. Krath, H. F. O. von Korflesch, B. Morschheuser, B. Kordyaka, E. Jakob, & W. Weiger (Hrsg.), Startplay 2022. Proceedings of the 1st Interdisciplinary Conference on Gamification & Entrepreneurship (S. 30–42). Universität Koblenz, Koblenz. Internet: https://lnkd.in/erV5VZJ8.
2. Wiepcke, C. & Tuchscherer, M. (2023). Competence model of a digital vocational orientation. In B. Knickrehm, T. Fletemeyer & B. J. Ertelt (Eds.), Vocational orientation and counseling. Current challenges and digital support options (pp. 217–237). Springer.
3. Tuchscherer, M. & Daniel, M. (2023). Sustainable competence development with an interdisciplinary mix of methods in the context of enabling didactics. In J. Buchner, C. F. Freisleben-Teutscher, J. Hüther, I. Neiske, K. Morisse, R. Reimer & K. Tengler (Eds.), Inverted Classroom and beyond 2023: Agile didactics for sustainable education (pp. 216–233). BoD. Available online at: https://lnkd.in/ek7aZG6S

Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Claudia Wiepcke

Professor for business and economic education, University of Education Karlsruhe

Research focus

• Digital Vocational Orientation
• Gender-equitable STEM Career Orientation
• Entrepreneurship Education

Selected Literature

1. Wiepcke, Claudia (2019). Social Entrepreneurship Education zur Förderung von Inklusion. In Teita Bijedic, Ilona Ebbers & Brigitte Halbfas (Hrsg.), Entrepreneurship Education. Begriff – Theorie – Verständnis (S. 193–212). Berlin: Springer.
2. Kampshoff, Marita/Wiepcke, Claudia (2020): Didaktische Perspektiven geschlechter-reflektierter beruflicher Orientierung in der Schule. In: Zeitschrift für Berufs- und Wirtschaftspädagogik. Beiheft Berufsorientierung.
3. Wiepcke, Claudia/Tuchscherer, Marie (2023): Kompetenzmodell einer digitalen Beruflichen Orientierung. In: Knickrehm, Barbara/Fletemeyer, Tina/Ertelt, Bernd (Hg.): Berufliche Orientierung oder Career Guidance? Berlin: Springer. S. 217–236.

Prof.in Dr. Julia Dietrich

Chair of Empirical Educational Research at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt

Research focus

• Career choice
• Educational transitions and identity development
• Methodological innovation for analysing complex learning processes

Selected Literature

1. Landgraf, A., Dietrich, J., Bührmann, T., & Kracke, B. (2025). Elterliche Berufswahlbegleitungskompetenz – Validierung eines Erhebungsinstruments zur Erfassung elterlicher Kompetenzen zur Begleitung ihrer Kinder bei der Berufswahl. PsychArchives. https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.21522
2. Marttinen, E., Dietrich, J., & Salmela-Aro, K. (2018). Intentional engagement in the transition to adulthood: An integrative perspective on identity, career, and goal developmental regulation. European Psychologist, 23(4), 311–323. https://doi.org/10.1027/1016-9040/a000337
3. Symonds, J., Dietrich, J., Chow, A., & Salmela-Aro, K. (2016). Mental health improves after transition from comprehensive school to vocational education or employment in England: A national cohort study. Developmental Psychology, 52(4), 652–665. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0040118

PD Dr. Michael Köck

Lecturer in Technical and Economic Education at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt

Research focus

• STEM Education
• Economic Education
• Digital Media and Career Guidance

Selected Literature

1. Köck, M. (2018). Basic qualifications for career guidance and counseling: A textbook and exercise book for those involved in the transition from school to work. Bad Heilbrunn: Klinkhardt.
2. Köck, M. (2018).  Vocational orientation 4.0 – Occupational requirements as a result of digitalization. In: School magazine 5–10: Impulses for creative teaching. Issue 1. p. 11–14.
3. Köck, M. (2023): Virtual job experience by tools: Teaching and learning with digital media and technologies in the learning field of vocational orientation. In: Teaching and learning in the Bavarian secondary school 5/6 (September 15, 2023) 19 – pp. 1–22.

Dr. Nikolas A. Rathert

Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Department of Education and Rehabilitation, Unterrichtsmitschau and didactic research

Research focus

• Fundamentals of Career Orientation for Teachers
• Early Childhood and Special Needs Education
• Vocational and Froebel Pedagogy

Selected Literature

1. Rathert, N. A. (2022). Friedrich Fröbels dritte Gabe als Fördermaterial zur Verbesserung des räumlich-visuellen Vorstellungsvermögens. Oldenburg: Universität Oldenburg. Verfügbar unter: http://oops.uni-oldenburg.de/5479/ (abgerufen am 2. August 2022).
2. Rathert, N. A., & Schmid, A. C. (2022). Friedrich Fröbel – Vom ersten Menschenerzieher. Zeitschrift für Heilpädagogik, 73(5), 284–295.
3. Rathert, N. A., Hillenbrand, C., & Schmid, A. C. (2019). Verbesserung der räumlich-visuellen Fähigkeiten: Förderprogramm zur Nutzung von Fröbels Dritter Gabe [CD-ROM]. Weimar: VDS.

