04/09/26
3rd partner meeting of VETAssIst project
On the 26./27.03.2026 the 3rd partner meeting of VETAssIst (Artificial Intelligence as VET Teacher Assistant) was conducted at ITB, Uni Bremen.
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Research
The guiding principle of the ITB's research is the analysis and design of the interrelationship between technology, work and education. The focal point of the scientific work is VET research with the subject areas of initial and continuing VET and occupations and vocational training systems on the one hand and their demarcations and exclusions, transitions, prerequisites and alternatives on the other.
The ITB
The Institute Technology and Education (ITB) was founded in October 1986 and is now a Central Research Institute of the University of Bremen. With more than 60 employees, ITB is one of the largest independent research institutions on vocational education and training and sustainability worldwide. Professors from five different faculties collaborate at the institute: faculty 01 (Physics/Electrical Engineering), faculty 04 (Production Engineering), faculty 08 (Social Sciences) and faculty 12 (Educational Sciences). As a Central Research Institute of the University of Bremen, the Institute Technology and Education is evaluated annually by an external scientific advisory board.
Courses of Study
The ITB offers two courses of study: A Bachelor's programme (B. Sc.) and a Master's programme (M. Ed.). Teachers qualified in vocational education and vocational science for vocational schools in the vocational fields of electrical engineering, information technology, metal technology and automotive engineering are trained in the immediate vicinity of research.
News
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04/08/26
Poetic and aesthetic forms of resistance among marginalised communities in Germany
Educational scientist Prof. Dr Alisha M.B. Heinemann (University of Bremen) and art educator Prof. Dr Michaela Kaiser (University of Oldenburg) are investigating the poetic and audiovisual forms ...read more -
03/11/26
Kick-off for the GEKKO project
On March 3, 2026, the partners involved in the project “Innovative Design Approaches in Logistics for Promoting the Skills of Continuing Education Mentors (GEKKO)” joined together for an online ...read more -
02/20/26
Institut Technik und Bildung (ITB) welcomes new colleagues from artec Sustainability Research Centre
The artec Sustainability Research Centre, founded in 1989 as the Research Centre for Work and Technology, is an interdisciplinary centre of the Universität Bremen dedicated to sustainability ...read more -
02/17/26
Doctoral Student Writing Workshop 2026
From 9 to 13 February 2026, the ITB held its fourth doctoral student writing workshop. This time, the young researchers met in the artists' village of Fischerhude to work on their doctoral ...read more -
02/10/26
Join our workshops! We want to develop the educational game together with you.
Hello! You are new to Germany or you work with people who are new to Germany? We need you!read more -
01/21/26
Guest Lecture at HTWK Leipzig
On December 3, 2025, Dr Christine Siemer was invited by HTWK Leipzig to speak on one of her research areas as part of the "Studium Generale - Engineering Innovation" lecture series.read more -
01/12/26
New publication: ‘Sustainable labor migration through vocational education and training providers? Conditions of access and accessibility in the public-private (continuing) VET sector‘
The article by Frieda Klaus and Dr Ida Kristina Kühn entitled ‘Sustainable labour migration through vocational education and training providers? Conditions of access and accessibility in the ...read more -
01/06/26
Congratulations to Lisa Meyne on the successful defence of her doctoral dissertation on international VET transfer!
