Scientific Staff Member Sebastian Ixmeier

Professional and Academic Career

Publications

2026

Ixmeier, S. (2026) Ganzheitliche Teilhabeförderung als berufliche Bildungspraxis. Neue Ansätze zur Inklusion langzeitarbeitsloser Personen mit gesundheitlichen Beeinträchtigungen (Erscheint 2026 bei wbv).

2025

Ixmeier, S. (2025). blickpunkt: Ich bin schon da! Für eine kluge Migrationspolitik. berufsbildung, 79(4), 1-1. Bielefeld: EUSL bei wbv Publikation. https://doi.org/10.3278/BB2504W001

Ixmeier, S. (2025). "Natürlich lässt sich Migration politisch steuern": Interview mit Jochen Oltmer (Professor für Neueste Geschichte und Migrationsgeschichte, Universität Osnabrück). berufsbildung, 79(4), 40-42. Bielefeld: EUSL bei wbv Publikation. https://doi.org/10.3278/BB2504W012

Ixmeier, S. (2025). "Wir brauchen unbedingt einen grundlegenden Kulturwandel" Interview mit Aladin El-Mafaalani (Professor für Migrations- und Bildungssoziologie, TU Dortmund). berufsbildung, 79(4), 43-46. Bielefeld: EUSL bei wbv Publikation. https://doi.org/10.3278/BB2504W013

Ixmeier, S., & Münk, D. (2025). Abschlussbericht der wissenschaftlichen Begleitung des rehapro-Modellprojekts Essen.Pro.Teilhabe. DuEPublico. https://doi.org/10.17185/duepublico/84377

Ixmeier,S. (2025). Facing heterogeneity – holistic support strategies for future challenges in VET. In C. Nägele, B.E. Stalder, F. Kaiser, M. Malloch, & N. Kersh (Eds.), Trends in vocational education and training research (Vol.8, pp.138–148). VETNET/OAPublishing. https://doi.org/10.21240/vetcon/2025/ecer/50

Ixmeier, S., & Muenk, D. (2025). "Thinking Outside the Box" - Holistic Skill Development for Vulnerable Groups as a New Educational Practice in Challenging Times. VETNET. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15373859

2024

Ixmeier, S., Buck, P. & Münk, D (Hg.). (2024) Chancen für Alle durch (berufliche) Bildung: Inklusion und Teilhabe für Menschen mit gesundheitlicher Beeinträchtigung (1. Auflg.). Bielefeld: wbv Publikation.URL: https://www.wbv.de/shop/Chancen-fuer-Alle-durch-berufliche-Bildung-I76379

Ixmeier, S. (2024). Teilhabeförderung langzeitarbeitsloser Personen mit gesundheitlichen Einschränkungen – Eine Chance zur Sicherung des Fachkräftebedarfs? In: Buck, P., Ixmeier, S. & Muenk, D. (Hg.). Chancen für Alle durch (berufliche) Bildung: Inklusion und Teilhabe für Menschen mit gesundheitlicher Beeinträchtigung (1. Auflg.). Bielefeld: wbv Publikation, S.143-164. Online: https://www.wbv.de/shop/Chancen-fuer-Alle-durch-berufliche-Bildung-I76379

Ixmeier, S., Buck, P., Muenk D. (2024). Fachkräftesicherung durch Inklusion als Auftrag der beruflichen Bildung in Deutschland. In: Buck, P., Ixmeier, S. & Muenk, D. (Hg.). Chancen für Alle durch (berufliche) Bildung: Inklusion und Teilhabe für Menschen mit gesundheitlicher Beeinträchtigung (1. Auflg.). Bielefeld: wbv Publikation, S. 17-30. Online: https://www.wbv.de/shop/Chancen-fuer-Alle-durch-berufliche-Bildung-I76379

Ixmeier, S. (2024) Zwischen Exklusion, beruflicher Rehabilitation und sozialer Teilhabe –Perspektiven nachhaltiger Förderung langzeitarbeitsloser Personen mit gesundheitlichen Beeinträchtigungen. In: Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund (Hrsg.): 33. Rehabilitationswissenschaftliches Kolloquium. Deutscher Kongress für Rehabilitationsforschung. Nachhaltigkeit und Teilhabe: ökologisch – ökonomisch – sozial. DRV-Schriften, Band 130. Frankfurt am Main: DRV, S. 363 - 365. Online: https://edoc.ku.de/id/eprint/33389/1/TB-33Reha-Koll-2.pdf

Buck, P., Ixmeier, S., Peters, A. (2024). Berufliche Bildungsperspektiven für Menschen mit gesundheitlichen Beeinträchtigungen zur Sicherung des Fachkräftebedarfs. In: bwp@ Spezial HT2023: Hochschultage Berufliche Bildung 2023, hrsg. v. Gerholz, K.-H./Annen, S./Braches-Chyrek, R./Hufnagl, J./Wagner, A., 1-18. Online: https://www.bwpat.de/ht2023/buck_etal_ht2023.pdf (22.01.2024).