Dr. Svenja Ohlemann

CEO, Ohlemann Bildung & Beratung UG (haftungsbeschränkt)

Research focus

• Career Development in Youth and Young Adulthood
• Individual Support in Transition Processes
• School Organizational Development

Selected Literature

1. Klein, J., Driesel-Lange, K., & Ohlemann, S. (2022). Are Adolescents in One‐Parent Families a Previously Unnoticed Group in Inclusive Career Guidance? Social Inclusion, 10(2), 278–289. https://doi.org/10.17645/si.v10i2.5085
2. Ohlemann, S. (2021). Berufliche Orientierung zwischen Heterogenität und Individualisierung. Beschreibung, Messung und Konsequenzen zur individuellen Förderung in Schule [Career development between heterogeneity and individualization. Description, measurement and consequences for individualized support in schools]. Wiesbaden: Springer VS.
3. Stellmacher, A., Ohlemann, S., Pfetsch, J., & Ittel, A. (2020). Pre-service Teacher Career Choice Motivation: A Comparison of Vocational Education and Training Teachers and Comprehensive School Teachers in Germany. International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training, 7 (2), 214–236. https://doi.org/10.13152/IJRVET.7.2.5

Prof. Dr. Iris Baumgardt

Professorship in Primary Education with a Social Science Focus at the University of Potsdam

Research focus

• Elementary School Vocational Orientation
• Children’s Perceptions of Work and Gender
• Civic Education in Primary School

Selected Literature

1. Baumgardt, I. (2022). Berufswelt. In I. Baumgardt & D. Lange (Hrsg.): Young Citizens. Handbuch politische Bildung in der Grundschule (S. 292–298). Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung.
2. Baumgardt, I. (2021). Berufliche Orientierung von Kindern im Grundschulalter. Analyse von ausgewählten Projekten, Unterrichtsmaterialien und Lehrplänen. Hohengehren: Schneider Verlag.
3. Straub, S., Baumgardt, I. & Lange, D. (2021). Berufs- und Arbeitswelt in der politischen Bildung. Über Bildungs- und Berufsvorstellungen Jugendlicher am Ende der Sekundarstufe I in Deutschland und Österreich. Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH (Springer eBook Collection).

Dr. Pia Spangenberger

Academic Associate, University of Potsdam, Media Education

Research focus

• Immersive Media and ESD
• Serious Games and Virtual Reality
• Embodiment and Climate Change Action

Selected Literature

1. Spangenberger, P., Freytag, S.‑C., & Geiger, S. M. (2024). Embodying nature in immersive virtual reality: Are multisensory stimuli vital to affect nature connectedness and pro-environmental behaviour? Computers & Education, 212, 104964. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2023.104964
2. Spangenberger, P., Draeger, I., Kapp, F., Kruse, L., Kybart, M., Schmidt, K., Geiger, S.M., Matthes, M. (2023). How to bring VR into the classroom? Vocational teachers’ perception of immersive VR technology as educational tool. Journal of Technical Education, 11(1), 91–106. https://doi.org/10.48513/joted.v11i1.257
3. Spangenberger, P., Kapp, F., Kruse, L., Hartmann, M., Narciss, S. (2018). Can a Serious Game Attract Girls to Technology Professions? International Journal of Gender, Science and Technology (IJGST), 10(2), 253–264. [OA] http://genderandset.open.ac.uk/index.php/genderandset/article/view/496/952

Annemieke Uphoff, M.Ed.

Academic staff member at the University of Potsdam, Department of Primary School Pedagogy, focusing on social science subjects in primary school teaching.

Research focus

• Primary School Career Orientation Beliefs
• Gender-Sensitive Career Guidance
• Teacher Professionalization in Primary Schools

Dr. Christian Staden

Digital Media Coordinator, Institute for Technology and Education (ITB), University of Bremen

Research Focus

• Didactics of Work Education
• Digital Media and Multimedia Environments
• Work Orientation and E-Portfolios