With the successful defence of her doctoral dissertation “International Vocational Education and Training Transfer: Objects, Networks and Innovation Processes”, Lisa Meyne has reached an important ...read more -
12/01/25
NordWestVET doctoral colloquium in Cologne
On 20 and 21 November 2025, Frieda Klaus, Lisa Meyne, Dr. habil. Susanne Peters and Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Michael Gessler took part in NordWestVET. NordWestVET is a supra-regional doctoral colloquium ...read more -
11/26/25
ITB in the State Committee for Vocational Education and Training: Impulses for the professionalisation of in-company training staff
On 18 November 2025, the BIBB Learning Paths project, represented by Dr Melanie Schall, presented its findings to the Bremen State Committee for Vocational Education and Training. The meeting ...read more -
11/25/25
The AI Pioneers Project at the BIBB AI-Forum
On 17 November, the Federal Institute of Vocational Education and Training (BIBB) from Germany hosted the next digital AI-Forum, an online series that reports on AI in vocational education and ...read more -
11/24/25
Travelling like in the 80s – the ITB at VETAssIst meeting in Subotica
On 6–7 November 2025, the second meeting of the project ‘Artificial Intelligence as VET Teacher Assistant (VETAssIst)’ took place in Subotica (Serbia).read more -
11/21/25
ISOV in Bucharest and Wallachia – more than just a project meeting
The third meeting of the partners of the ‘Innovative Skills for an Old Vocation (ISOV)’ project took place in Romania from 15 to 17 September 2025.read more -
11/20/25
Vivian Harberts completes her doctorate on skills assessment procedures
In her dissertation, Vivian Harberts successfully took on the challenge of developing and testing a skills assessment procedure for semi-skilled and unskilled workers that is specifically designed ...read more -
11/12/25
Successful Project Meeting of the CESynergy Consortium at Gebze Technical University
From October 21 to 24, 2025, the second face-to-face meeting of the EU-funded project CESynergy - Circular Economy Pathways for Energy Transition - took place at Gebze Technical University in Turkey.read more -
11/06/25
Change of perspective - Understanding networks and making relationships visible - Participation in the DGNet Methodology School 2025
From October 6 to 8, 2025, Dr. Christine Siemer from the ITB took part in this year's methodology school of the German Society for Network Research (DGNet), which was held in the idyllic setting ...read more -
10/29/25
Better Together – AI Pioneers at ECER 2025 in Belgrade
The Institute Technology and Education (ITB) was represented at this year's ECER conference in Belgrade with several contributions. Dr Ludger Deitmer and Dr Christine Siemer had the opportunity to ...read more -
10/28/25
MULE at ECER 2025 in Belgrade
The Institute Technology and Education (ITB) was represented at this year's ECER 2025 conference in Belgrade with several contributions. Vivian Harberts and Dr Christine Siemer had the opportunity ...read more -
10/13/25
University of Technology Sarawak, Malaysia and University of Bremen, Germany forge partnership to advance global TVET innovation
On 10 October, the University of Technology Sarawak (UTS) in Malaysia has forged a significant international partnership by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Institute of ...read more -
09/17/25
DEVISE4KE at ECER 2025 in Belgrade
The Institute Technology and Education (ITB) was represented with several presentations at this year’s ECER VETNET 2025 Conference in Belgrade. Vivian Harberts delivered a presentation on the ...read more -
09/10/25
CESynergy represented at the 3rd symposium “European Learning! With courage into the future” in Bremen
On September 2, 2025, our EU project Circular Economy Pathways for the Energy Transition (CESynergy) was represented at the 3rd symposium “European Learning! With courage into the future” at the ...read more -
09/02/25
Toolbox – Mission ICH
In the project “Development and testing of an e-portfolio concept for career guidance in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania based on ‘Mission ICH’”, the ITB is developing a digital e-portfolio concept ...read more -
08/25/25
Congratulations to Julia Tietjen on her PhD!