2023

Ixmeier, S. (2023): Interview mit Herrn Dr. Knut Diekmann (Referatsleiter Grundsatzfragen der Weiterbildung, Deutsche Industrie- und Handelskammer). In: Berufsbildung, Zeitschrift für Theorie-Praxis-Dialog; Schwerpunktthema: Fachkräftemangel, Eusl/wbv, Jg. 77, H. 198, 2/2023, S. 44-47. URL: https://www.wbv.de/shop/Fachkraeftemangel-BB2302

Ixmeier, S. (2023): Interview mit Elke Hannack (Stellvertretende Vorsitzende des Deutschen Gewerkschaftsbundes). In: Berufsbildung, Zeitschrift für Theorie-Praxis-Dialog; Schwerpunktthema: Fachkräftemangel, Eusl/wbv, Jg. 77, H. 198, 2/2023, S. 40-43. URL: https://www.wbv.de/shop/Fachkraeftemangel-BB2302

Ixmeier, S. (2023). We don’t need no education? Perspektiven der Fachkräftesicherung durch langzeitarbeitslose Personen. In: Berufsbildung, Zeitschrift für Theorie-Praxis-Dialog; Schwerpunktthema: Fachkräftemangel, Eusl/wbv, Jg. 77, H. 198, 2/2023, S. 36-39. URL: https://www.wbv.de/shop/Fachkraeftemangel-BB2302

Ixmeier, S., Münk, D. & Muscati, N. (2023). Fachkräftemangel in Deutschland. Strukturmerkmale, Substituierungspotentiale und Reformvorschläge für das berufliche Bildungssystem. In: Berufsbildung, Zeitschrift für Theorie-Praxis-Dialog; Schwerpunktthema: Fachkräftemangel, Eusl/wbv, Jg. 77, H. 198, 2/2023, S. 03-06. URL: https://www.wbv.de/shop/Fachkraeftemangel-BB2302

Ixmeier, S. (2023). Fachkräftesicherung – Eine Frage der Balance. In: Berufsbildung, Zeitschrift für Theorie-Praxis-Dialog; Schwerpunktthema: Fachkräftemangel, Eusl/wbv, Jg. 77, H. 198, 2/2023, S. 02. URL: https://www.wbv.de/shop/Fachkraeftemangel-BB2302

Ixmeier, S., Muenk, D. & Muscati, N. (2023). "Making a virtue of necessity": Substitution potentials in the face of the shortage of skilled workers - ways to a sustainable future using the example of the German vocational training system. In V. Tūtlys, L. Vaitkutė & C. Nägele (Eds.), Vocational Education and Training Transformations for Digital, Sustainable and Socially Fair Future. Proceedings of the 5th Crossing Boundaries Conference in Vocational Education and Training, Kaunas, 25. – 26. May (pp. 222–228). European Research Network on Vocational Education and Training, VETNET, Vytautas Magnus University Education Academy, Institute of Educational Science. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7821811

2022

Ixmeier, S. (2022): Interview mit Herrn Christoph Beyer (Leiter des LVR-Inklusionsamtes). In: Berufsbildung, Zeitschrift für Theorie-Praxis-Dialog; Schwerpunktthema: Berufliche Rehabilitation, Eusl/wbv, Jg. 76, H. 194, 2/2022, S. 46-48. URL: https://www.wbv.de/shop/Interview-mit-Herrn-Christoph-Beyer-BB2202W046

Ixmeier, S. (2022): Interview mit Herrn Thiemo Fojkar (Vorsitzender des Vorstandes des Bundesverbandes der Träger Beruflicher Bildung e.V., Bildungsverband, BBB, Berlin). In: Berufsbildung, Zeitschrift für Theorie-Praxis-Dialog; Schwerpunktthema: Berufliche Rehabilitation, Eusl/wbv, Jg. 76, H. 194, 2/2022, S. 42-45. URL: https://www.wbv.de/shop/Interview-mit-Herrn-Thiemo-Fojkar-BB2202W042

Ixmeier, S. & Peters, A. (2022) Kompetenzorientiertes Handeln bei der beruflichen Rehabilitation langzeitarbeitsloser Personen mit gesundheitlichen Einschränkungen. Das Modellprojekt Essen.Pro.Teilhabe. In: Berufsbildung, Zeitschrift für Theorie-Praxis-Dialog; Schwerpunktthema: Berufliche Rehabilitation, Eusl/wbv, Jg. 76, H. 194, 2/2022, S. 27-29. URL: https://www.wbv.de/shop/Kompetenzorientiertes-Handeln-bei-der-beruflichen-Rehabilitation-langzeitarbeitsloser-Personen-mit-gesundheitlichen-Einschraenkungen-BB2202W027

Ixmeier, S. & Scheiermann, G. (2022). Teilhabeförderung langzeitarbeitsloser Personen mit gesundheitlichen Einschränkungen – neue Ansätze der beruflichen Rehabilitation in Zeiten der COVID-19-Pandemie. Heisler, D. & Meier J. A. (Hg.) (2022): Berufsausbildung zwischen Hygienemaßnahmen und Lockdown(s). WBV, S. 371-393.. URL: https://www.wbv.de/shop/Berufsausbildung-zwischen-Hygienemassnahmen-und-Lockdown-s-I72579