Selected Literature

1. Staden, Christian (2017): Berufswahlpass Online: Die Weiterentwicklung des Berufswahlpasses zu einem E-Portfolio-Konzept für die Berufsorientierung. In: Löwenbein, Aaron; Sauerland, Frank; Uhl, Siegfried (Hrsg.): Berufsorientierung in der Krise? Der Übergang von der Schule in den Beruf. Waxmann Verlag: Münster, New York, 95–118.
2. Staden, Christian (2018): Gestaltung eines E-Portfolio-Konzepts in der Berufsorientierung. Dissertation an der Universität Bremen, 2018. Online verfügbar unter: http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:gbv:46-00106938-10
3. Brüggemann, Tim; Driesel-Lange, Katja; Eisenbraun, Karolin; Epker, Manuel; Gehrau, Volker; Howe, Falk; Klein, Iris; Schall, Melanie; Staden, Christian; Weyer, Christian; Zaynel, Nadja (2020): Vom Berufswahlpass zur berufswahlapp. Genese, wissenschaftliches Fundament und Idee der digitalen Neugestaltung eines bundesweit etablierten Berufsorientierungskonzepts. In: ITB-Forschungsberichte, Nr. 72, 2020. Online verfügbar: https://doi.org/10.26092/elib/…

Prof. Dr. Vera Braun

Junior Professor of Educational Science, especially Business and Economics Education at University of Hamburg

Research Focus

• International Comparative VET Research
• VET Standing, Meritocracy, and Biography
• Vocational Teacher Education

Selected Literature

1. Braun, V. (2025). Gaining security in an uncertain situation? – The potential of dual vocational education and training programmes after dropping out of university in Germany. In Trends in Vocational Education and Training Research (Vol. 8, S. 50–58). European Research Network on Vocational Education and Training (VETNET). https://doi.org/10.21240/vetcon/2025/ecer/13
2. Braun, V. (2025). [Rezension des Buches Informal learning in vocational education and training. Illuminating an elusive concept, von M. Pilz (Hrsg.)]. bwp@ Berufs- und Wirtschaftspädagogik – online, 2025(1), 1–3.
3. Braun, V. (2025). Berufliche Bildung als Bildung für Menschen mit eingeschränktem Leistungspotenzial? Eine idealtypische Betrachtung des wertlogischen Zusammenhangs zwischen bildungsbasiertem Leistungsprinzip und beruflicher Bildung. In Transformationen der Leistung in Schule und Bildungsmedien (S. 171–196). V & R Unipress. (Bildungsmedienforschung. Studien des Leibniz-Instituts für Bildungsmedien; Bd. 154).

Prof. Dr. Thorsten Bührmann

Professor of Social Sciences and Research Methodology at MSH Medical School Hamburg, Department Family, Child and Social Work; Scientific Head of the SIEGEL-Academy and Network

Research Focus

• Life Course Transitions and Parental Involvement
• Evaluation of Career Guidance Instruments
• Quality Models in School-Based Career Learning

Selected Literature

1. Bührmann, T. (2022). Development triggers through the SIEGEL-Network to the quality development of career learning and education within schools. In: Zeitschrift für ökonomische Bildung (ZföB), Sondernummer BOGyO Fachtagung 2022, S. 128–157.
2. Bührmann, T. & Boehmer, K. (2016). “The goal is actually clear for me …” – Empirical und theortetical reflections on youth transition processes in one-year vocational programms. In: D. Mays, S. Franke, E. Diezemann & R. Kißgen (Hrsg.), Network transition – Inclusion (S. 103–115). Siegen: universi.
3. Bührmann, T. & Wiethoff, C. (2013). Sucessful career guidance for young people – Research findings and guidelines for School and Social Work. Paderborn/Freiburg: IN VIA Verlag.

Femke Dumstrei, M.A.

Research assistant with a focus on research at the MSH Medical School Hamburg, Department Family, Child and Social Work

Research Focus

• Evaluation of Vocational Orientation Instruments
• Parental Involvement in Career Guidance
• Quality and Development of School-Based Orientation

Selected Literature

1. Bührmann, T., & Dumstrei, F. (2024). Quality development of school career guidance: The career choice SELECTOR. ISA - Integrated Schools News, 1, 20–23.
2. Bührmann, T., Dumstrei, F., & Kahl, L. (2024). Promoting independence and self-responsibility through reflection discussions in vocational orientation: Evaluation results of a model project. In AGBFN (Hrsg.), Importance of counseling and support services in the vocational and study orientation of young people . Bonn: BiBB.

Lea Kahl, M.Ed.

Research assistant with a focus on quantitative research at MSH Medical School Hamburg, Department Family, Child and Social Work

Research Focus

• Evaluation of Vocational Orientation Instruments
• Parental Involvement in Career Guidance
• Quality and Development of School-Based Orientation

Selected Literature

1. Bührmann, T., Dumstrei, F., & Kahl, L. (2024). Promoting independence and self-responsibility through reflection discussions in vocational orientation: Evaluation results of a model project. In AGBFN (Hrsg.), Importance of counseling and support services in the vocational and study orientation of young people . Bonn: BiBB.

