Julia Hufnagl, M. Sc.

Working Title:

Global Learning for Sustainable Development in the Workplace

Abstract:

Local and global social inequalities, climate change, species extinction, plastic pollution, pandemics – the crises of our time make it clear that a transformation is needed in various areas, including education. Any form of education should equip young people with skills to deal with relevant tensions and responsibilities of individual stakeholders. Concepts such as Global Learning, Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and Global Citizenship Education (GCE) address how to contribute to global sustainable development and fulfill the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with a holistic global understanding. Global Learning is considered one of the key abilities of the 21st century (Scheunpflug, 2022, p. 10). While Global Learning has already been subject to research in the general education school context, in volunteer work settings, and in higher education (e.g., Anderberg et al., 2009; Hunt, 2020; Richter, 2018), there is a lack of information on Global Learning in Vocational Education and Training (VET). Nevertheless, organizations increasingly must provide learning opportunities at the workplace to be successful in today’s ‘war for talent’ (Baert, 2018, p. 154). This is the starting point of my dissertation, which will shed light on company’s Global Learning activities and employee’s informal Global Learning behavior.

As a result, strategies and profiles with regard to Global Learning in companies are identified from both a corporate and an individual perspective, and the environment in which companies and individuals operate is defined. The dissertation provides valuable insights into lifelong learning in times of increasing shortage of skilled workers and migration movements in a globalized world.

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Conference Presentations

Hufnagl, J. & Annen, S.: "Corporate Education for a Sustainable Future - Vocational Competencies in the Context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)"; Annual Conference of the DGfE Section Adult Education 2023 (Adult Education and Sustainability); Munich (Germany); 11-09-2023.

Hufnagl, J.: "Education for Sustainable Development in Companies"; Annual Conference 2023 of the Vocational and Business Education Section of the German Society for Educational Science (Freedom - Vocational Education - Responsibility) (Young Researcher); Flensburg (Germany); 06-09-2023.

Hufnagl, J.: "Perceptions of Discrimination by Migrants in Transition to VET - Differences by Origin Group and Gender"; The European Conference on Educational Research (ECER); Glasgow (UK); 25-08-2023.

Hufnagl, J.: "Global Learning in the Workplace - Companies' Response to Globalization"; EERA Emerging Researchers' Conference (ERC); Glasgow (UK); 22-08-2023.

Annen, S., Hufnagl, J., Murdoch, J., & Joseph, O.: "Returns to Education focusing on ICT skills - Empirical Results beyond pay Inequality"; 15th International Conference & 75th Anniversary of the JVET Journal; Oxford (UK); 15-07-2023.

Hufnagl, J., & Larsen, Y.: "Transformative Skills for Sustainability - Interdisciplinary Professionalization for a Sustainable Economy", Conference Interdisciplinary Teaching for Sustainable Development; Nuremberg (Germany); 15-06-2023.

Hufnagl, J.: "Gender Dynamics and Discrimination among Migrant Youth in the Vocational Training Market", Student Night of Gender Sensitive Research; Bamberg (Germany); 22-05-2023.

Hufnagl, J.: "Perceptions of Discrimination in the Transition to Vocational Education and Training from an Intersectional Perspective - An Exploration of the Limits of Quantitative Research," BIBB Colloquium; Bonn (Germany); 17-05-2023.

Hufnagl, J.: "Demands on Vocational Education Personnel as "Global Citizens" - Global Citizenship Education from a Business Education Perspective", 10th GEBF Conference (Young Scientists Conference) (Education between Uncertainty and Evidence); Essen (Germany); 27-02-2023.

Annen, S., St Denis, X., & Hufnagl, J.: "Family background and exits from overqualification in the UK and Germany", 7th International NEPS Conference; online; 06-12-2022.

Hufnagl, J.: "Perceived discrimination in transition to VET - an intersectional approach", 7th International NEPS Conference; online; 05-12-2022.