Julia Tietjen has written a dissertation entitled ‘Motherhood and Equality: Intersectional Perspectives on Living Conditions, Negotiations and Decisions.’ The defence of her dissertation took ...read more -
08/21/25
MetaFin Conference 2025 – Launch of the BMBF funding line ‘Research on Financial Education’
The first MetaFin conference took place at the University of Mannheim from 2nd to 3rd June 2025. The conference was organised by the Meta project (MetaFin) of the BMBF funding line ‘Research on ...read more -
08/20/25
Project launch DIVE IN: Making digitalisation a virtual experience in vocational education
Digital technologies are changing work processes, job profiles and learning requirements – and thus also presenting vocational school teachers with new challenges. In order to systematically and ...read more -
07/07/25
Promoting sustainability-oriented skills in logistics
Rising commodity prices, the CO₂ tax, increasing customer demands on their supply chains and the expectations of young talent are making sustainability a key issue for logistics. Companies need ...read more -
06/30/25
AI Pioneers at the EDEN Conference 2025 in Bologna
This year's EDEN Conference took place in Bologna from 15 to 17 June under the title ‘Shaping the Future of Education in the Age of AI – Empowering Inclusion, Innovation and Ethical Growth’. AI ...read more -
06/26/25
Diverse contributions from ITB at this year's ‘Crossing Boundaries Conference in Vocational Education and Training’
From 21 to 23 May 2025, the ‘6th Crossing Boundaries Conference in Vocational Education and Training’ took place in Palma, Mallorca. The conference was organised by Prof. Dr Francisca Salvà-Mut ...read more -
06/24/25
AI Pioneers meet in Verona for the third transnational project meeting
The third project meeting of the Erasmus+ project AI Pioneers took place from 12 to 13 June at the University of Verona. Prior to this, a study visit to a vocational training institution from ...read more -
06/18/25
Workshop series on the design of learning situations in the FLAME project
The collaboration between the Hamburg Fire Service Academy and the Institute of Technology and Education in the ‘Modern and Efficient Fire Service Career Training’ (FLAME) project can look back on ...read more -
06/04/25
MULE on the 6th Crossing Boundaries Conference in Vocational Education and Training at the University of the Balearic Islands, Palma, Mallorca, Spain, 21 to 23 May 2025
In addition to many exciting presentations we, Vivan Harberts (project coordinator) and Dr. Christine Siemer from the Institute Technology and Education (ITB) at the University of Bremen, were ...read more -
05/27/25
AI Pioneers attended a congress at the ITECH Elbinsel Wilhelmsburg vocational school in Hamburg
On 9 May, Ludger Deitmer, Frieda Klaus and Christine Siemer from the Institute Technology and Education (ITB) at the University of Bremen visited the beautiful Hanseatic city of Hamburg as part of ...read more -
05/21/25
Final event for the AI4Ed project will take place on 28 May 2025 in a hybrid format!
After 2.5 years and the successful development of artificial intelligence (AI)-supported learning units on additive manufacturing and the potential application of AI in vocational schools, the ...read more -
05/19/25
AI Pioneers Conference – Website and registration are online !
How is artificial intelligence (AI) changing vocational education and training (VET) and adult education today and in the future?read more -
05/08/25
Beginning of the research project 'FinDMB'
The department 'Diversity and Critiques of Power in Educational Pathways' launches a project on Financial Literacy.read more -
05/07/25
Children's University Workshop 2025 'Experiencing artificial intelligence'
As part of this year's Children's University, Frieda Klaus and a prospective teacher offered an exciting workshop entitled ‘Experiencing Artificial Intelligence’ for children aged between 10 and 12.read more -
04/30/25
Dr Susanne Peters has successfully completed her habilitation achievements
The habilitation achievements included a habilitation thesis on the topic ‘Varieties of VET Research: A German Perspective in International Contexts’, proof of further training in higher education ...read more -
04/09/25
South African-German workshop at the ITB
In cooperation with the Institute Technology and Education (ITB) at the University of Bremen, a South African-German workshop on the training and further education of teachers and lecturers in ...read more -
04/02/25
CESynergy project presentation at the symposium ‘Shaping change: Anchoring sustainability in further education institutions!’
