Projects (selection)

• 2021-2024 : German Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (BMAS), supervised by the project sponsor Gesellschaft für soziale Unternehmensberatung mbH (gsub mbh) - project Focus Future Skills

• 2021-2024: German Federal Ministry of Education and Research - project RePASE

• 2021-2024: German Federal Ministry of Education and Research - project D1RECTIONS

• 2019-2024: TransferHub38, joint research project by TU Braunschweig and Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences, supported by the Lower Saxon Ministry for Science and Culture and the Volkswagen Foundation

• 2020-2023: German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy - project Energy4Agri

• 2019-2021: ESF (European Social Fund) project Präventa: Reducing mental stress in working life
• 2019-2021: Federal Ministry of Education and Research; European Social Fund - IN-DIG-O joint project: Cooperating and learning in cooperative networks in construction: Digitally optimizing interfaces together with partners from the skilled trades and IT companies
• 2018-2021: Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture (MWK funding program) - Project "CHO1CE+: Opening up pathways to university - equal opportunities for students", implemented in cooperation with the central student advisory office at TU Braunschweig
• 2018-2021: German Research Foundation (DFG) - Project "TeamDynamics", in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Kurt Schneider, Department of Software Engineering, Leibniz Universität Hannover.

• 2019-2021: German Federal Ministry of Education and Research; European Social Found - joint project IN-DIG-O: Collaboration and learning in cooperative networks in construction: Digitally optimize interfaces together with partners from craft and IT companies

• 2019-2021: European Social Fund (ESF) - project Präventa

• 2018-2021: Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur (MWK) - project "CHO1CE+", in cooperation with the Central Student Advisory Service at TU Braunschweig.

• 2018-2021: German Research Foundation (DFG) - project "TeamDynamics", in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Kurt Schneider, department Software Engineering, Leibniz Universität Hannover

• 2019-2020: Lower Saxony State Institute for School Quality Development (NQL)-Development-oriented support and evaluation in the qualification for newly appointed head teachers
• 2019-2020: Inter-AA-Lab: Interdisciplinary occupational science and occupational psychology laboratory (SQM)
• 2019-2020: Federal Ministry of Education and Research - ALMA Mater joint project: Making applied teaching possible with alumni

• 2017-2020: German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and The European Social Fund (ESF) Collaborative Project "KAMiiSo" with DESMA Shoe Machinery GmbH, machineering GmbH & Co. KG, PEINER SMAG Lifting Technologies GmbH an the Institute for Engineering Design as collaboration partners.

• 2019-2020: NQL-project Development oriented support and evaluation in the qualification of newly assigned students

• 2018-2019: DAAD - Work Design and Communication in Virtual Teams, collaborative project with Prof. Sharon Parker and Dr. Forian Klonek, Center for Transformative Work Design, Curtin University (Perth, Australia).

• 2016 - 2019: German Federal Ministry of Education and Research; European Social Found - joint project "KAMiiSo - Digital tools to support communication and method application in collaborative design" in cooperation with the Institute for Engineering Design at TU Braunschweig and mechanical engineering firms.

