Research Activities at the Centre for Teaching and Learning

Our profile

By incorporating higher education and media didactics, curriculum development, evaluation, educational technologies, and extracurricular programmes for students, the Centre for Teaching and Learning (ZLL) at Bremen University of Applied Sciences offers a broad range of services tailored to various target groups and stakeholders within the context of studying and teaching.

Close integration with the university’s academic management and the UAS7 network — including areas such as quality management, strategic and institutional planning, the International Office, and Career Service — enables the ZLL to function as a central interface between higher education and science research, bridging theory and practice.

This networking is accompanied by scientific research and development projects that purposefully connect theoretical questions with practical challenges in studying, teaching, and continuing education, systematically applying the findings to enhance higher education practice. A distinctive feature of the ZLL is its dedicated research on universities of applied sciences (UAS). Conducting this research from within a UAS provides a unique insider perspective and close engagement with its specific issues and challenges.

Doctoral Research Projects

Valerie Hug: "Appointment Procedures at Faculties of Economics and Business Administration in Public Higher Education Institutions – An Organisational Theory-Based and Empirical Analysis” (submitted)

Greta Kottwitz: "The strategic significance of the student subject in the production of institutional higher education practices" (working title)

Jessica Langolf: “Institutional Change in Public Universities of Applied Sciences: Illustrated by the Right to Award Doctorates” (working title)

Anna Peschke: “Inclusion and Exclusion Experiences and Strategies of Students with Disabilities: An Ableism-Critical Analysis and Implications for Inclusive Higher Education Management” (working title)

Current publications

• Hashem-Wangler, A., Broens, A., Maschwitz, A. (2025). Formate wissenschaftlicher Weiterbildung im Kontext aktueller Entwicklungen. In: Jütte, W., Rohs, M. (Hrsg.) Handbuch Wissenschaftliche Weiterbildung (S. 1–19). Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-17674-7_13-2
• Hashem-Wangler, A., & Maschwitz, A. (2025). “There is some sort of new dynamics”: Examining the Impact of European University Alliances. Zeitschrift für Hochschulentwicklung, 20(4), 87–103. https://doi.org/10.21240/zfhe/20-4/04
• Maschwitz, A., Stöterau, K. S., Bergstermann, A., Bravo Granström, M., Ihwe, J., Kröner, A., & Sweers, F. (Hrsg.). (2025). Entwicklungsfelder der wissenschaftlichen Weiterbildung in Deutschland. Waxmann.
• Maschwitz, A., & Broens, A. (2025). Management von Qualität in der wissenschaftlichen Weiterbildung. In W. Jütte & M. Rohs (Hrsg.), Handbuch Wissenschaftliche Weiterbildung (S. 1–17). Springer VS. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-17674-7_27-2
• Suwalski, P., & Broens, A. (2025). Qualitätsentwicklung und -sicherung von hochschulischen Weiterbildungsangeboten an systemakkreditierten Hochschulen. In A.-M. Bodo-Hartmann, A. Hinsken, & J. Ehinger (Hrsg.), Qualität in der wissenschaftlichen und künstlerischen Weiterbildung: Akteur:innen, Organisationen, Gesellschaft (Bd. 10, S. 39–54). wbv Publikation. https://doi.org/10.3278/9783763978205
• Maschwitz, A. (2023). Kooperationen in der Weiterbildung – Herausforderungen und Erfolgsfaktoren des Kooperationsmanagements. Education permanente: Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Weiterbildung, (2), 30–41.
• Maschwitz, A., Speck, K., Schwabe, G., & Amintavakoli, R. (2020). Organisationale Verankerung wissenschaftlicher Weiterbildung an Hochschulen. In Wandel an Hochschulen? Entwicklungen der wissenschaftlichen Weiterbildung im Bund-Länder-Wettbewerb „Aufstieg durch Bildung: Offene Hochschulen“ (S. 233–257). Waxmann. urn:nbn:de:0111-pedocs-208053
• Cendon, E., Maschwitz, A., Nickel, S., Pellert, A., & Wilkesmann, U. (2020). Steuerung der hochschulischen Kernaufgabe Weiterbildung. In I. M. Welpe, J. Stumpf-Wollersheim, N. Folger, & M. Prenzel (Hrsg.), Leistungsbewertung in wissenschaftlichen Institutionen und Universitäten. Eine mehrdimensionale Perspektive (S. 274–293). De Gruyter Oldenbourg. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110689884-013
• Hanft, A., Kretschmer, S., & Maschwitz, A. (2020). Organisation und Management von Studium, Lehre und Weiterbildung an Hochschulen (2. Aufl., Bd. 22). Waxmann.

Conference Presentations

• Brauns, J. & Broens, A. (2025, Oktober). Framing the Future: A Comparative Review of Strategy Papers from German, Swedish, and Dutch Universities of Applied Sciences. STARring-Conference, Hochschule Bremen – City University of Applied Sciences.
• Hashem-Wangler, A. (2025, Oktober). Navigating Change within Universities: Examination of the STARS EU Project's Impact. STARring-Conference, Hochschule Bremen – City University of Applied Sciences.
• Hashem-Wangler, A. (2025, Juni). Effective Communication Structures and a Strategic Approach: Concretizing Collaboration in the First Year of the STARS EU Project. European Universities Initiative 5 Years On: A Research and Practice Symposium, Università della Svizzera italiana (USI), Lugano, Schweiz.
• Langolf, J. (2025, Oktober). Higher Education Research Revised: The Case for Doctoral Awarding Rights in German University of Applied Sciences. STARring-Conference, Hochschule Bremen – City University of Applied Sciences.
• Maschwitz, A. & Kottwitz, G. (2025, Oktober). Continuing Education: An Approach for a systematic literature review. STARring-Conference, Hochschule Bremen – City University of Applied Sciences.