On 27 March 2025, the symposium on the topic of ‘Anchoring sustainability in further education institutions!’ took place in Bremen. The event was organised by the National Coordination Point of ...read more -
03/31/25
First workshop organised by SKILLS4JUSTICE in cooperation with iMOVE on fair recruitment of foreign skilled workers and apprentices
The first of four planned online workshops organised by the Institute Technology and Education (ITB) for the project ‘Skills Partnerships for Sustainable and Just Migration Patterns’ ...read more -
03/26/25
‘Task Manager’ handbook now available online
The Kompetenzwerkstatt's new handbook shows how work process-orientated and skills-promoting tasks can be developed, documented and made available to trainees in the form of a digital learning ...read more -
03/25/25
CESynergy project meeting in Lisbon
Our first face to face consortium meeting took place from 17.-19.03.25 in the beautiful city of Lisbon, hosted by Instituto Superior Técnico (Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal), the largest ...read more -
03/19/25
3rd meeting of SKILLS4JUSTICE in Skopje
On the 10th and 11th of March 2025, the third meeting of the SKILLS4JUSTICE project took place at the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje (North Macedonia).read more -
03/18/25
New handbook: Practical examples of learning and work tasks in electrical engineering
Learning and work tasks are a proven didactic and methodological concept for work process-oriented, project-based and, if necessary, cross-location vocational training. The 'Kompetenzwerkstatt' ...read more -
03/13/25
Doctoral student writing week 2025
From 10 to 14 February 2025, the ITB doctoral student writing week took place for the third time. This year, the young researchers met in Gnarrenburg and worked on various key topics.read more -
02/04/25
New Project: Pioneering Career Models and Professional Development Paths for Securing and Developing Skilled Workers in the Steel Industry
The steel sector is experiencing a profound transformation due to decarbonization, digitalization, and demographic changes. These shifts are fundamentally altering employment and qualification ...read more -
01/17/25
Industrial shoe production and ITB enter the next round!
The kick-off meeting of the ‘Innovative Skills for an Old Vocation’ (ISOV) project took place at the ITB on 10/11 December 2024.read more -
12/10/24
First Budapest International Conference on Education with ITB participation
From November 28 to 30, 2024 the first Budapest International Conference on Education (BICE 2024) took place at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME). Dr. Christine Siemer (AI ...read more -
12/03/24
Handbook "Lernsituationen entwickeln" (Developing learning situations) now published!
The guiding principle of work process and competence orientation in vocational education and training leads to the challenge for teachers at vocational schools and students of this teaching ...read more -
11/25/24
Kick-off meeting of CESynergy project!
ITB of University of Bremen has its strengths in adopting the influences of digitalisation, globalisation and diversity on education – both on Higher Education (HE) and Vocational Education and ...read more -
11/20/24
AI Pioneers workshop series enters second round!
On 6 November 2024, the Institute Technology and Education (ITB), as a project partner of the Erasmus+-funded AI Pioneers project represented by Dr Ludger Deitmer, Frieda Klaus, Lisa Meyne and Dr ...read more -
11/18/24
ITB represented for the first time at the 9th Congress of the German Association for Network Research
On 28 October 2024, Dr Christine Siemer and Lisa Meyne (University of Bremen, ITB) took part in the 9th Congress of the German Society for Network Research in Darmstadt. This year's congress was ...read more -
10/30/24
Orienta4VET project presented solutions for successful career orientation
As part of the Orienta4VET project, Vivian Harberts and Myrthe Reinsberg from the Institute of Technology and Education conducted a professional event to promote career orientation at the ...read more -
10/16/24
Practical insights at the Hamburg fire department in the FLAME project
As part of the FLAME project, Dr. Claudia Fenzl, Nils Weinowski and Lisa Meyne from the Institute of Technology and Education visited the Stellingen Fire and Rescue Station (F15) in May and June ...read more -
09/26/24
Second transnational project meeting of AI Pioneers in Bilbao
The second project meeting of the Erasmus+ project AI Pioneers took place from May 22 to 24 in Bilbao at the University of the Basque Country. The project is coordinated by the ITB and consists of ...read more -
09/17/24
2nd International Project Meeting of SKILLS4JUSTICE in Bremen
On 16th and 17th September 2024, the second SKILLS4JUSTICE project meeting took place in Bremen, Germany, at the Institute Technology and Education. At times, 35 members from a total of 11 partner ...read more -
09/02/24
ITB contributes to ECER 2024
This year's European Conference on Educational Research (ECER) took place from 27-30 August in Nicosia, Cyprus.read more -
08/19/24
DEVISE4KE partner meeting in Homa Bay
From July 22 to 27, 2024, the DEVISE4KE consortium convened in Homa Bay, Kenya, for a transnational partners meeting, coordinated by Vivian Harberts from the Institute of Technology and Education. ...read more -
08/08/24
AI Pioneers Workshop at the AI conference of the NABIBB and the Bavarian Adult Education Association e.V.