Ixmeier, S. (2022). „Da muss man dann halt überlegen, […] wie man in diesem besonderen Fall irgendwie agieren kann“. Neue Ansätze in der beruflichen Qualifizierung langzeitarbeitsloser Personen mit gesundheitlichen Einschränkungen. In: Bohlinger S., Scheiermann, G. & Schmidt, C. (Hg.) (2022) Berufsbildung, Beruf und Arbeit im gesellschaftlichen Wandel. Zukünfte beruflicher Bildung im 21. Jahrhundert. Springer, S. 73 – 92. URL: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-658-37897-4_6

2021

Ixmeier, S., Peters, A. & Scheiermann, G. (2021) Spannungsdynamiken in der beruflichen Rehabilitation. Erste Erfahrungen aus einem Förderprojekt zur beruflichen und gesellschaftlichen Teilhabe. In: B. Blättel-Mink (Hrsg.): Gesellschaft unter Spannung. Verhandlungen des 40. Kongresses der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie 2020. URL: https://publikationen.soziologie.de/index.php/kongressband2020/article/view/1388

Ixmeier, S., Peters, A. & Scheiermann, G. (2021) „Und dann kam Corona..." - Zur Weiterentwicklung beruflicher Teilhabeinstrumente in besonderen Zeiten aus Sicht rehabedürftiger Leistungsempfänger*innen. In: Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund (Hrsg.): 30. Rehabilitationswissenschaftliches Kolloquium. Deutscher Kongress für Rehabilitationsforschung Teilhabe und Arbeitswelt in besonderen Zeiten. DRV-Schriften, Band 123. Berlin: DRV, S. 31 - 33. URL: https://www.deutsche-rentenversicherung.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Experten/rehaforschung/rehakolloquium/TB-30Reha-Koll.html.

2016

Sowa, F., Gottwald, M.. Grimminger, S., Ixmeier, S. & Promberger, M. (2016): Vermittlerhandeln im weiterentwickelten Zielsystem der Bundesagentur für Arbeit. Zum Forschungsdesign einer organisationsethnografischen Studie. IAB-Forschungsbericht. URL: https://www.iab.de/185/section.aspx/Publikation/k160119301.

Brötzmann, N., Wrzaszczyk, N. & Ixmeier, S. (2016): Evaluation der Veranstaltungsreihe im Rahmen des Projekts ‚Migration – Bildungsperspektive Hochschule‘, hrsg. v. Kompetenzzentrum Gender & Diversity der TH Nürnberg und Büro für Gender und Diversity der FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Nürnberg/Erlangen. URL: https://www.th-nuernberg.de/fileadmin/kompetenzzentren/komgedi/Dokumente/Migra-Eval-Bericht_Endfassung_11.11.16neu.pdf.

Editorships and Special Issue Coordination

Ixmeier, S. & Münk, D. (Hg.) (2025). Migration. berufsbildung 79 (4). Bielefeld. EUSL bei wbv Publikation. https://doi.org/10.3278/BB2504W

Ixmeier, S., Buck, P. & Münk, D (Hg.). (2024) Chancen für Alle durch (berufliche) Bildung: Inklusion und Teilhabe für Menschen mit gesundheitlicher Beeinträchtigung (1. Auflg.). Bielefeld: wbv Publikation. URL: https://www.wbv.de/shop/Chancen-fuer-Alle-durch-berufliche-Bildung-I76379

Heftbetreuung der Zeitschrift „Berufsbildung, Zeitschrift für Theorie-Praxis-Dialog“; Schwerpunktthema: Fachkräftemangel, Eusl/wbv, Jg. 77, H. 198, 2/2023. URL: https://www.wbv.de/shop/Fachkraeftemangel-BB2302 (zusammen mit Dieter Münk).

Heftbetreuung der Zeitschrift „Berufsbildung, Zeitschrift für Theorie-Praxis-Dialog“; Schwerpunktthema: Berufliche Rehabilitation, Eusl/wbv, Jg. 76, H. 194, 2/2022. URL: https://www.wbv.de/shop/Berufliche-Rehabilitation-BB2202W (zusammen mit Dieter Münk).

Other Reports

Ixmeier, S. & Münk, D. (2024) Vierter Zwischenbericht der wissenschaftlichen Begleitung. Modellprojekt Essen.Pro.Teilhabe (Reporting year 2023) (unpublished).

Ixmeier, S. & Münk, D. (Hg.) (2024) Synthesepapier mit Handlungsempfehlungen. Modellprojekt Essen.Pro.Teilhabe (unpublished).

Ixmeier, S. & Münk, D. (2023) Dritter Zwischenbericht der wissenschaftlichen Begleitung. Modellprojekt Essen.Pro.Teilhabe (Reporting year 2022) (unpublished).

Ixmeier, S. & Münk, D. (Hg.) (2023) Veröffentlichung Werkstattbericht. Modellprojekt Essen.Pro.Teilhabe (unpublished).