Constanze Schmidt

Doctoral candidate at HafenCity University Hamburg, Department of Metropolitan Culture; Teacher at Gymnasium Grootmoor in Hamburg

Research focus

• Artistic Processes in Vocational Orientation
• Agency and Artistic Research
• Political Theater in School Contexts

Selected Literature

1. Schmidt, C. (2021). The Fair for Vocational Design – a Heterotopian Zone. Resignification as a Pathway to a New Common Space.https://pab-research.de/response-by-constanze-schmidt/
2. Schmidt, C. (2020). I do. From Instruction to Agency. How young People design their own Vocational Orientation towards the Idea of a Working Citizen through Performative Artistic Practice.
3. In K. Driesel-Lange, U. Weyland, B. Ziegler (Eds.), Vocational orientation on the move. Topics, findings and perspectives (pp. 137–154). Supplement to the Zeitschrift für Berufs- und Wirtschaftspädagogik (vol. 30). Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag.

Prof. Dr. Kira Elena Weber

Professor of educational science, especially vocational education

Research Focus

• Teacher Professionalization and Well-Being
• Digital Environments and (AI) Feedback
• Video-Based Training and Vocational Orientation

Selected Literature

1. Neuber, K., Jacobsen, L. J., Lohse-Bossenz, H., & Weber, K. E. (2025). What role does occupational well-being during practical field experiences play in pre-service teachers’ career-oriented reflections? Education Sciences, 15(10), Artikel 1269. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci15101269
2. Prilop, C. N., Mah, D.-K., Jacobsen, L. J., Hansen, R. R., Weber, K. E., & Hoya, F. (2025). Generative AI in teacher education: Educators’ perceptions of transformative potentials and the triadic nature of AI literacy explored through AI-enhanced methods. Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence, 6, Artikel 100471. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.caeai.2025.100471
3. Jacobsen, L. J., & Weber, K. E. (2025). Medienkompetenzen von Lehramtsstudierenden der Universität Hamburg. Das Hidden Curriculum digitaler Lehre während des Emergency Remote Teachings. die hochschullehre, 11. http://dx.doi.org/10.3278/HSL2547W

Prof. Dr. Robin Busse

Technical University of Darmstadt, Institute of General and Vocational Education, Assistant Professorship of Vocational Education

Research focus

• (Re-)Production of Inequalities in Occupational Choices
• Democracy education in Vocational Education and Training (VET)
• Teacher Education

Selected Literature

1. Busse, R., Michaelis, C., & Nennstiel, R. (2023). To what extent do secondary effects shape migrants’ educational trajectories after lower-secondary education? Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training, 15(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40461-023-00142-0
2. Busse, R., & Scharenberg, K. (2022). How immigrant optimism shapes educational transitions over the educational life course-Empirical evidence from Germany. Frontiers in Education, 7. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2022.894249
3. Busse, R. (2020). Übergangsverläufe am Ende der Sekundarstufe I. Erklärungsansätze für soziale und migrationsbezogene Ungleichheiten. Bielefeld: wbv Media. https://doi.org/10.3278/6004818w

Sevil Mutlu, M.Ed.

Currently in preparatory service at the school

Research focus

• Career guidance
• Vocational Training Research

Selected Literature

1. Granato, M.; Mutlu, S.: Approval-sensitive career guidance as a path to social appreciation in career choice. In: G.I.B. Info 25 (2022) 4, pp. 5–7.
2. Oeynhausen, Stephanie; Mutlu, Sevil: Making career guidance offers “approval-sensitive”: Presentation of an innovative workshop concept. Version 1.0 Bonn, 2022.

Prof. Dr. Birgit Ziegler

Technical University Darmstadt, Institute for General and Vocational Education, Professor for Vocational Education and Training Research. Member of the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs (KMK) since 2021.

Research focus

• Vocational Socialization and Career Choice
• Workplace Language Support and Diagnostics
• Structures and Paradigms of VET Research

Selected Literature

1. Ulrike Weyland; Birgit Ziegler; Katja Driesel-Lange; Annika Kruse (eds.) (2021): Developments and Perspectives in Vocational Orientation – Status and Challenges. Reports on Vocational Education and Training AG BFN, 29. Leverkusen et al.: Verlag Barbara Budrich.
2. Katja Driesel-Lange; Ulrike Weyland; Birgit Ziegler (eds.) (2020): Vocational guidance on the move. Themes, findings and perspectives. Zeitschrift für Berufs- und Wirtschaftspädagogik, Supplement 30, Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, ISBN 978-3-515-12771-4 .
3. Ziegler, Birgit; Engin, Gaby; Rotter, Elisabeth (2020): Recording and Reflecting Young People’s Vocational Aspirations. Theoretical Background, Characteristics and Implementation Options. In: Brüggemann, Tim; Rahn, Sylvia (eds.): Handbook for Vocational Orientation. 2nd revised edition. Münster: Waxmann, pp. 415–426.

