Doctoral student reports on closed meeting in Schmiedeberg

Once a year, the Chair of Construction, Wood and Paint Technology and Interior Design / Vocational Didactics at TU Dresden comes together for a closed conference. At the conference, the latest research findings and results of the Chair's diverse research areas in the fields of vocational didactics of color, textile and chemical engineering as well as the didactics of chemistry are presented and discussed. This year, the retreat took place on August 27 and 28, 2024, and, like last year, the Martin Luther King House in the tranquil town of Schmiedeberg in the Saxon Ore Mountains (photo above: view of the Holy Trinity Church in Schmiedeberg) served as the venue.

As the doctoral student of sub-project G3 of the Boysen-TU Dresden- Research Training Group, Jannik Amon, is supervised by the Chair of Construction Wood and Paint Technology and Interior Design/Vocational Didactics, he was able to present his ideas and approaches to his doctoral project at the closed conference. With the core research areas of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in the context of the hydrogen economy, the project not only enriches the Research Training Group by integrating the research findings of other projects of the Research Training Group into teaching-learning concepts, but also the Chair, which has so far conducted little research of its own in the field of ESD.

In addition to the content-related examination of the research topics of various participants and the rich ideas and suggestions from the intensive discussions after the presentations, there is now the opportunity, among other things, to recognize connections between the Chair's research projects and to expand cooperation among them. This is also a benefit for the Research Training Group and one more reason why the retreat is so important. In addition to the scientific discourse, the cohesion of the team was strengthened by a walk through Schmiedeberg and a joint barbecue evening in fantastic weather and summer temperatures.