Research Focus

• Education for Sustainable Development
• Learning and Instruction with immersive media (VR/AR)
• Game-based learning / Serious Games
• Embodiment/Body Transfer and Climate Change Action
• Vocational Education and Training

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Third-party funded research

• Initiation of an International Collaboration with South Korea on AI-based immersive virtual reality technology for education for sustainable development – a cross-cultural comparison of the impact of emotions between Germany and South Korea – in collaboration with Dr. Yizhen Huang. Funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). Duration: 06/2025 to 06/2026.
• Development of a VR application to reflect the relationship between man and nature. Innovation Fund Mainz University of Applied Sciences. Cooperation with Prof. Linda Kruse (Mainz University of Applied Sciences) and collaboration partner of the joint research project. Volume 30,000 euros: Duration 2 years (09/2023-09/2024)
• MARLA. Masters of Malfunction: Playful mixed reality learning application with digital voice assistance for training in wind energy technology. German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. Volume: 1,400,000 euros. Duration: 3 years (02/2019-04/2022). Initiative, acquisition (principal investigator) and joint management of the research project. marla.tech
• MitEffekt. Medium-term effects of a serious game depending on the didactic embedding and the concrete game behaviour. German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. Volume: 0.5 million euros. Duration: 1.5 years (09/2017-02/2019). Initiative, acquisition (principal investigator) and joint management of the research project. serenasupergreen.de
• SUV. "Social Utility Values" and career choice motivation. Federal Ministry of Education and Research. Volume: 150,000 euros project within the framework of TUB-Teaching (volume 1.7 million euros). Duration: 3 years (07/2016-06/2019). Project coordination.
• SERENA. Serious Game about renewable energies for career orientation for girls in the field of technical apprenticeships. Federal Ministry of Education and Research. Volume: 1.0 million euros. Duration: 2.5 years (01/2015-06/2017). Initiator, acquisition (principal investigator) and joint management of the research project. serenasupergreen.de