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Research in the Stage 6 group focuses on the transitions from school into the labour market, especially for students graduating from special education schools with an emphasis on learning disabilities and for students graduating from lower secondary schools (Hauptschule) and various middle school types (Realschule, Gesamt-/Gemeinschaftsschule). The group is especially interested in examining the reasons for the high levels of youth unemployment, and in finding out why it takes longer and longer for young people to find employment.
The research questions for Stage 6 include three topics:
Public and academic discourse has repeatedly emphasized the importance of education, life-long learning and cognitive competencies for adults. However, knowledge on adult education in Germany continues to remain scarce, when compared to knowledge on education in schools, vocational educational training (VET), and in tertiary education. While investigating educational issues in an advanced life phase, we are especially interested in the following questions:
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This research project concerns production processes in two areas of the creative economy, namely the visual arts and architecture. The study focuses on the socio-technical configuration of creative processes in artists’ studios and architectural offices, in other words the interaction between human and non-human actors in the drafting, design, and production of new products. In addition, it explores the varied valuation regimes and evaluation practices with which the value of a product is defined and, in particular whether and how other valuation regimes are negotiated in the various stages of the production process.