Hufnagl, J.: "Origin-specific differences in discrimination perceptions of migrant youth in access to VET", World Education Leadership Symposium (WELS) (School and Leadership between Revolution, Tradition and Exhaustion); online; 29-09-2022.

Hufnagl, J.: "Origin-specific Differences in Discrimination Perceptions of Adolescents with Migration Backgrounds in Access to Vocational Training", ÖFEB Pre-Conference (Educational Research in and for Times of Change); Graz (Austria); 20-09-2022.

Hufnagl, J.: "Origin-specific differences in the perception of discrimination of young people with a migration background in access to vocational training", Junior Researcher and Networking Day "Teacher education research" of the Universities of Augsburg, Bamberg and Regensburg (Professionalism in dealing with digitalisation and heterogeneity); Bamberg (Germany); 15-07-2022.

Poster Contributions

Hufnagl, J.: „Differences in Ethnic Perceptions of Discrimination in the Transition to Education: An Intersectional Perspective by Groups of Origin and Gender", 10th GEBF Conference (Main Conference) (Education between Uncertainty and Evidence); Essen (Germany); 28-02-2023.

Hufnagl, J.: „Differences in Ethnic Perceptions of Discrimination in the Transition to Education: An Intersectional Perspective by Group of Origin and Gender“,  Founding Day Network for Gender-Sensitive Research (GENIAL research. Utilising GEnder poteNcIALs - changing society); Bamberg (Germany); 14-12-2022.

Summer Semester 2023

• Professionalization of Vocational Education Personnel (Courses A and B)
• Research Methods in Business Education (Courses A and B)

Winter Semester 2022/2023

• Professionalization of Vocational Education Personnel (Courses A and B)

Summer Semester 2022

• Professionalization of Vocational Education Personnel (Courses A and B)
• Management of Educational Processes (Course C)

Link to the lectures on UniVIS (only in German)

Review Activities

• German Journal of Developmental and Educational Psychology
• Collaborative School Development (Waxmann Publishing)
• Hochschultage Berufliche Bildung 2023
• 27. JURE 2023 Pre-Conference

Organization of Conferences

• Deputy Managing Director of the Hochschultage Berufliche Bildung 2023
• Member of the Organizing Team of the Transatlantic Alumni Conference 2023
• Member of the Organizing Team of the Wissenschaftstage 2023 of the "Studienförderwerk Klaus Murmann" of the Foundation of German Business
• Technical Support at the 9th GEBF Conference 2022

Engagement

• Deputy Representative for Equal Opportunities of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Economics, and Business Administration (since 2023)
• Member of the Board of PPP Alumni e.V. (since 2020)
• Teamer for intercultural trainings (Cultural Vistas / GIZ) (since 2020)
• Student Representation in the Accreditation Process of the Master's Program in Business Education, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (2022)
• Member of the Quality Circle of the Master's Degree Program in Business Education, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (2020 - 2022)
• Teaching Support at a Vocational School in the "Sprachförderprojekt für Geflüchtete" at the Professorship of Business Education, Georg-August University Göttingen (2019 - 2020)
• Participation in the INTERREG Project "Nachbarsprache & buurcultuur" at the Chair of German Language and Culture, in particular German Studies, Radboud University of Nijmegen (Netherlands) (2019)

Memberships

Research Networks

• Bamberg Graduate School of Social Sciences (BAGSS)

• Bamberg Graduate School for Business Administration (BaGSB)

• Network for Migration and Flight Research Bavaria (NeMiF)

• GENIAL network Bamberg Researchers for Gendersensitive Research

Alumni Network

• sdw Alumni e.V. (for former Scholarship Holders of the Klaus Murmann Study Foundation of the Foundation of German Business)
• PPP Alumni e.V. (for former Participants of the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) for young professionals)
• FAU Alumni Network (for Alumni and Friends of the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg)
• alumni UNI graz (for Alumni and Friends of the Karl-Franzens University Graz)