The project aims to develop a standardised German questionnaire to measure work-related activities and competence requirements of higher education graduates. Particular emphasis is laid on knowledge work. The instrument is intended to be used in different surveys of the DZHW, e. g. in the panel studies on graduates and doctoral degree holders. Empirical data gathered with this instrument will make it possible
- to analyse changes in the world of work of the highly qualified labour force and in this way to make a contribution to the sociology of work and the labour market;
- to study the relationship between higher education and employment and to derive recommendations for designing teaching-learning arrangements and study programmes and
- to examine the outcomes of higher education and, by doing so, to address research questions in the field of economics of education, sociology of education, and education policy.