Ixmeier, S. & Münk, D. (2022) Zweiter Zwischenbericht der wissenschaftlichen Begleitung. Modellprojekt Essen.Pro.Teilhabe (Reporting year 2021) (unpublished).

Ixmeier, S. & Münk, D. (2021) Erster Zwischenbericht der wissenschaftlichen Begleitung. Modellprojekt Essen.Pro.Teilhabe (Reportng year 2020) (unpublished).

Funk, Walter, Ixmeier, Sebastian & Johnsen, Annika (2017): Internal Report. Gender differences in the acceptance of automated vehicles. Projekt: BRAVE (BRidging gaps for the adoption of Automated Vehicles - No 723021) (unpublished).

Presentations

2026

• 19.05.26 - "Lost in transition? – International pathways to vocational education and training for people with a migrant background. New insights for Germany.” Presentation at the 10th Stockholm International Conference of Research in VET (Stockholm, Sweden; with Dieter Münk).

2025

• 20.11.25 - "Interdisciplinary networking as the key to greater social sustainability." Presentation at the 10th Sino-European Workshop on Vocational Education and Training Research (Bamberg).
• 17.10.2025 - “Holistic Promotion of Participation for Vulnerable Target Groups in the Context of Societal Transformation Dynamics.” Presentation at the DeZIM Conference for Doctoral Researchers 2025 (Nürnberg).
• 25.09.2025 - "Holistic Promotion of Participation as a New Practice in Vocational Education and Training against the Background of Heterogeneous Target Group Orientation.” Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Section for Vocational and Business Education of the German Educational Research Association (DGfE) (Darmstadt).
• 10.09.25 – "Facing Heterogeneity – Holistic Support Strategies For Future Challenges in VET". Presentation at the European Conference on Educational Research (ECER) of the European Educational Research Association (EERA) (Belgrade, Serbia).
• 25.07.25 - "The Flexibilization of VET: Navigating Inclusion and New Skill Demands in Challenging Times. Presentation at the JVET 16th International Conference, St Catherine’s College, University of Oxford (Oxford, England).
• 22.05.25 - “Thinking Outside the Box” - Holistic Skill Development for Vulnerable Groups as a New Educational Practice in Challenging Times.” Presentation at the 6th International VET Conference Crossing Boundaries (Palma, Spain; with Dieter Münk).
• 09.05.25 – „Conditions for the Success of Holistic Participation Promotion: Key Findings from the Scientific Monitoring of the rehapro Pilot Project Essen.Pro.Teilhabe.” Presentation at the conference “Innovation Perspectives for Vocational Rehabilitation in Times of Polycrisis,” organized by the scientific monitoring team of the Essen.Pro.Teilhabe pilot project, University of Duisburg-Essen (Essen).
• 17.03.25 – „The Lost Ones? – Inklusionsorientierte berufspädagogische Ansätze in der Grundsicherung im Schatten struktureller Exklusionsdynamiken“. Presentation at the conference “Vocational Education and Training from the Perspective of Inclusion,” 23rd University Days of Vocational Education and Training (Paderborn).
• 06.02.25 – “Presentation of the Essen.Pro.Teilhabe Pilot Project by the Project Partners.” Presentation at the workshop “Shaping Participation: Structural Conditions for a More Inclusive Labour Market,” organized by the scientific monitoring team of the Essen.Pro.Teilhabe pilot project, University of Duisburg-Essen (Essen; with the cooperation partners of the pilot project).

