Work and Technology
Human-machine interface, technical development and innovation, digitalisation of the workplace, Industry 4.0, smart technology, green skills
Research
The guiding principle of the ITB’s vocational education and training research is the analysis, design / shaping and impact of the interrelation between work, technology and education. In terms of personnel, the ITB is structured into five departments. Research fields form the cross-departmental thematic framework.
Research fields
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Vocational Science and Competence
Occupational work processes and areas of practice, work process analysis, competence assessment and validation, occupations and occupational fields, competence-based curricula and examinations, early identification of training needs.
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Vocational Learning and Teaching
Action-oriented and work-process-oriented pedagogy, learning and work tasks, learning situations and learning pathways, work-based and workplace-oriented learning, continuing vocational education, professional development of educational staff, cooperation among learning venues and training partnerships, educational management and human resource development; evaluation and transfer of vocational teaching and learning arrangements
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Pre-Vocational Education and Transitions
Transitions, preparation for further education, diversity, inclusion, career paths
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VET Systems and Governance
Internationalization of vocational education and training, transfer of vocational education and training, innovation, qualifications frameworks, skills matching, mobility, permeability, governance of vocational education and training systems
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Digital Media
Digital media; digitalisation; teaching-learning processes; learning analytics; augmented, virtual and mixed reality; simulations; gamification; collaborative learning; media didactics; media education; media literacy; data protection and accessibility.
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Critique of Power and Diversity
Educational inequalities, anti-discrimination, inclusion, intersectionality, sensitivity to difference, critique of power and institutions, decolonisation of education and knowledge systems; participation, digital inequality, algorithmic discrimination.
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Social-Ecological Transformation
Sustainability research; social-ecological transformation; sustainable regional development; climate adaptation and climate justice; coasts and resources; resilient energy systems and energy transition; cultures of sustainability; sustainable consumption; environmental governance; environmental justice and gender relations; political ecology and industrial ecology; transdisciplinary research; vocational education for sustainable development.
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Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence in work and education; generative and adaptive AI systems; human–AI collaboration; AI competences and AI literacy; AI-supported teaching-learning processes and feedback; AI-supported competence diagnostics; qualification needs arising from AI; AI ethics and data protection; algorithmic discrimination; responsible and participatory AI design; AI governance in educational organisations.
artec Research Centre for Sustainability
The artec Research Centre for Sustainability is an interdisciplinary research unit at the Institute of Technology and Education dedicated to the academic study of sustainability issues through the integration of social sciences, educational sciences, cultural studies, production technology, and the human and health sciences.
We build on the University of Bremen’s tradition of critical, interdisciplinary scholarship and are guided by the principles of socially just and environmentally sustainable development, as set out in the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
