Members of the research focus TWG

Former Rector of Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences
Professor of Special Education/Disability Education at the Faculty of Social Sciences

Professional and academic background

• Studied special and remedial education at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main, 1st state examination for the teaching profession at special schools in 1986, diploma in education in 1987, doctorate (Dr. phil.) in 1995
• Professional activities in a children's shop (1987-88), in the free school Frankfurt (1988-90), as a research assistant at the Institute for Special and Curative Education at the University of Frankfurt (1990-95, focus on "Third World Special Education", "Intercultural Comparative Special Education"), since 1996 Professor of Special Education at the Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences (focus: general curative education, assistance for the disabled, practical advice), visiting professor at the University of Vienna in the winter semester 2005/2006, Vice-Rector of Education at Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences (2006-09)
• Several research and work stays in EcuadorMember of the editorial board (1990-2004) of the magazine "Behinderung und Dritte Welt", longtime member of the "Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Behinderung und Dritte Welt

Professor at the Faculty of Natural and Environmental Sciences

Professor profile

Projects:

• ITN-STRIKE (2013-2017)

Publications

Professor of Childhood Education at the Faculty of Social Sciences

Profile

Projects:

• Study on the pedagogical attitude of professionals (2013-2014)

Expertise:

• Quantitative and qualitative expansion of child daycare
• Quality in child day care facilities
• Education and development in childhood
• Professionalization of educational professionals
• Health of children and educational staff in daycare centers

Publications

Research assistant at the TRAWOS Institute

Projects:

• Improving opportunities for young women to stay in Upper Lusatia - analyses, networking, recommendations for action (2015)

Expertise:

• Sociology of the (small) town and rural society
• Political theories of civil society
• public sociology
• Creativity and gender

Publications

Professor of Accounting/Controlling at the Faculty of Management and Cultural Sciences

Professor of Social Sciences and Sociology at the Faculty of Social Sciences

Profile

Expertise:

• Gender
• Gender equality policy

Publications

Employee for Research funding and transfer at the Center for Knowledge and Technology Transfer (ZWT)

Vice-Rector Education and International Affairs
Professor of General and Experimental Ecology at the Faculty of Natural and Environmental Sciences

Profile

Projects:

• Communication for transboundary sustainable environmental management (2009-2010)
• Landscape of the future (2011-2013)
• Hurvinek and Spejbel on their way into nature - a German-Czech environmental media project for children (2014-2015)
• Collaboration in the development of a "fish-friendly weir" with the company Ecoligent

Expertise:

• Nature conservation studies in connection with landscape structural change
• Effects on endangered animal and plant species
• Environmental education
• Long-term cooperation with Czech partners

Employee in the transfer network "Saxony5" - Co-Creation Lab Supply Infrastructure

As an energy engineer, I work on topics related to the transformation of the energy system from a systemic perspective - both from a technical point of view, e.g. with the cellular approach as a basis - but also from a socio-economic perspective, with the research subject of neighborhoods.

I conduct research at the IPM and am responsible for the specialist work in the energy transfer field.

 
Phone: +49 3583 612-4696 Email:
 Martin.Herling(at)hszg.de

Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences
Professor of Social Gerontology at the Faculty of Social Sciences

Profile

Projects

Expertise:
Research services and policy advice in

• Intergenerational relationships in family, community and society
• Compatibility of care and work
• Technical aids to make everyday life easier and adapt living space
• Population ageing in Eastern/Central Europe
• Regional ageing

Publications

Substitute Professor of Cultural Philosophy, Cultural Studies and Cultural and Social Change at the Faculty of Management and Cultural Studies

Profile

Projects:

• Experience-Economy - Innovation networks in cultural and health tourism in Upper Lusatia
• Publications

Professor of Real Estate and Construction Management at the Faculty of Business, Economics and Industrial Engineering

Professor profile

Projects:

• Municipal management in the transformation process - Acceptance and needs of the population as a guide for regional management models (2013-2014)
• Current business models of financial investors in the field of housing industry change and new financial investors (2012)

Expert opinion:

• Profitability of real estate investments
• Real estate portfolio management
• Strategy development for local authorities and housing companies

Publications

Professor of Sociology and Management of Social Change at the Faculty of Social Sciences

Professor profile

Projects:

• Socio-ecological transformation processes: Actors, action orientations and modes of transformation - using the example of renewable energies (2013-2014)

Expertise:

• Management/governance of social transformation processes at European, national, regional and local level
• Social development processes in Central and Eastern Europe; relations between Germany and this region and its EU integration
• Innovation processes in the economy and society at regional/local level with particular reference to socio-political and socio-economic issues/sustainability
• Social inequalities/social problems and how they are dealt with by the welfare state
• Political radicalisms and the political confrontation with them at local/regional level

Publications

Professor of Enterprise Application Development in the Department of Computer Science at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Professor profile

Projects:

• Junior Research Group Sustainable IT Services
• NXTM - Development of a connector for live integration into database management systems
• VATI - Trust in assistance technologies for the inclusion of older people

Publications

Professor of Tourism Economics, in particular Destination Management at the Faculty of Management and Cultural Studies

Profile

Projects:

• REFUGIUM (Refugees in urban area for migration) - Effects of migration on rural areas in the Free State of Saxony and the scope for action of the civilian population, especially the tourism industry (2016-2017)

• InnoTour - Innovation networks in cultural and health tourism in rural areas (2015-2016)
• Development of a simulation model for regional development scenarios based on case-related analyses of process flows depending on defined influencing variables in the district of Görlitz (2013-2014)

Expertise:

• Expert opinion on life cycles of tourist destinations
• Evaluation of existing resources

Professor of Marketing, Commerce and Banking at the Faculty of Business, Economics and Industrial Engineering

Professor profile

Projects:

• Theoretical and empirical survey and development of a target group-oriented university marketing concept to attract first-year students (2008-2011)

Expertise:

• Experience and scientific expertise in the sustainable design of companies

Employees of the enterprise europe network (EEN) at the Center for Knowledge and Technology Transfer (ZWT)

About the EEN

Projects:

• Services in support of business and innovation (2008-2014)

Expertise:

• SME consulting
• Internationalization
• mobility
• Cultural and creative industries

Dean of the Faculty of Management and Cultural Studies
Professor of Polish Language and Translation Studies at the Faculty of Management and Cultural Studies

Professor profile

Projects:

• Business translation (German-Polish)
• Translation Memory System Law Enforcement

Dean of the Faculty of Business, Economics and Engineering
Professor of Business Administration, in particular Finance and Financial Institutions at the Faculty of Business, Economics and Engineering

Professor profile

Projects:

• Credit risk and graph-based modeling of economic dependencies between firms (2016-2018)
• Stability of the financial system and banking regulation in Ukraine in the context of its European integration (2014-2015)
• Perspectives of the Russian banking sector in the context of Russia's WTO accession (2012-2014)

Expertise:

• Financial sector
• Financial services

Vice Dean of the Faculty of Management and Cultural Sciences; 
Professor of Health Sciences at the Faculty of Management and Cultural Sciences

Profile

Professor of Sociology at the Faculty of Social Sciences

Professor profile

Projects:

• VATI - Trust in assistance technologies for the inclusion of older people (2014-2017)
• Activities for senior citizens in the Czech-Saxon border region (2014)
• Healthy school and qualification - Zdrowa szkoła i kształczenie (GESZKO; 2011-2014)

Publications

Professor of Cultural Policy / Cultural History / Intercultural Cooperation at the Faculty of Management and Cultural Studies

Profile

Projects:

• Research network "Social cohesion and intercultural integration" (from 2017)
• Strengthening resilience in medium-sized towns (2014)
• Nature meets music (2011)
• Medium-sized towns and culture in  FIS (2009-2012),  and at www.kultur.org

Publications

Research assistant at the Faculty of Natural and Environmental Sciences

Profile

Projects:

• Sustainability and Cooperation Research Network (2012)
• Master's program in Integrated Sustainability Management (QUAR) (2009-2012)