As part of the AI conference of the National Agency at the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (NABIBB) and the Bavarian Adult Education Association on the topic of ...read more -
07/29/24
NaLoGO project launch
In late June, the first joint meeting for our new NaLoGO project (“Sustainability in logistics using the example of the design and organization of supply chains and e-mobility”) took place with ...read more -
07/03/24
Final conference of the "Smart Learning in Logistics (SMALO)" project at the BLG Logistics Centre C3 Bremen, Germany
On 19 June 2024, the final conference of the project "SMALO - Smart Learning in Logistics" took place at the BLG Logistics Centre C3 Bremen, Germany. SMALO was funded by the Federal Ministry of ...read more -
06/28/24
DIA-CVET in the Annual Report 22/23 of the NA at BIBB
The DIA-CVET project was the only example of good practice in the "Partnerschaften in der Berufsbildung" funding programme to be included in the NA's Annual Report 22/23 at BIBB.read more -
06/26/24
Strengthening trainers: The task manager at "Leando Live"
"Leando Live", the annual event organized by the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB), kicked off on 18.06.2024 with the question "How can we empower trainers?". Eight ...read more -
06/25/24
DEVISE4KE at NORDYRK Conference
For the first time the Institute Technology and Education participated in the NORDYRK (Nordic research network on vocational education and training) conference with the theme "Evolving VET: ...read more -
06/20/24
Ethiopian ambassador visits University of Bremen
During a visit by the Ethiopian Ambassador Fekadu Beyene Ayana and the Honorary Consul of Ethiopia to the University of Bremen, a joint project initiative between ITB, the Jyväskylä University of ...read more -
05/29/24
Review of the IX Stockholm International Conference of Research on Vocational Education and Training
The 9th Stockholm International Conference of Research on Vocational Education and Training took place from May 14-16, 2024. A special feature of the conference is the venue: participants set off ...read more -
05/27/24
Getting into exchange with each other - for cohesion and solidarity. "The Bremen Living Room" series of events has begun
With the new cooperation between the University of Bremen and the Bremen Adult Education Center, Prof. Dr. Alisha M.B. Heinemann (University of Bremen) and Ralf Perplies (Director of the Bremen ...read more -
05/21/24
Task-Manager on the BIBB-Roadshow: “Leando on Tour”
On April 30, 2024, the roadshow “Leando on Tour” took place in Berlin. This event is part of an exciting series of events organized by the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training ...read more -
05/16/24
Successful finalization of the research project "COALA" with results of economic relevance
As part of the European "COALA" project, the usability of trustworthy AI-based voice assistants in industry was researched with 14 partners from five European nations (Italy, the Netherlands, ...read more -
05/14/24
Learning paths for VET-trainers internationally
Futureland 2024 took place in Malta from April 19-20, 2024. New standards were set with the theme “Inclusive education for an inclusive world”. Training staff, teachers and interested ...read more -
05/08/24
Project with Bau-ABC-Rostrup in the agricultural and construction machinery sector completed
The project "tekom_Land-BauMT - technical communication in learning and work processes of agricultural and construction machinery mechatronics technicians in the context of Industry 4.0" was ...read more -
05/02/24
Girls' Day at the ITB
On 25 April, the ITB once again took part in Girls' Day to offer schoolgirls in the seventh and eighth grades the opportunity to gain an insight into various professional fields and get to know ...read more -
04/23/24
Children's University Workshop 2024 - "Experience electronics and robotics"
As part of this year's Children's University, three sessions of the "Experience electronics and robotics" workshop took place, each with 6-7 children between the ages of 8 and 12.read more