Dr. Tillmann Grüneberg

Lecturer, University of Applied Labour Studies Schwerin, continuing education for career counselors; Lecturer, University of Leipzig

Research focus

• Multipotentiality
• Motives
• Digital Career Orientation

Selected Literature

1. Grüneberg, T., Blaich, I., Egerer, J., Knickrehm, B., Liebchen, M., Lutz, L., Nachtigäller, U. & Thiel, R. (2021). Handbuch Studienberatung [Handbook of career counseling]. Bielefeld: wbv/utb.
2. Grüneberg, T. (2019). Mit den richtigen Fragen zum richtigen Studium [With the right questions to the right study program]. Berlin: Springer
3. Grüneberg, T., Knopf, A. & Süß, A. (2019). Anschluss, Leistung, Macht: Basismotive von Lehramtsstudierenden [Affiliation, performance, power: Basic motives of student teachers.]. Lehrerbildung auf dem Prüfstand, 2, 143–162

Dr. Claudia Kalisch

Research Associate, University of Rostock, Institute for Vocational Education

Research Focus

• Career and Academic Orientation
• Regional Vocational Education and Training Research
• Professionalization of Educational Staff

Selected Literature

1. Kalisch, C. (2015). Übergang Schule – Beruf. In J.-P. Pahl (Hrsg.), Lexikon Berufsbildung: Ein Nachschlagewerk für die nicht-akademischen und akademischen Bereiche . Bielefeld: Bertelsmann.
2. Kalisch, C., & Kunze, K. (2013). Leichte Frauenarbeit und schwere Männerarbeit? Geschlechtsspezifische Wahrnehmung und Bewertung von Arbeit und ihre Folgen. In H. Ehlers, G. Linke, N. Milewski, B. Rudlof, & H. Trappe (Hrsg.), Körper – Geschlecht – Wahrnehmung: Sozial- und geisteswissenschaftliche Beiträge zur Genderforschung (S. 245–261). Münster: LIT.
3. Kalisch, C. & Taube-Riegas, G. (2013). Übergang Schule – Beruf in Mecklenburg Vorpommern: Daten und Befunde des Regionalen Übergangsmanagements. Studie im Auftrag der Landesgruppe RÜM M-V. Stralsund.

Lisa-Marie Pilz

Research assistant at the Institute for Vocational Education (ibp) at the University of Rostock, “Mission ICH”/“ProBO-neT” project

Research focus

• Feminist Perspectives on Career
• Biographies and Family Planning
• Educational and Career Counseling

Selected Literature

1. Kalisch, C., Pilz, L.-M., Prill, T. (2023): “Mission ICH” – Implementation of a holistic approach to vocational orientation at schools in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. In: BWP (Berufsbildung in Wissenschaft und Praxis) 2/2023, 52nd year, H20155. S. 35–39. Journal of the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training, Franz Steiner Verlag Stuttgart. URL: https://www.bwp- zeitschrift.de/dienst/publikationen/de/18664
2. Pilz, L.-M., Kalisch, C. (2023): Training counseling competence? Insights & experiences from the training seminar “Conversation management and counseling in pedagogical fields of action” at the University of Rostock. In: Carnein, O.; Damnik, G.; Krause, G.; Vanier, D. (eds.) Specific aspects of training pedagogical skills in differentiation to other teaching-learning situations in teacher education : conference proceedings ; online conference at the University of Rostock on March 4 and 5, 2022 on the topic “Is this already a training? How do trainings differ from other teaching-learning situations in teacher education?”
3. Pilz, LM, Prill, T., Kalisch, C. (2023). Vocational orientation with “Mission ICH” at schools in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Insights into the school and teaching materials and teacher training courses. In: Knickrehm, B., Fletemeyer, T., Ertelt, BJ. (eds) Vocational orientation and guidance. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-40601-1_6

Tobias Prill

Research assistant at the Institute for Vocational Education (ibp), University of Rostock, Project: “Mission ICH”/“ProBO-neT”

Research focus

• Career Choice and Orientation Research
• Work as a Social Phenomenon
• Critical Vocational Education Theory

Selected Literature

1. Kalisch, C., Pilz, LM., Prill, T. (2023): “Mission ICH” – Umsetzung eines ganzheitlichen Ansatzes zur Beruflichen Orientierung an Schulen in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. In: BWP (Berufsbildung in Wissenschaft und Praxis) 2/2023, 52. Jahrgang, H20155. S. 35-39. Zeitschrift des Bundesinstituts für Berufsbildung, Franz Steiner Verlag Stuttgart. URL: https://www.bwp-zeitschrift.de/dienst/publikationen/de/18664
2. Pilz, LM., Prill, T., Kalisch, C. (2023): Berufliche Orientierung mit “Mission ICH” an Schulen in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Einblicke in die Schul- und Unterrichtsmaterialien sowie die Lehrkräfteweiterbildungen. In: Knickrehm, B., Fletemeyer, T., Ertelt, BJ. (eds.) Berufliche Orientierung und Beratung. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-40601-1_6
3. Kalisch, C., Kley, S., Krugmann, S., Prill, T. & Prochatzki-Fahle, K. (2020): “Mission ICH” – Konzept und Arbeitsmaterialien für die Berufliche Orientierung in den Jahrgangsstufen 7, 8 und 9 an allgemeinbildenden Schulen in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Rostock.

