Research Projects

Project management: Prof. Dr. Andreas Breiter Funding institution: BMBF – Federal Ministry of Education and Research The aim of We The (Social) Media (WTSM) is to understand how members of social movements use social networks. This is important because millions of people use social networks to communicate, inform themselves and get in touch with each (…)

Project management: Prof. Dr. Andreas Breiter Funding institution: BMBF – Federal Ministry of Education and Research Project duration: 2023-2026 Collaborative project for the utilization of STEM student laboratories for teacher training Student laboratories have proven to be enormously beneficial for motivation, especially interest, in the sense of subject-related motivation, in STEM topics and working methods. (…)

Project management: Prof. Dr. Andreas Breiter Funding institution: DFG – German Research Foundation The information infrastructure project (INF project) “Advancing the Global Welfare State Information System (WeSIS), eScience Services and Research Data Management” has four main objectives: (1) to further develop the Global Welfare State Information System and open WeSIS to the scientific community; (2) to (…)

Project management: Prof. Dr. Karsten D. Wolf & Prof. Dr. Andreas Breiter Funding institution: BMBF – Federal Ministry of Education and Research The joint project IMPACT promotes the improvement of higher education through the scalable use of artificial intelligence (AI) methods for the (partially) automated analysis of texts. The fundamental aim of the project is (…)

All is data focuses on new requirements for educators (i.e. teachers, media educators, school social workers) with regard to the handling of digital data and data education as part of pedagogical action in schools. Team: Prof. Dr. Andreas Breiter, Adrian Roeske, Philipp Krieter Partners: University of Cologne, Technical University of Kaiserslautern Client: Federal Ministry of (…)

Team: Dr. Stefan Welling, Prof. Dr. Andreas Breiter, Sabrina Schlachter Partner: Fraunhofer Fokus, FÖV https://www.fokus.fraunhofer.de/raggeber: IT Planning Council The digitalization of public administration is changing structures, processes and work culture. Employees must be prepared for these changes and their consequences through appropriate training and further education. This presents public administration employers and the associated training (…)

Measuring socio-political development dynamics and inter-state interdependencies worldwide. Co-creation of the Global Welfare State Information System TP A01 in the SFB 1342: Global Development Dynamics of Social Policy. Cooperation of ifib with the University of Bremen. Team: Prof. Dr. Andreas Breiter, Hendrik Heuer, Gabriela Carolina Molina León Partner: SOCIUM University of Bremen Client: German Research (…)

Cooperation with the Institute for Information Management Bremen, the Georg Eckert Institute – Leibniz Institute for International Textbook Research (GEI), the Helmut Schmidt University Hamburg (HSU) and the Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education (DIPF) Funding: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) Collaboration: Irina Zakharova and Tjark Raabe The Institute for Information (…)

Project management: Dr. Juliane Jarke (ZeMKI-Lab “Sociotechnical Systems and Critical Data Studies”) Research association/cooperation: Institute for Information Management Bremen (ifb) Funding institution: EU Horizon2020 MobileAge was a three-year Horizon2020 project of the European Commission to contribute to the development of mobile-based, open administrative services for seniors to strengthen their public participation. A participatory design approach (…)

Project management: Prof. Dr. Andreas Breiter (ZeMKI-Lab “Sociotechnical Systems and Critical Data Studies”) Research association/cooperation: Institute for Information Management Bremen (ifib), Technology and Education (ITB) Funding institution: Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB) On behalf of the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB), ifib and the Institute for Technology and Education (…)

Project management: Prof. Dr. Sara Hofmann (ZeMKI-Lab “Sociotechnical Systems and Critical Data Studies”) Funding institution: German Civil Service Association (dbb), German Trade Union Confederation (DGB) In cooperation with the German Civil Service Association (dbb) and the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB), this project investigated how employees and staff councils are involved in the introduction of (…)

Research association/cooperation: Institute for Technology and Education (ITB), Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB) Project management: Prof. Dr. Andreas Breiter Funding institution: Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB) The project researched the use of digital media in in-company training practice and developed concepts and materials for training personnel. The focus was (…)

Research association/cooperation: Institute for Music Education Research at the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media (hmtmh) Funding institution: Federal Ministry of Education and Research Together with the Institute for Music Education Research at the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media (hmtmh), we investigated the potential of feedback systems in music lessons in the (…)

Funding institution: Office of Technology Assessment at the German Bundestag As a comprehensive process of social change, digitalization is also affecting institutions in various areas of education. Education policy, research and the public have been dealing with the “new media” for over two decades, and their importance in education and training is constantly growing. With (…)

Comparative analysis based on the study on media integration in elementary school in North Rhine-Westphalia Research association/cooperation: Institute for Information Management Bremen (ifib) Funding institution: Media Authority of North Rhine-Westphalia (LfM) The Media Authority of North Rhine-Westphalia (LfM) has commissioned ifib to evaluate the Medienpass NRW project. Building on the results of the study “Media (…)