Dr. Händel Prize 2022 for International­ization of the Faculty is awarded to Mattis Altmann

After a successful application for the Dr. Händel Award 2022, the award ceremony took place on 18.05.2022 during the Faculty Day. Among the lucky winners of the award for the internationalization of the faculty was Mattis Altmann from the Chair of Information Systems, esp. Information Management.

The Chair of Business Informatics, esp. Information Management is currently establishing an Erasmus+ partnership under the leadership of Mattis Altmann, which results from the project Virtual Albanian European eXchange - VALEU-X. In the above-mentioned project, an intensive exchange between learners and lecturers has already taken place, which is now to be raised to the scientific level in the sense of research-based learning and is to be carried to the faculty. Furthermore, the professorship is actively involved in the VirTUos project started in 2021, with the sub-project DikoLint, which also serves the standardization of virtual and collaborative teaching, but here with a focus on the TU Dresden.

The continuation of the teaching cooperation from VALEU-X will also be promoted and intensified within the framework of the future projects OER-Codex, COWEB as well as the TU wide Erasmus+ application for funding partner region Western Balkans - Partner Albania KA171. The focus will be on the internationalization of teaching in the sense of virtual mobility and internationalization at home, but also blended learning arrangements with workshops in presence will take place again in the future.

© Mattis Altmann

The prize money will be used to support a 2 to 3 day visit of key persons to the TU Dresden to deepen the international partnership in teaching and research-based teaching of EPOKA University, which will also reach out to the faculty between the end of the VALEU-X project and the new projects. The Chair of Information Systems, in particular Information Management, represents the faculty in the acquisition of new partners who are suitable for international cooperation in teaching. In addition to the EPOKA University, further partners from the Mediterranean region can be acquired through the networking of the chair in the EMUNI network and contacts can also be established in the sense of the faculty and other chairs.

For the visit of the guest lecturer Dr. Esmir Demaj the following activities are in the foreground of the planning, which also serve the sustainable design of the internationalization of the Faculty of Economic Sciences and thus the goal of the Excellence Initiative Teaching:

- Professional workshop at the faculty to announce the partners as well as discussion about Learning Agreements between EPOKA University and TU Dresden.

- Announcement with Prof. Schipp to promote stronger partnership as well as discussion about possible exchange formats to strengthen international teaching at the faculty in the dimensions Bachelor, Master and PhD

- Attendance of the PhD colloquium Education and Technology with guest lecture to initiate international cooperation also on PhD level

- Preparation of the Summerschool for PhD students, which is planned in the KA171 proposal by getting to know the structures of the colloquium as well as the responsible persons and exchange with them.

We are looking forward to the further development of international cooperations of the faculty and are gladly available as contact persons.