Prof.in Dr.in Gabriele Taube

Professor of Social Work with a focus on Counselling and Social Management at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of the Mittelstand, at the Schwerin and Rostock campuses.

Research focus

• Professional Orientation in General Schools
• Early Career Orientation
• Academic and Professional Orientation

Selected Literature

1. Goertler, M., Taube, G., & Thielemann, N. (Hrsg.). (2022). Soziale Arbeit und Professionalität. Leverkusen: Budrich Verlag.
2. Taube, G. (2021). Schulische Berufsorientierung in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern – Expertenhandeln im Vergleich (Dissertation). Fernuniversität Hagen.
3. Kalisch, C., & Taube, G. (2013). Übergang Schule – Beruf in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: Daten und Befunde des Regionalen Übergangsmanagements. Studie im Auftrag der Landesgruppe RÜM M-V. Stralsund.

Dr. Tina Fletemeyer

Research Assistant, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Department of Economics and Law, Economic Education

Research focus

• Career Guidance in General Schools
• Teacher Beliefs on Career Guidance
• School-Based Competence Assessments

Selected Literature

1. Fletemeyer, T., Friebel-Piechotta, S. & Steier-Fahldieck, J. (2022). Professionally (un)orientated!? – On the career choice status of young people in the upper secondary school, a one-shot study at grammar schools in Bremen. Journal for Economic Education, special issue “BOGyO”, 23-42.
2. Fletemeyer, T. (2021). Career-related beliefs of teachers on Career Guidance. A qualitative study at general education schools. Wiesbaden: Springer Verlag.
3. Fletemeyer, T./Lembke, R. (2022) Vocational orientation as part of the school curriculum, between institutional guidelines and school reality. Career Guidance Part 2. dvb forum, 61(1), 57–63. https://doi.org/10.3278/DVB2201W.

Tobias Geike

Research Associate, Institute for Economic Education, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg

Research focus

• Career and study orientation in general education schools
• Career orientation in the STEM field

Selected Literature

1. Geike, T. (2026). Wege in die „MINT-Pipeline“ – Ein Systematic Review zum Beitrag von MINT-Maßnahmen zur Beruflichen Orientierung in der Sekundarstufe I [Konferenzbeitrag]. DeGÖB-Jahrestagung, Köln, Deutschland.
2. Geike, T. (2026). MINT-Maßnahmen und ihre Wirkung auf die Berufliche Orientierung von Schüler:innen [Konferenzbeitrag]. AGBFN-Forum, Stuttgart, Deutschland.

Christoph Krause

Research Assistant, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Department of Economics and Law, Economic Education (IfÖB)

Research focus

• Career Socialization and Development
• Reflective Life Course Transitions
• Social Inequality and Career Pathways

Literature

1. Krause, C., & Freiling, T. (2023). Action orientation and self-regulation as design principles of novel career orientation programs – The early education model. In K. Kögler, H.-H. Kremer, & V. Herkner (Eds.), Yearbook of vocational and business education research (pp. 141–164). Barbara Budrich. https://doi.org/10.3224/84742719
2. Krause, C. (2023). Regionally networked career orientation – Design criteria for compensating future skilled labor shortages in structurally weak regions. bwp@ Berufs- und Wirtschaftspädagogik – online, 44, 1–33. https://www.bwpat.de/ausgabe44/krause_bwpat44.pdf
3. Enoch, C., Krause, C., Garcia-Murias, R., & Porath, J. (2022). Vocational guidance in Europe: Challenges, needs, solutions, and development perspectives. Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06592-7

Dr. Rebecca Lembke

Institute for Economic Education, affiliated institute of the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Head of Project and Science Management

Research focus

• Career Guidance in General Schools
• Professionalization of Teachers
• Diagnostics in Career Guidance

Selected Literature

1. Lembke, R., Friebel-Piechotta, S. & Bieda, I. (2022). Working and training in a neighbouring country. The importance of cross-border Career Guidance and insights into the views of German and Polish pupils. In T. Fletemeyer, A. M. B. Heinemann, R. Schröder & J. Tietjen (Eds.), Journal of Economic Education (ZföB). Special issue: BOGyO Symposium 2022, 184-213.
2. Fletemeyer, T. & Lembke, R. (2022). Between institutional requirements and school reality. Career Guidance Part 2. dvb forum, 61(1), 57-63. https://doi.org/10.3278/DVB2201W.
3. Lembke, R. (2021). Career Guidance at school - significance and requirements for the professionalisation of teachers in grammar schools. Wiesbaden: Springer VS.

Anna-Lena Müller, M.A., M.Ed.

External doctoral candidate, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Institute for Economic Education

Research focus

• Career Guidance in General Schools
• Language-Sensitive Economic Education
• Inclusive Vocational Learning

Selected Literature

1. Betker, K., Fletemeyer, T., Münch-Manková, Z., Müller, A-L. & Slopinski, A. (2024, forthcoming): Language requirements at transitions from school to work using the example of the retail trade. Journal of Intercultural Foreign Language Teaching ZIF2024-1, S. 17–42.

Prof. Dr. Rudolf Schröder

Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Department of Economics and Law, Economic Education

Research focus

• Career Guidance in Schools
• Diagnostics for Career Guidance
• Sustainability in Career Guidance

Selected Literature

1. Schröder, R. (2020): Framework concepts for Career Guidance in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. In: Brüggemann, T.; Rahn, S. (eds.): Career Guidance: A textbook and workbook. 2nd revised and expanded edition. Münster: Waxmann, pp. 109–117
2. Schröder, R. (ed.) (2019): Career Guidance at school: The subject of economic education. Wiesbaden: Springer VS
3. Schröder, R. (2018): Inclusion in Career Guidance at school: Synergies and challenges. In: Journal for Curative Education, Issue 03/2018, pp. 108–120

Prof. Dr. Marc Thielen

Leibniz University Hannover, Institute of Special Education, Professorship for Pedagogy of Participation in Vocational Transitions

Research Focus

• Institutions in the Transition from School to Career
• Qualitative School and Classroom Research
• Diversity, Inclusion, and Educational Pathways

Selected Literature

1. Thielen, M., & Handelmann, A. (2021). ‘Fit machen’ für die Ausbildung. Eine Ethnografie zu Unterricht in der Berufsvorbereitung. Opladen: Barbara Budrich.
2. Thielen, M. (2020). Berufsorientierung bei Jugendlichen mit Fluchthintergrund. In T. Brüggemann & S. Rahn (Hrsg.), Berufsorientierung. Ein Lehr- und Arbeitsbuch (2., überarb. und erw. Aufl., S. 256-270). Münster: Waxmann.
3. Thielen, M. (2019). Der Übergang Schule – (Aus-)Bildung – Beschäftigung in Deutschland. Ein Überblick mit Fokus auf Inklusion im Kontext von Behinderung und Benachteiligung. Sonderpädagogische Förderung heute, 2 (Beiheft), 150-172.

Caroline Haupt, B.Sc., M.A.

Research assistant at the Catholic University of Applied Sciences Mainz. Institute for Applied Research and International Relations

Research focus

• Career Development in the Healthcare Sector

Selected Literature

1. Haupt, C. & Schulte, J. (2019). P.O.P.T. – Übertrag in die Spontansprache. Sprache – Stimme – Gehör, 43(02), 70-71. DOI: 10.1055/a-0851-8742
2. Haupt, C. & Schulte, J. (2018). Dysgrammatismus. Sprache – Stimme – Gehör, 42(01), 12-13. DOI: 10.1055/s-0044-101861

Prof. Dr. habil. Philipp Struck

Professorship for Vocational Education and Training in the Healthcare Sector at the Catholic University of Applied Sciences Mainz

Research focus

• Teacher Training and VET Research
• Career Choice and Social Education
• Inclusion and Special Education in VET

Selected Literature

1. Struck, P., Götzl, M, Naumann, H. & Bux, M. (2020). Berufliche Übergänge von Menschen mit Fluchthintergrund in gewerblich-technischen Berufen – eine Fallstudie. lernen & lehren, 138, 59–63.
2. Struck, P. (2020). Quo vadis Berufliche Orientierung? Eine (kritische) Betrachtung aktueller Themen sowie der gegenwärtigen Forschungslandschaft. berufsbildung, 74(182), 47–48.
3. Struck, P. (2020). How to support young adults individually in career choice? - The model of knowledge in the career choice process (KCCP). In C. Nägele, B. E. Stalder & N. Kersh (Eds.), Trends in vocational education and training research, Vol. III. Proceedings of the European Conference on Educational Research (ECER), Vocational Education and Training Network (VETNET) (pp. 285–291). doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4007690

Dipl.-Ing. (TU) Thorsten Wenner

External Doctoral Researcher RPTU Kaiserslautern–Landau Department of Social Sciences | Education

Research focus

• Parental STEM Support and Career Orientation
• School-to-Work Transitions from Parental Perspectives
• Socio-Ecological and Cognitive Factors in Support

Selected Literature

1. Wenner, T. (2024). Success through parental involvement: Insights from qualitative STEM research [Conference presentation]. MINT Barcamp 2024, Hamburg, Germany.
2. Wenner, T. (2025). Parental perspectives on extracurricular STEM education: An educational science analysis of subjective support patterns [Conference presentation]. Annual Conference 2025 of the Section for Vocational and Business Education (Early Career Researcher).

