Walburga Freitag studied education and sociology at Bielefeld University and Deakin University, Australia. In 2003 she received her Ph.D. in the sociology of knowledge and of science with a thesis on thalidomide. She has worked as a researcher at DZHW since October 2005, directing the evaluation of the federal state competition "Advancement through Education: Open Universities" since 2012. She became deputy head of the Research Area: Governance in Higher Education and Science in 2015.

Dr. Walburga Katharina Freitag
Research Area Governance in Higher Education and Science
Deputy Head
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Governance of continuing higher education and links between vocational education and training (TVET) and higher education
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