Prof. Dr. Franz Kaiser
Institute Director
Phone: +49 (0) 381 498 2643 (2657 secretariat)
Fax: +49 (0) 381 498 2694
Email: franz.kaiser(at)uni-rostock.de
Visiting Address: August-Bebel-Str. 28, 4th floor, room 4011
Office Hours: Tue, 13.30 p.m. - 14.30 p.m.
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"Vocational education develops people and their abilities for their professional action situations, as well as for the perception of others and for their participation in the global context."
Professional Background
• Since 10/2014: professor for vocational education at the Faculty of Humanities at University of Rostock
• 2000 to 2014: research assistant and project leader at the ‘Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training’ in the departments ‘Teaching and Learning’; ‘International affairs and knowledge transfer’ and ‘Order and structure of vocational training’
• 2007: doctorate to PhD at the Faculty of Humanities at the Technical University of Darmstadt with Prof. Dr. Josef Rützel and Prof. Dr. Karlheinz A. Geissler (Munich)
• 1998 to 2000: research assistant at the Institute for Vocational Education and Professional Development at Erfurt University of Education
• 1994 to 2012: avocational lecturer and visiting lecturer at the Universities of Darmstadt, Erfurt, Jena and lecturer at institutions of vocational and adult education
• 1993 to 1997: research assistant at the Institute for Vocational Education at the Technical University Darmstadt
• 1991 to 1993: tutor at the Institute for Vocational Education at the Technical University Darmstadt
• 1987 to 1990: tutor at the Institute for General Pedagogy at the Technical University Darmstadt
• 1985 to 1993: teacher training for vocational schools for the construction industry, Catholic theological studies, Master’s degree in vocational education at the Technical University Darmstadt
• 1983 to 1985: training as a carpenter at the ‘Rhine-Hessian Joinery’
Research Focuses
• Professionalization of instructors and curriculum development
• Occupational research and research on occupational structures
• Critical-subject-oriented theory about vocational education and biographical learning
• Group work and learning methods of vocational education
• Promotion of disadvantaged groups in vocational education
• European vocational education systems
Interview with Prof. Kaiser on "How to promote young people?" (in German)
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Fellowships
- Member of the advisory board of the journal „Berufsbildung“
- advisory council of „International Journal for research in Vocational Education and Training” (IJRVET)
- advisory council of “Nordic Journal of Vocational Education and Training” (NJVET)
- liaison professor at Hans-Böckler-Stiftung
- German Association of University Professors and Lecturers (Deutscher Hochschulverband)
- Co-opted board member and Reviewer of European Research Network in Vocational Education and Training (VETNET)
- Member of the editorial board of the book series: „Kommunizieren im Beruf. Fachwissenschaftliche und fachdidaktische Perspektiven“ im Narr Verlag