Dr. Stefan Brämer

Research Associate at the Chair of Engineering Pedagogy and Technical Education Didactics, Faculty of Human Sciences, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg

Research Focus

• Gender-Sensitive STEM Orientation
• Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)
• Systems of Career Orientation and Parental Involvement

Publications

1. Brämer, S. (2024). Youth centres as extracurricular learning venues for technical education for sustainable development (TESD). Didacticum – Journal for (Subject) Didactics in Research and Teaching, 2024(1), 211–225.
2. Brämer, S., Lonzig, A., & Vieback, L. (2019). New counselling formats for gender-sensitive career orientation – Current interim results of the in-vestMINT research project. In F. Bünning, M. Frenz, K. Jenewein & L. Windelband (Eds.), Transitions from the perspective of vocational education: Academisation and permeability as challenges for technical sciences (pp. 71–84). Bielefeld: wbv.
3. Brämer, S. (2018). Women in technical vocational training and degree programmes. An empirical analysis of factors influencing young women’s career and study choices in Saxony-Anhalt. In F. Bünning (Ed.), Technical Education Series (Vol. 9). Magdeburg: Mitteldeutscher WissenschaftsVerlag.

Dr. Silvio Kaak

Research assistant in the research project Career Orientation in Teacher Training (BO-LAB), University of Erfurt, Erfurt School of Education

Research Focus

• Career and Academic Orientation
• Teacher Professionalization
• Diagnostics and Evaluation in Educational Research

Selected Literature

1. Kaak, S. (2025). Wo stehst du in deiner Berufswahl? Berufswahlkompetenz diagnostizieren für eine individualisierte Förderung. Klasse leiten, 33, 8-11.
2. Kaak, S. (2025). Diagnostik und Evaluation in der Beruflichen Orientierung. Dissertation an der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena. https://doi.org/10.22032/dbt.65624
3. Kaak, S., Landgraf, A., & Kracke, B. (2024). Berufsorientierung im Kindes- und Jugendalter. In B. Kracke & P. Noack (Hrsg*.), Entwicklung im Schulalter* (S. 145-163). Utb.

Prof. Dr. Bärbel Kracke

Chair of Educational Psychology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena

Research Focus

• Vocational Choice and Self-Regulated Learning
• Success Factors for Inclusive Joint Teaching
• Inclusion Competence in Teacher Education

Selected Literature

1. Kracke, B. (2024). Berufsorientierung, Ausbildung und Studium [Vocational orientation, training, and studies]. In P. Noack, B. Kracke, & K. Weichold, Entwicklungspsychologie des Jugend- und jungen Erwachsenenalters (S. 166–181). Kohlhammer.
2. Kaak, S., Landgraf, A., & Kracke, B. (2024). Berufsorientierung im Kindes- und Jugendalter [Vocational orientation in childhood and adolescence]. In B. Kracke & P. Noack (Hrsg.), Entwicklung im Schulalter (S. 145–163). Utb.
3. Lipowski, K., Kaak, S., & Kracke, B. (Hrsg.). (2021). Handbuch schulische berufliche Orientierung: Praxisorientierte Unterstützung für den Übergang Schule – Beruf [Manual for vocational orientation in schools: Practice-oriented support for the transition from school to work] (2., überarbeitete und erweiterte Aufl.). Verlag das netz.

Antonia Landgraf, M.A,

Research associate, University of Jena, Department for Educational Science, Chair of Educational Psychology

Research Focus

• Vocational and Study Orientation
• Diagnostic Procedures in Vocational Orientation
• Parental Involvement

Selected Literature

1. Kaak, S., Landgraf, A., & Kracke, B. (2024). Berufsorientierung im Kindes- und Jugendalter [Vocational orientation in childhood and adolescence]. In B. Kracke & P. Noack (Hrsg.), Entwicklung im Schulalter (S. 145–163). Utb.
2. Landgraf, A., Kaak, S., & Kracke, B. (2021). Diagnostikverfahren in der beruflichen Orientierung: Ein Blick aus entwicklungspsychologischer Perspektive [Diagnostic procedures in vocational orientation: A view from a developmental psychological perspective]. dvb forum, 60 (2), 4–10. https://doi.org/10.3278/DVB2102W004
3. Landgraf, A., Kaak, S., & Kracke, B. (2021). Herausforderungen am Übergang Schule – Beruf [Challenges in the transition from school to work]. journal für schulentwicklung, 25 (1), 33–41.