Research
The empirical research to date has revolved around three thematic areas: organisational, administrative and civil society issues in educational science. The following research projects have been funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), German federal and state ministries, Non-profit organisations and non-statutory welfare organisations.
Organisational issues:
- Exit, Voice, Loyalty: institutional membership in Non-profit organisations (Diakonie Mitteldeutschland)
- A qualitative analysis of the potential for advancement of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt
- Reconciling market forces and the requirement to supply basic needs in the energy business: a comparative study of Germany and the UK
- CSR in SMEs: how small and medium-sized businesses in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt support social and environmental causes
- Volunteering in non-statutory welfare organisations: envisioning ways forward; identifying potential; managing framework parameters; operationalising strategies
- The relationship between education and the economy: an exemplary case study of cooperation between schools and businesses
- Professionalisation and organisational development in consumer debt advisory services
- The effect and impact of volunteer centres in Germany
- CSR activities in businesses in Germany
- Analysis of programmes for the promotion of civil society engagement and voluntary activities run by the PARITÄT foundation between 2006 and 2008
- Societal engagement of businesses in central Germany
- Potential for voluntary involvement in the services and institutions run by member organisations of the Paritätischer Wohlfahrtsverband Berlin
- Empirical organisational analysis of the adult education organisation of the Protestant Church in the former Church Province of Saxony
- CSR and societal engagement of businesses in the United States
- Transformation of intermediary organisations in the ‘new’ German federal states (former GDR)
Administrative issues:
- Deeds of trust in Berlin’s welfare sector
- Societal participation of children and young people in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt
- New public management instruments (Jugendpauschale) as tools for strategic management in children’s and young people’s services in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt
- Required organisational and institutional frameworks for regional economic policy in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia
Civil society issues:
- “Students meet society”: promoting successful integration of international students via civic engagement
- “International Engagiert Studiert”: Service learning with international and German students
- Promoting possibilities for learning via civic engagement at higher education institutions (HEIs)
- Service learning at HEIs in Germany
- Evaluation of service learning at schools in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt