core research areas
RESEARCH FOCUS
Higher education (socialization) research in educational science: teaching and learning at universities, working in science, third space professionals, participatory university development, study progression research
Science research informed by educational theory: transdisciplinarity in educational science, boundaries and boundary management of disciplines, subject and basic theoretical framing of research
Lifelong learning: teaching and learning in adult education, professionalism and professional action in pedagogical areas of activity, higher education as a specific form of adult education, conditional contexts of lifelong learning, basics of adult/continuing education research
Qualitative research: methodologies and theoretical foundations, methodological developments, digitalization and its effects on research, challenges of research data management, function of triangulation, methodological training and teachability of qualitative research