• 2016 - 2019: German Federal Ministry of Education and Research -  joint project "ILehLe - Intelligente Lehr- und Lernumgebung" in coopeoration with the Institute of Machine Tools and Production Technology at TU Braunschweig, c4c Engineering GmbH, SDZ GmbH, the Volkswagen AG and the Volkswagen AG AutoUni
• 2016-2019 Federal Ministry of Education and Research - Project ” Quo vadis Post-Doc: Professorship, Industry or precarious employment situation? Individual, social, and organizational factors for the career development and the career success of junior scientists (ProWi+)“, second funding phase (extended by an additional three years)
• 2016-2019 German Federal Ministry of Education and Research - sub projects of the project "TU4Teachers - Qualitätsoffensive Lehrerbildung", in cooperation with the Department of Humanities and Educational Sciences
• 2015-2019 German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy - sub-project of the project "EnEff Campus - blueMAB TU Braunschweig - Integraler Energetischer Masterplan 2020/2050", in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Norbert Fisch, Institute for Building Services and Energy Design, TU Braunschweig
• 2017-2018 SQM - Project "CHO1CE: Du hast die Wahl - Wege ins Studium für die First Generation öffnen" (2nd project phase), realization in cooperation with central Student Advisory Service, TU Braunschweig
• 2017-2018: Long-term Student Project in the Life Sciences in coorporation with the Institute for Biology, TU Braunschweig
• 2017-2018 SQM-Project "iSCOR: Interdisciplinary Studio for Communicational and Observational Research" (1. Projektphase), in cooperation with the Institute of Sustainable Urbanism, TU Braunschweig
• 2015-2017 DFG (German Research Foundation) - Project "TeamFLOW: Interaction and communication in distributed software teams", in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Schneider, Software Engineering, Leibniz Universität Hannover
• 2014-2017 Ministry of Science and Culture, Lower Saxony (MWK) - Project "CHO1CE: Du hast die Wahl - Wege ins Studium für die First Generation öffnen.", single applicant, realization in cooperation with central Student Advisory Service, TU Braunschweig
• 2013-2017 German Federal Ministry of Education and Research – joint project „Integrated competency development in handcraft: local, craft specific, operating, individual" in cooperation with the University Vechta (Prof. Frerich Frerichs), Handwerkskammer Braunschweig-Lüneburg-Stade, Berufsbildungs- und Servicezentrum des Osnabrücker Handwerks gGmbH, ebm elektro bau montage GmbH & Co. KG. The project is coordinated at the Department for Industrial/Organizational and Social Psychology.
• 2015-2016: SQM-Project „Theory in Action - Flipped Classroom in der Arbeitspsychologie“, within the support programme in medias res
• 2014-2015 German Federal Ministry of Education and Research - joint project/innovative project "Round Table Education" integrated in "teach4TU - Lehren lernen im Team", in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Klaus Dröder, TU Braunschweig
• 2013-2016 German Federal Ministry of Education and Research - projekt „Quo vadis Post-Doc: professorship or free economy? Individual, social, and organizational factors that predict career development and career success among young academics (Pro-Wi+)", in cooperation with Dr. Daniel Spurk
• 2012-2016 German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology - sub-project of the project "EXIST-Start-Up-Culture - The Founder Academy", in cooperation with Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Reza Asghari, entrepreneuership center, TU Braunschweig and Ostfalia Academy for Applied Sciences
• 2015-2016 NTH - Project "University Dropout", in cooperation with LU Hannover & TU Clausthal
• 2014-2015: Cooperation project „European Researchers‘ Night“ 2014 and 2015 with the motto „Crossing borders – in jedem Steckt ein Forscher [There is a researcher in everyone]“ in cooperation with the TU Braunschweig and Haus der Wissenschaft Braunschweig. Implementation through the European Commission as part of the Marie Sklodowska-Curie measures in the framework programme Horizont 2020.
• 2012-2015 German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy - sub-project of the project "EnEff Campus - blueMAB TU Braunschweig - Integraler Energetischer Masterplan 2020/2050", in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Norbert Fisch, Institute for Building Services and Energy Design, TU Braunschweig
• 2011-2014 European Fond for Regional Development, funding line 2.5, model projects Graduate Schools - Graduate School for life sciences, in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Martin Korte, Institute for cellular neurobiology, TU Braunschweig
• 2012-2013  German Federal Ministry of Education and Research - project "ProNet+ - with Networking to the top", single applicant
• 2007-2011 KTI – Training and Transfer, main applicant, in cooperation with Prof. Dr. C. Clases, University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland, Olten
• 2005-2010 DFG (German Research Foundation) – project "Competence as a key to successful teamwork", single applicant
• 2006-2007 German Federal Ministry for Family, the Elderly, Women and Adolescence – model projects in nursing training - extra project: Evaluation with the Cassel Competence Grid, in cooperation with Prof. Dr. F. Weidner, Deutsches Institut für angewandte Pflegeforschung (dip), Cologne
• 2006 Central research promotion, University of Kassel – project "Diagnosis and optimization of central success factors for learning transfer", single applicant
• 2005-2006 European Union and German Federal Ministry for Education and Research – project "Competence development: Evaluation of measures in practice", in cooperation with Prof. Dr. E. Frieling, University of Kassel
• 2001-2004 European Union and German Federal Ministry for Education and Research – project "Start-Ups: fast growing companies", in cooperation with Prof. Dr. E. Frieling, University of Kassel
• 2001 European Union and German Federal Ministry for Education and Research – funds for an evaluation site for the Cassel Competence Grid (CCG)
• 1998 Volkswagen Research Fund – project "Evaluation of studying conditions" as part of the project "Re-organization" at the University of Kassel
• 1996-2000 German Federal Ministry for Education and Research – project "Competence and organizational development in administration", in cooperation with Prof. Dr. E. Frieling, University of Kassel

Simultaneously, since 1993, numerous corporate projects were conducted in the area of organizational and personnel development. Contents included the design and implementation of trainings and workshops, (conflict) moderation, leadership coaching, employee surveys, implementation of teamwork, and the evaluation of qualification measures, work schedules, and salary systems.