2024

• 07.11.24 – “Key Research Findings from the Scientific Monitoring of the Essen.Pro.Teilhabe Pilot Project in 2024: Challenges and Development Perspectives.” Presentation at the workshop “Strategy, Dissemination, Continuation and Transfer 2024,” organized by the scientific monitoring team of the Essen.Pro.Teilhabe pilot project, University of Duisburg-Essen (Essen).
• 18.10.24 - The long and winding road – holistic skills development for a more inclusive vocational education system. Presentation at the 9th Sino-European Workshop on TVET Research (Shanghai, China).
• 26.09.24 – “Is Participation Everything? Participation Effects of Holistic Participation Promotion in Vocational Rehabilitation.” Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Section for Adult Education of the German Educational Research Association (DGfE) (Essen).
• 25.09.24 – “Perspectives on the Continuation of the rehapro Pilot Project Essen.Pro.Teilhabe.” Presentation at the conference “Women’s Health and Health Counselling” of the rehapro pilot project bergauf (Wuppertal).
• 17.09.24 – “Lost in Inclusion? Transformation Perspectives for the Vocational Education System Using the Example of a Pilot Project on Holistic Participation Promotion in Basic Income Support.” Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Section for Vocational and Business Education of the German Educational Research Association (DGfE) (Dresden).
• 28.08.24 – “A New Hope? - Perspectives on Holistic Skills Development for a More Inclusive and Sustainable Society”.  Presentation at the European Conference on Educational Research (ECER) of the European Educational Research Association (EERA) (Nikosia, Zypern).
• 20.08.24 - “Scientific Monitoring of the Essen.Pro.Teilhabe Pilot Project.” Poster presentation at the 4th Health Day of the JobCenter Essen in Grugapark (Essen).
• 11.07.24 –  “Results from EPT Workshop IX: Operational Continuation Tools.” Presentation at the project partners’ conference of the Essen.Pro.Teilhabe pilot project (Essen).
• 03.07.24 –“The Phoenix Effect: Inclusive Vocational Education through Holistic Competence Orientation as a Consequence of Multiple Shortages.” Presentation at the 9th Austrian Conference on Vocational Education and Training Research (Innsbruck, Österreich).
• 03.06.24 – „“Unity in Diversity” thru “Diversity in Unity” – Paths of transformation for an inclusive VET-System in Europe.” Presentation at the NORDYRK Conference “Evolving VET: Navigating Traditions and Transformations (Reykjavík, Island; with Dieter Münk).
• 14.05.24 - "Between aspirations and reality – Inclusiveness in VET using the example of promoting the participation of long-term unemployed people with health impairments."Presentation at the 9th Stockholm International Conference of Research in VET, Stockholm (Stockholm, Sweden; withDieter Münk).
• 30.04.24 – “Essen.Pro.Teilhabe (EPT): Presentation of the Project.” Presentation at the rehapro Focus Event “Early Identification of Health Impairments/Needs (SGB II, A.1)” of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (BMAS) (Berlin; with JobCenter Essen).
• 22.03.21 – “Between Exclusion, Vocational Rehabilitation and Social Participation: Perspectives on Sustainable Support for Long-Term Unemployed Persons with Health Impairments.” Presentation at the 33rd Rehabilitation Sciences Colloquium of the German Congress for Rehabilitation Research of the German Pension Insurance Association and the German Society for Rehabilitation Sciences (DGRW) (Bremen).
• 14.03.24 – “Holistic Participation Promotion in the rehapro Pilot Project Essen.Pro.Teilhabe: Conditions for Success and Perspectives on Continuation.” Presentation at the Second Expert Conference of the Programme Evaluation Working Group of the Federal rehapro Programme, Stream 2: Social Participation and Health (Duisburg; with Alexander Bernhardt).
• 12.03.24 – “Activation in Crisis? Hybrid Transformation Dynamics in Vocational Rehabilitation.” Presentation at the 29th Congress of the German Educational Research Association (DGfE) (Halle).
• 23.01.24 – “Continuation Perspectives of the Scientific Monitoring: Findings from Workshop VIII and Strategy 2024/2025.” Presentation at the project partners’ conference of the Essen.Pro.Teilhabe pilot projec (Essen).

2023

• 11.12.23 – “Key Research Findings from the Scientific Monitoring of the Essen.Pro.Teilhabe Pilot Project in 2023: Challenges and Development Perspectives.” Presentation at the workshop “Strategy, Dissemination, Continuation and Transfer 2023,” organized by the scientific monitoring team of the Essen.Pro.Teilhabe pilot project, University of Duisburg-Essen (Essen).
• 28.09.23 – “Presentation of the Essen.Pro.Teilhabe Pilot Project by the Project Partners.” Presentation at the workshop “Achieving More Together! Networks for Participation Promotion in the Ruhr Area,” organized by the scientific monitoring team of the Essen.Pro.Teilhabe pilot project, University of Duisburg-Essen (Essen; with the cooperation partners of the pilot projectodellprojekts).
• 13.09.23 – “‘Escaping the Vicious Circle’: Perspectives on Sustainable Educational Work for Long-Term Unemployed Persons with Health Impairments.” Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Section for Adult Education of the German Educational Research Association (DGfE) (München).
• 07.09.23 – “Precarious Freedom: On the Reciprocity of Holistic Competence Development and Societal Responsibility in Vocational Rehabilitation.” Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Section for Vocational and Business Education of the German Educational Research Association (DGfE) (Flensburg).
• 17.08.23 –  “Presentation of the Essen.Pro.Teilhabe Development Plan: Synopsis from Workshop VI.” Presentation at the project partners’ conference of the Essen.Pro.Teilhabe pilot project (Essen).
• 27.06.23 – “Exclusively Inclusive? On the Genesis and Impact of Welfare-State Selection Mechanisms in Vocational Rehabilitation.” Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Social Policy Section of the German Sociological Association (DGS) (Köln).
• 25. 05. 23 - "Making a Virtue of Necessity": Substitution Potentials in the Face of the Shortage of Skilled Workers - Ways to a Sustainable Future Using the Example of the German Vocational Training System”. Presentation at the 5th International VET Conference Crossing Boundaries (Kaunas, Litauen; with Dieter Münk).
• 22.03.23 – “Promoting the Participation of Long-Term Unemployed Persons with Health Impairments: An Opportunity to Secure the Demand for Skilled Labour?” Presentation at the workshop “Vocational Education Perspectives for People with Health Impairments,” 22nd University Days of Vocational Education and Training (Bamberg).
• 21.03.23 – “New Approaches to Securing Skilled Labour through Long-Term Unemployed Persons with Health Impairments: Opportunities and Limits of a Competence-Oriented Educational Approach.” Presentation at the conference “Vocational Rehabilitation/Inclusion,” 22nd University Days of Vocational Education and Training (Bamberg).
• 02.03.23 –  “Participation Revisited: Competence-Oriented Activation as a Polarization Effect in Labour Administration.” Presentation at the 10th Conference of the Society for Empirical Educational Research (GEBF)(Essen).
• 27.2.23 – “Vocational Education and Training in the Context of Promoting the Participation of Long-Term Unemployed Persons with Health Impairments.” Presentation at the Early Career Researchers’ Conference of the Society for Empirical Educational Research (GEBF) (Essen).
• 23.02.23 – “Key Research Findings from the Scientific Monitoring of the Essen.Pro.Teilhabe Pilot Project in 2022: Challenges and Development Perspectives.” Presentation at the workshop “Strategy, Dissemination, Continuation and Transfer 2022,” organized by the scientific monitoring team of the Essen.Pro.Teilhabe pilot project, University of Duisburg-Essen (Essen).

