We are deeply saddened and mourn the loss of Georg Krücken! Professor Dr. Georg Krücken, Spokesperson of the INCHER Executive Board and Professor of Higher Education Research at the University of Kassel, passed away on October 7, 2024, at the age of 62.

📣🥇Delighted to congratulate you on your next award @MagdalenaFelln2 ! Magdalena Fellner was honoured with the ‘Wissenschaft Zukunft Preis’ of the state of Lower Austria for her outstanding dissertation... uni-kassel.de/forschung/en/i…

Postdocs cope with the heterogeneity of competitions by prioritising competition for funding. This is one of the findings of a study by J. Hamann & K. Serrano Velarde (Kathia Serrano-Velarde) on the socialising effects of competition in #HigherEd. Find out more at link.springer.com/article/10.100…

📢See you at the INCHER Research Colloquium 2024/2025 (either online or on site). Topics range from study skills to an evolutionary model of science- Find exciting lectures in the programme: uni-kassel.de/forschung/inch…

Online self-help intervention significantly reduces refugees' distress. See the recent article by A.M. Asanov, Igor Asanov & G. Buenstorf: A low-cost digital first aid tool to reduce psychological distress in refugees... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…; #refugees; #online_self_help;

Attend our research colloq! On 30.10.2024, 12:30 - 13:00, @MagdalenaFelln2 (INCHER ) will talk about the mechanisms that have influenced the meanings and attributions of the term ‘Studierfähigkeit’ from the beginnings of university up to today. uni-kassel.de/forschung/inch…

Join us today at noon for the talk by @MagdalenaFelln2 about "The ability to study as a social construct: A socio-critical perspective"; uni-kassel.de/forschung/inch…

Dear Burcu, congratulations on your new professorship!!! We at INCHER are so happy and proud to have accompanied your success.

Asanov, Asanov, & Bünstorf (2024): A low-cost digital first aid tool to reduce psychological distress in refugees: A multi-country randomized controlled trial of self-help online in the first months after the invasion of Ukraine. Social Science & Medicin doi.org/10.1016/j.socs…

New Publication by Bünstorf: Expertenkommission Forschung und Innovation (2024): Synergieeffekte zwischen ziviler und militärischer Forschung klug nutzen. ZBW – Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft, Wirtschaftsdienst 104(10), S. 677-682. doi.org/10.2478/wd-202…

The benefits of a habilitation are not primarily monetary - this is shown by an analysis by Johannes König, which has just been published in ‘Higher Education’, #Habilitation; #PhD; #Career_trajectories; #Opportunity_costs; link.springer.com/article/10.100…

📣We are happy & proud to announce that Igor Asanov has received the honorable invitation to participate as an invited researcher in the 'Jobs and Opportunity' initiative (JOI) of J-PAL. #poverty_research; #evidence; #development; uni-kassel.de/forschung/en/i…

Join us tomorrow, 16.30 . - 18.00 for the @INCHER colloquium "Disciplinary cultures and academic careers in Germany: Insights from four subject areas" by Dr. Johanna Witte. uni-kassel.de/forschung/inch…

Keeping up with the Max Plancks? In their new Scientometrics article, G. Buenstorf, Johannes König & A. Otto analyze the role of public research organizations such as MPG, Helmholtz, or Fraunhofer as organizational employment contexts of doctoral education. link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Join us TODAY, 27th Nov, 16.30 - 18.00, for the@INCHER colloquium "Disciplinary cultures and academic careers in Germany: Insights from four subject areas" by Dr. Johanna Witte. uni-kassel.de/forschung/inch…

We learn more from reading on paper than on screens. 54 studies, 171k people: we process print more deeply than digital content—as long as it's informational rather than purely narrative. The paper advantage holds across ages and has grown over time. Long live physical books.

Read the behind the paper blog (Springer Nature) on "A digital self-help tool based on the WHO materials reduces distress among refugees: results from an RCT" by A.-M. Asanov, Igor Asanov & G. Buenstorf; communities.springernature.com/posts/a-digita…; uni-kassel.de/forschung/inch…

Fresh of the press: a book chapter by N. Japheth et al. examines the transformative role of educational research in Africa by taking a close look at collaborative learning & teaching; #collaborative_learning; #learning_theory; #HigherEducation ; #Africa africanminds.co.za/education-rese…

EFI-Chef Uwe Cantner 🕊️🇺🇳 zieht ein ernüchterndes Fazit zur Ampel-Regierung: Weniger als 20 % der EFI-Forderungen umgesetzt. Forschungsdatengesetz & Bürokratieabbau? Fehlanzeige. 🇩🇪 braucht konkrete Maßnahmen, um das „System umzulenken“. 👉 Zum Interview: table.media/research/profe…