Research - Hochschule Niederrhein

Since its foundation in 2010, the institute, which is part of the Faculty of Applied Social Sciences, has been responsible for planning, acquiring, implementing and evaluating research, development and scientific consultancy projects in the faculties of labour, health, social affairs and skills development management.

The institute both initiates and implements projects in cooperation with third parties. Third parties are important partners for the institute in the realisation of research, development and scientific consulting projects, as the institute takes up practice-related issues and cooperatively seeks and develops solutions to problems in the combination of research and practice.

This approach gave rise to the surname SO.CON (Social Concepts - Institute for Research and Development in Social Work and Education): The institute develops innovative concepts for social work and the social economy on the basis of scientific studies. As social work is generally closely linked to problems in the areas of labour and psychosocial health, these topics are central to the work on innovative concepts for social work.

All projects are closely linked to teaching education in the degree programmes of the faculties involved.

In particular, the institute strives to promote theses in the Master's and doctoral programmes (in cooperation with RWTH Aachen University, WWU Münster, University of Duisburg-Essen).

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Contact person

Dr. Ann-Marie Krewer

Management of the SO.CON institute

The objectives of the competence centre are research projects in the field of Early Childhood Education, multiplication of research results through integration into teaching education, further training and publications as well as the implementation of research results in fields of action in Early Childhood Education.

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Contact persons

Prof. Dr. Christina Jasmund

Pedagogy of Early Childhood Degree Programme Coordinator BA Childhood Education

Prof. Dr. Astrid Krus

Degree Programme Coordinator BA Early Childhood Education Contact person of the Examinations Board for the university-accompanied practical phase

REAL - Resource-orientated ageing research

We are a network of currently seven Faculties of Business Administration and Economics at The Hochschule Niederrhein (Chemistry, Design, Oecotrophology, Social Sciences, Faculty of Textile and Clothing Technology, Business and Economics, Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Health Care). We specifically address the individual and social concerns of the older generation.

We carryout applied research and development work and co-operate with regional and national partners from research and practice.

We support our partners in maintaining the dialogue between the generations and promoting social participation, independence and personal responsibility of the older generation.

Our task is the scientific and practical examination of the individual and social concerns of the older generation.

Our intention is to support and maintain an independent and autonomous lifestyle for older people in their everyday lives.

Theconcept of the research network system lies in the coordination and networking of the various disciplines and the respective scientific methods, research approaches, questions and work processes.

The main fields of work / areas of expertise are ageing research, biography research, cultural work with the elderly, (further) education and leisure in old age, quality of life in old age, housing in old age, old age and mobility, voluntary work and civic engagement

Co-operation partners are: Competence Centre: Women and Cars, Competence Centre Social Design, Das Mönchengladbacher Erzählcafé e.V., elderly care facilities, social institutions, municipal institutions, Dachverband für Altenkultur e.V., Merseburg University of Applied Sciences, Dortmund University, Laurea Polytechnic Järvenpää, Finland.

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Management / contact persons

Prof. Dr. Moritz Heß

Gerontology Head of the competence centre REAL

TrialogLe - Trialogue-based teaching education in virtual student learning environments

The project "Trialogue-based teaching education in virtual student learning environments" aims to enable students on the Bachelor's degree programme in Social Work to acquire the skills that prospective social work specialists need for their professional work with mentally ill people in application contexts of the medical reference discipline.

The challenge is to ensure a time-delayed trialogue with those affected, experts and students in a virtual lecture format while still creating a social presence. Experience with the pandemic has shown that many students complained about the lack of opportunities to participate in virtual space. Therefore, the main question of interest is how interdisciplinary skills such as collaboration, a sense of responsibility, prosocial working behaviour, self-management and a change of perspective can be achieved in an asynchronous large group format despite the asynchronous large group format.

The project is sponsored by the Stiftung Innovation in der Hochschullehre.

DigiFall - Digital case work
Transdisciplinary self-assessment in educational and health-related contexts

In the DigiFall joint project, a transdisciplinary self-assessment is being developed and evaluated that supports students in educational and health-related contexts in acquiring communication and counselling skills for working in multi-professional teams. Through problem-oriented and collaborative work on practical and constructed case studies, students are enabled to transfer the theoretical knowledge they have acquired in courses in the field of communication and counselling as well as multi-professional work into practical application. The aim of the work is to (re-)establish and/or secure the participation (e.g. in the areas of learning, living, working) of the people described in the case studies. The self-assessment is prepared in the form of modularised Moodle or Ilias courses and initially includes the processing of three videotaped case situations as well as two general modules on the topics of counselling and transdisciplinary work. A comprehensive didactic concept for working on the self-assessment in transdisciplinary teams and the possibilities for integrating it into courses will also be made available as OER.

The project is funded by the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia in the OERcontent.nrw sponsor line of the Digital University NRW (DH.NRW). DigiFall is a joint project involving several universities. An overview of the participating partners can be found below.

Social enterprises offer solutions to many environmental and social challenges, which is why both the public sector and private investors are increasingly investing in such companies. The conditions and requirements of investors for making investments are increasingly influenced by governance aspects. The research project "Social Entrepreneurship and Governance" aims to accompany this development scientifically.

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