2022

• 28.09.22 - „“Experiences of Ambivalence in Vocational Rehabilitation: Opportunities and Risks of a Competence-Oriented Pedagogy.” Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Section for Vocational and Business Education of the German Educational Research Association (DGfE) (Freiburg).
• 23.09.22 – “Holistic Participation Promotion in the rehapro Pilot Project Essen.Pro.Teilhabe: Opportunities and Limits of an Interdisciplinary Support Strategy.” Presentation at the First Expert Conference of the Programme Evaluation Working Group of the Federal rehapro Programme from 22./23.09.2022, Stream 6: Cross-Legal-Code Cooperation / Cooperation between Organisations(Duisburg).
• 09.08.22 -“Scientific Monitoring of the Essen.Pro.Teilhabe Pilot Project.” Poster presentation at the 3rd Health Day of the JobCenter Essen in Grugapark (Essen).
• 16.07.22 - “Promoting the Participation of Long-Term Unemployed Persons with Health Impairments through Competence-Oriented Vocational Education and Training.” Presentation at the Vocational Pedagogy Symposium “Vocational Education between Social Integration and International Competitiveness”(Bonn).
• 07.07.22 – “Sustainable Participation Promotion through Competence-Oriented Vocational Education and Training: Findings from a Pilot Project in Vocational Rehabilitation.” Presentation at the 8th Austrian Conference on Vocational Education and Training Research (Klagenfurt, Austria).
• 11.05.22 – “Scientific Monitoring of the Essen.Pro.Teilhabe Pilot Project.” Poster presentation at the 82nd German Welfare Congress (Essen).
• 11.05.22 –  “Innovative Participation Promotion for Long-Term Unemployed Persons with Health Impairments in the Essen.Pro.Teilhabe Pilot Project: Findings from the Scientific Monitoring.” Presentation at the 82nd German Welfare Congress (Essen).
• 10.05.22 –  “Perspectives on Network Work in the Essen.Pro.Teilhabe Pilot Project: Pathways towards a Sustainable Support Structure.” Presentation at the 10th Online Forum of the rehapro Programme Evaluation, “Innovation in Network Work” (Essen - digital).
• 17.02.22 -  “Scientific Monitoring of the Essen.Pro.Teilhabe Pilot Project.” Poster presentation at the Day of Educational Research of the University of Duisburg-Essen (Essen - digital).
• 11.02.22 – “‘As Soon as Health Reaches a Certain Level, Everything Else Will Follow’: On the Significance of Incremental Participation Promotion in Vocational Rehabilitation.” Presentation at the 7th International Conference “Work and Health"  (Windisch, Switzerland - digital).

