The chair of Higher Education focuses on academic work and organizational transformation in the context of changing institutional environment.
Drawing on the sociological theories the chair explores the issues of
16.01.2019 – Dear students, applications for seminars in the summer semester are coming up! You can find all information regarding the seminars of the Professorship of Higher Education on our teaching website.
We are looking forward to your applications!
21.12.2018 – ...and we wish you a merry christmas and a happy new year!
12.12.2018 – It is our pleasure to invite you to the guest talk by Prof. Dr. Peter Maassen (University of Oslo) at the zhb Higher Education Research Colloquium Series. On Wednesday, January 16, 2019, Prof. Maassen will give a talk with the title "Convergence in university reform agendas, divergence in university organization and governance".
Time and place: January 16, 2019 / 16:00-17:30 h / zhb / Vogelpothsweg 78 / CDI building / room 114
05.11.2018 – It is our pleasure to invite you to the guest talk by Dr. Lena Weber (Paderborn University) at the zhb Higher Education Research Colloquium Series. On Wednesday, December 5, 2018, Lena Weber will give a talk with the title "Exzellenzkriterien und Geschlechterungleichheiten in der unternehmerischen Universität".
Time and place: December 5, 2018 / 16:00-17:30 h / zhb / Vogelpothsweg 78 / CDI building / room 114
22.10.2018 – This talk had to be cancelled! For further information about coming colloquia please refer to
11.10.2018 – Swimming with sharks without being eaten: How engineering students can learn creativity, entrepreneurial thinking and innovation.
Read more in: Terkowsky, Claudius; Haertel, Tobias; Rose, Anna-Lena; Leisyte, Liudvika; May, Dominik (2018): Swimming with sharks without being eaten: How engineering students can learn creativity, entrepreneurial thinking and innovation. In: Denis Lemaître (Ed.): Training Engineers for Innovation. (Innovation, entrepreneurship and management series). London: ISTE, pp. 147-176). ISBN: 978-1-78630-356-1.
08.10.2018 – Prof. Leišytė will give a talk titled "Strukturveränderungen im US-amerikanischen Hochschulsystem" at the conference "Hochschulsteuerung und Wissenschaftsfreiheit" on October 11, 2018. In her talk, she describes the structural changes in the US higher education system and highlights the resulting challenges for the management of higher education institutions. The conference is organized by the Association for the Promotion of German and International Scientific Law (Verein zur Förderung des deutschen & internationalen Wissenschaftrechts) and will take place at the University of Duisburg-Essen.
Prof. Dr. Liudvika Leisyte
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