Ablauf zum Verfassen einer Abschlussarbeit an der Professur

You apply for a thesis with a letter of motivation for your chosen topic via email to dana.bergmann@uni-osnabrueck.de. You will receive prompt feedback and, if accepted, take part in colloquia during the semester. Before registering your thesis, you will write an exposé. You will receive further information on the procedure in a personal interview or in the colloquia.

The following topic corridors can be supervised at our professorship, in particular in the Bachelor of Vocational Education, Master of Vocational Education for Specialized Education and Master of Vocational Education for Specialized Education Bachelor:

Implications of digitalization for vocational education and training

• Digital divide
• Substitutability of professional activities and consequences for companies
• Change in vocational qualification requirements
• Implementing AI in vocational education and training - needs and requirements
• Digitalization for older skilled workers
• Designing innovative teaching and learning settings
• Role of company training staff as "change agents" (attitudes, attitudes, value orientations)
• Digital examinations

Profession, biographization and professional identity development

• Change in the understanding of the profession
• Biographical coherence in the context of professional development
• Professional identity development in the context of the changing world of work

Company training as an arena of transformation

• Vocational education and training as the core of the transformation process
• Subject-oriented methods of company training work
• Organizational identity in times of change