2021

• 03.12.21 – “Key Research Findings from the Scientific Monitoring of the Essen.Pro.Teilhabe Pilot Project in 2021: Challenges and Development Perspectives.” Presentation at the workshop “Strategy, Dissemination, Continuation and Transfer 2021,” organized by the scientific monitoring team of the Essen.Pro.Teilhabe pilot project, University of Duisburg-Essen (Essen).
• 09.11.21 – “Vocational Education and Training in the Context of Promoting the Participation of Long-Term Unemployed Persons with Health Impairments: Approaches and Perspectives.” Presentation at the Colloquium in Vocational and Adult Education, TU Dresden (Dresden).
• 29.10.21 – “‘A Good Addition, but Not a Substitute’: On the Ambivalence of Digital Services in Vocational Rehabilitation.” Poster presentation at the forum of the Vocational Education and Training Research Network Working Group (AG BFN) (Münster - digital; with Gero Scheiermann).
• 17.09.21 – “Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Further Development of Vocational Rehabilitation: Findings from a Pilot Project.” Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Section for Vocational and Business Education of the German Educational Research Association (DGfE) (Bamberg - digital; with Gero Scheiermann).
• 16.09.21 – “Vocational Education and Training in the Context of Promoting the Participation of Long-Term Unemployed Persons with Health Impairments: Approaches and Perspectives.” Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Section for Vocational and Business Education of the German Educational Research Association (DGfE) (Bamberg - digital).
• 15.09.21 – “Design-Oriented Scientific Accompanying Research of the rehapro Pilot Project Essen.Pro.Teilhabe: Research between Formative and Summative Evaluation.” Presentation at the 5th Online Forum of the rehapro Programme Evaluation (Understanding Roles in Accompanying Research) (digital).
• 14.09.21 –“Interdisciplinary Participation Promotion: Findings from a Pilot Project in Vocational Rehabilitation.” Presentation at the conference of the Empirical Educational Research Section of the Working Group for Empirical Pedagogical Research (AEPF), affiliated with the German Educational Research Association (DGfE) (Mainz – digital; with Gero Scheiermann).
• 25.05.21 – “Pilot Project Essen.Pro.Teilhabe: Practical Research Perspective: Challenges, Solutions, Synergy Effects.” Presentation at the 3rd Online Forum of the rehapro Programme Evaluation (Research in Times of Pandemic) (Digital).
• 22.03.21 –  “‘And Then Corona Came …’: On the Further Development of Vocational Participation Instruments in Exceptional Times from the Perspective of Benefit Recipients in Need of Rehabilitation.” Presentation at the 30th Rehabilitation Sciences Colloquium of the German Congress for Rehabilitation Research of the German Pension Insurance Association and the German Society for Rehabilitation Sciences (DGRW) (Hannover - digital; with Ann-Kathrin Peters & Gero Scheiermann).
• 26.02.21 – “Key Research Findings from the Scientific Monitoring of the Essen.Pro.Teilhabe Pilot Project in 2020: Challenges and Development Perspectives.” Presentation at the workshop “Strategy, Dissemination, Continuation and Transfer 2020,” organized by the scientific monitoring team of the Essen.Pro.Teilhabe pilot project, University of Duisburg-Essen (Essen - digital).
• 03.02.21 –  “Scientific Monitoring of the Essen.Pro.Teilhabe Pilot Project.” Presentation at the Research Day of the University of Duisburg-Essen (Essen - Digital).

2020

• 18.12.20 – “The Scientific Monitoring of the Essen.Pro.Teilhabe Pilot Project: Field Impressions and Macro-Hermeneutic Perspectives.” Presentation to the Working Group on Macro-Analytical Depth Hermeneutics (Münster – digital).
• 27.11.20 – “Cooperation between Organisations as a Focus of the Scientific Monitoring of the Essen.Pro.Teilhabe Pilot Project: Classifications, Analyses and Outlooks.” Presentation at the expert conference of the Federal rehapro Programme, “Online Forum rehapro,” (Digital).
• 18.09.20 – “Dynamics of Tension in Vocational Rehabilitation: Initial Experiences from a Funding Project on Vocational and Social Participation.” Poster presentation at the 40th Congress of the German Sociological Association (Berlin – digital; with Ann-Kathrin Peters & Gero Scheiermann).
• 10.09.20 – “Transformation Perspectives in Vocational Rehabilitation: Initial Experiences from a Funding Project on Vocational and Social Participation.” Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Section for Vocational and Business Education of the German Educational Research Association (DGfE) (Osnabrück – digital; with Ann-Kathrin Peters & Gero Scheiermann).
• 31.03.20 –“Kick-Off Event of the Scientific Monitoring of the Essen.Pro.Teilhabe Pilot Project.” (Essen – digital; with Gero Scheiermann).

2018

• 05.12.18 – “Presentation of Findings from the Project ‘Caseworker Practices in the Further Developed Target System.’” Presentation at a meeting with the contact group of the self-governing bodies of the Federal Employment Agency. (Berlin; with Markus Gottwald, Katja Hartosch, Christopher Osiander & Markus Promberger).
• 29.11.18 – “Presentation of Findings from the Project ‘Caseworker Practices in the Further Developed Target System of the Federal Employment Agency.’” Presentation to the Executive Board of the Federal Employment Agency during an executive board meeting (Nürnberg; with Markus Gottwald, Katja Hartosch, Christopher Osiander & Markus Promberger).
• 28.09.18 - “In the ‘Shivering Room’ of a Public Authority: Or, the Language of Bureaucracy and the Deformation of Ceremonial Idiom.” Presentation at the 39th Congress of the German Sociological Association (Göttingen; with Markus Gottwald, Sandra Grimminger & Katja Hartosch).
• 19.06.18 – “Presentation of Empirical Findings from the IAB Project ‘Caseworker Practices in the Further Developed Target System of the Federal Employment Agency.’” Presentation to students of the University of Applied Labour Studies of the Federal Employment Agency (HdBA) (Nürnberg; with Markus Gottwald & Katja Hartosch).
• 16.02.18 – “Introduction to the Work of the Federal Employment Agency and the Project ‘Caseworker Practices in the Further Developed Target System of the Federal Employment Agency.’” Presentation to students of Fulda University of Applied Sciences as part of the seminar “International Labour Market Policy”. (Nürnberg; with Sandra Grimminger).

