Research orientation

Welcome to the website of Prof. Dr. Christian Harteis' group. The research orientation of the group is centred around the field of educational management and educational research in continuing education. A particular focus is on research into workplace learning processes in organisations and the effectiveness of formal educational interventions in professional contexts.

Previous research work:

Epistemic beliefs and their influence on learning processes in the workplace

Learning from mistakes

Intuition as a component of expertise

Competence-enhancing working conditions

Teaching-learning research

Work agency

Effect of further training

Workplace curricula

Further research interests:

Intuition research

Interweaving informal and formal learning processes

Industry 4.0 - digitalisation of work

Interaction of individual and social influences on vocational learning

Learning culture

Commitment to change

Knowledge management

Effects of expectations on informal learning processes

Further information on the group's research can be found under Co-operations, Projects and Publications. Under Editorship you will find information on the journal Vocations and Learning and the Springer book series Professional and Practice-based Learning, both of which are edited by Prof Dr Christian Harteis.