Publications

Researchers are increasingly expected to engage in knowledge transfer (KT), but often the specific expectations remain unclear. To approach the research object of KT, to map existing engagement and to identify barriers to KT, it is essential to include field-specific, discipline-based, and epistemic practice perspectives. Drawing on data from the 2019/2020 Science Survey, we demonstrate the necessity of these perspectives while incorporating the 'productive interaction' approach.

The state of the research on grant application behaviour is that female academics submit fewer proposals than men. This study points out that it is methodologically challenging to draw this conclusion. We know a lot about applicants, but little about the pool of potential applicants as the underlying population. We use a random sample of academics as potential applicants to investigate the grant application activity of male and female researchers. The results show that when an appropriate benchmark is applied (in this case, controlling for academic status and research area), no significant gender differences in grant applications can be found.

Heterogeneous reporting requirements and increasing expectations of strategic capacity building have prompted German research institutions to implement advanced database and information systems in order to improve their management of metadata on research activities, processes and outcomes (research information). Implementation and use of these systems in research reporting require specific expertise, opening up new task areas which have so far not been sufficiently studied. Based on a national survey among personnel responsible for IT-based research reporting in German Higher Education and research institutions, the contribution assesses whether research information management constitutes a new specialization in research management.

The report on the cumulative data set for the 10th-21st Social Survey (1982 - 2016) explains the data preparation process and describes the variables in the data set. The survey series has a unique regional scope, is based on large, random samples, and is thus a powerful source of data for studies of the aspects covered over time. It allows a differentiated examination of students with various characteristics, such as by type of university, university entrance, subject groups, gender, age groups, educational and regional origins, financial situation, living arrangements, partnership status, and parenthood. [...] Full abstract: https://doi.org/10.21249/DZHW:ssypool:3.0.0

The report is part of the data package "The Social Profile in the Promotion of the Gifted 2008". The scientific use file contains information on a total of 9,540 recipients of support from the eleven organizations for the promotion of the gifted that existed in Germany in 2008 - including 7,947 recipients of support for studies and 1,593 recipients of support for doctoral studies. In addition to specific questions on the promotion of the gifted, the questionnaire was based on the 18th Social Survey (2006). This allows direct comparison with the population or different student groups, especially on topics such as sociodemographic characteristics, social origin, [...] Full abstract: https://doi.org/10.21249/DZHW:gif2008:1.0.0

The project Determinants and Effects of Collaboration in homogeneous and heterogeneous Research Clusters (DEKiF) focuses on the potential of university and entrepreneurial collaboration in the form of linked resources, personalities, competencies, and exchanged experiences as well as perspectives. Apart from these positive effects, the mixed methods study further highlights the increasing challenges that collaborating companies and universities have to face. The explorative case study of homogenous and heterogenous research cooperation investigated if the theoretical and previously elicted problems, solutions, [...] Full abstract: https://doi.org/10.21249/DZHW:decquant:1.0.0

The EUROSTUDENT project collects and analyses comparable data on the social dimension of European higher education. A wide range of topics related to students’ social and economic conditions are covered. The project strives to provide reliable and insightful cross-country comparisons. It does this through coupling a central coordination approach with a strong network of national partners in each participating country. In this way, an assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of the respective national frameworks in international comparison can be made. [...] Full abstract: https://doi.org/10.21249/DZHW:es7:3.1.0