2017

• 26.10.17 - “Caseworker Practices in the Further Developed Target System of the Federal Employment Agency: Six Theses on the Effects of an Organisational Steering Instrument.” Presentation at the second meeting of the scientific advisory board of the project “Caseworker Practices in the Further Developed Target System of the Federal Employment Agency”. (Nürnberg, with Markus Gottwald, Katja Hartosch, Sandra Grimminger & Markus Promberger).

Organisation and Moderation of Academic Events

2025

• 09.05.2025 – „Innovation Perspectives for Vocational Rehabilitation in Times of Polycrisis“. Organisation and moderation of the professional conference as part of the scientific monitoring of the Essen.Pro.Teilhabe pilot project (Essen).
• 06.02.25 –„Shaping Participation - Structural Conditions for a More Inclusive Labour Market“. Organisation and moderation of the workshop as part of the scientific monitoring of the Essen.Pro.Teilhabe pilot project (Essen).

2024

• 07.11.24 –  „Strategy, Dissemination, Continuation and Transfer 2024“. Organisation and moderation of the workshop as part of the scientific monitoring of the Essen.Pro.Teilhabe pilot project (Essen).
• 14.05.24 – “Paper session 11: Career Pathways“. Chair of the session at the IX. Stockholm International Conference of Research in VET (Stockholm, Sweden).
• 27.05.24 –  „Building the future – Innovative Pathways for Vocational Rehabilitation.“ Organisation and moderation of the workshop as part of the scientific monitoring of the Essen.Pro.Teilhabe pilot project (Essen).

2023

• 11.12.23 - „Strategy, Dissemination, Continuation and Transfer 2023“. Organisation and moderation of the workshop as part of the scientific monitoring of the Essen.Pro.Teilhabe pilot project (Essen).
• 28.09.23 – „Achieving More Together! Networks for Participation Promotion in the Ruhr Area“. Organisation and moderation of the workshop as part of the scientific monitoring of the Essen.Pro.Teilhabe pilot project (Essen).
• 22.03.23 –„Vocational Education Perspectives for People with Health Impairments“; Organisation and moderation of the workshop at the 22nd University Days of Vocational Education and Training (Bamberg; with Pia Buck & Ann-Kathrin Peters).
• 02.03.23 – „Participation and Its Enablement“. Chair of the session at the tenth Conference of the Society for Empirical Educational Research (GEBF) (Essen).
• 23.02.23 -„Strategy, Dissemination, Continuation and Transfer 2022“. Organisation and moderation of the workshop as part of the scientific monitoring of the Essen.Pro.Teilhabe pilot project (Essen).

2022

• 15.09.22 – „Labour Market and Inclusion – Integration Perspectives for Vulnerable Target Groups in the Ruhr Area“. Organisation and moderation of the workshop as part of the scientific monitoring of the Essen.Pro.Teilhabe pilot project (Essen).

2021

• 03.12.21 – „Strategy, Dissemination, Continuation and Transfer 2021“. Organisation and moderation of the workshop as part of the scientific monitoring of the Essen.Pro.Teilhabe pilot project (Essen - hybrid-event).

• 22.10.21 – „(New) Pathways to Participation in Work – Vocational Rehabilitation in Times of Change“. Organisation of the professional conference as part of the scientific monitoring of the Essen.Pro.Teilhabe pilot project (Essen - hybrid-event).

• 17.09.21 –„Vocational Rehabilitation in Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic.“ Organisation of the symposium at the Annual Conference of the Section for Vocational and Business Education of the German Educational Research Association (DGfE) (Bamberg - digital; with Gero Scheiermann & Silke Tophoven).

• 27.08.21 – „You Can Do It! – Motivation and Self-Efficacy in Vocational Rehabilitation“. Organisation of the workshop as part of the scientific monitoring of the Essen.Pro.Teilhabe pilot project (Essen)
• 26.02.21 – „Strategy, Dissemination, Continuation and Transfer 2020“. Organisation and moderation of the workshop as part of the scientific monitoring of the Essen.Pro.Teilhabe pilot project (Essen - digital)

2020

• 20.11.20 – „Addressing, Fit & Support – Communication in Placement & Accompaniment“. Organisation of the workshop as part of the scientific monitoring of the Essen.Pro.Teilhabe pilot project (Essen - hybrid-event)
• 31.März 20 –Organisation and moderation of the workshop „Kick-Off Event of the Scientific Monitoring of the Essen.Pro.Teilhabe Pilot Project“ (Essen – digital).

Academic Memberships and Positions

• Member of the European Research Network on Vocational Education and Training VETNET
• Member of the Sektion Berufs- und Wirtschaftspädagogik der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Erziehungswissenschaft (DGfE)
• Member of the Sektion Erwachsenenbildung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Erziehungswissenschaft (DGfE)
• Member of the Deutschen Gesellschaft für Erziehungswissenschaft (DGfE)
• Member of the Sektion Sozialpolitik der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie (DGS)
• Member of the Interdisziplinären Zentrums für Bildungsforschung (IZFB) der Universität Duisburg-Essen