Profile

Professional career

• since 04/2022
  W2 professorship for vocational education specialising in economics (with tenure track to W2) at the Faculty of Economics and Management Science at Leipzig University.
• 10/2020 - 03/2022
  Substitute for the Chair of Vocational and Business Education at Leipzig University.
• 04/2019 - 09/2020
  Research assistant at the Chair of Business Education at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Professor Dr Olga Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia
• 04/2017 - 12/2018
  Substitute for Junior Professor Dr Manuel Förster in teaching at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
• 01/2019 - 03/2019
  Research stay at the Mori Arinori Institute for Higher Education and Global Mobility at Hitotsubashi University (Tokyo, Japan)
• 08/2015 - 03/2017
  Research assistant at the Chair of Business Education at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Professor Dr Olga Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia
• 11/2010 - 07/2015
  Research assistant at the Chair of Business Education at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Prof. Dr Olga Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia

Education

• 08/2015 - 06/2020
  Habilitation at the JGU University MainzTitle of habilitation: "Der Einfluss des Migrationshintergrunds auf unterschiedliche Facetten des ökonomischen Wissens-Implikationen für die Wirtschaftsdidaktik"[‘The influence of migration background on different facets of economic knowledge-implications for economic didactics’]Lecture: "International-vergleichende Analyse von ökonomischen Kompetenzen bei jungen Erwachsenen" [‘International comparative analysis of economic competences in young adults’]
• 11/2010 - 07/2015
  Doctorate in economic political science (Dr rer. pol.) at the Johannes Gutenberg University MainzDissertation topic: "Die Entwicklung des volkswirtschaftlichen Grundlagenwissens im Studienverlauf - Effekte von Eingangsvoraussetzungen auf den Wissenserwerb" [‘The development of basic economic knowledge in the course of studies - effects of entry requirements on the acquisition of knowledge']Supervisor: Prof. Dr Olga Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia & Prof. Dr Klaus Beck
• 10/2005 - 10/2010
  Studied business education (specialising in German, social sciences, marketing) at Johannes Gutenberg University MainzGraduated as a commercial teacher (grade 1.2)

• Measurement of content knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge in the domain of Business and economics
• Measurement of economic and financial literacy
• Didactic challenges from Migration
• Design of online-based learning environments
• International-comparative studies in business and economics education

• KIWi-MOOC: Massive Open Online Course on the promotion and measurement of AI competences in the domain of economy

  Happ, Roland

  Duration: 06/2023 – 12/2025

  Funded by: BMBF Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung

  Involved organisational units of Leipzig University: Berufliche Bildung mit dem Schwerpunkt Wirtschaft
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• Start2train: Supporting start-ups in the dual vocational training programme

  Happ, Roland

  Duration: 07/2024 – 12/2027

  Funded by: BMBF Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung

  Involved organisational units of Leipzig University: Berufliche Bildung mit dem Schwerpunkt Wirtschaft; Entwicklungsökonomie/Kleinerer und Mittlerer Unternehmen
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more projects

• Happ, R.

  Identifikation migrationsbewusster Konzepte im ökonomischen und finanziellen Wissen

  Zeitschrift für Berufs- und Wirtschaftspädagogik. 2020. 116 (2). pp. 175–207.

  DOI: https://doi.org/10.25162/zbw-2020-0008
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• Happ, R.

  International-vergleichende Analysen von ökonomischen Kompetenzen bei jungen Erwachsenen

  Zeitschrift für Berufs- und Wirtschaftspädagogik. 2020. 116 (3). pp. 456–472.

  DOI: 10.25162/zbw-2020-0019
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• Happ, R.; Förster, M.

  The relationship between migration background and knowledge and understanding of personal finance of young adults in Germany

  International Review of Economics Education. 2019. 30 (1). pp. 1–14.

  DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.iree.2018.06.003
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• Happ, R.

  Die Entwicklung des volkswirtschaftlichen Grundlagenwissens im Studienverlauf: Effekte von Eingangsvoraussetzungen auf den Wissenserwerb (Empirische Berufsbildungs- und Hochschulforschung, Bd. 5)

  Doctoral thesis. 2017.

  ISBN: 978-3-944996-35-6
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• Happ, R.; Förster, M.; Beck, K.

  Eingangsvoraussetzungen von Studierenden der Wirtschaftswissenschaften mit und ohne Migrationshintergrund

  Zeitschrift für empirische Hochschulforschung. 2018. 2 (1). pp. 6–22.

  DOI: 10.3224/zehf.v2i1.01
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more publications

• Institutions and current educational policy approaches to vocational and further training in the commercial sector (seminar)

  Master of Science Business and Economics Education (second semester)

  Module: 07-204-0407

  Time: block dates

  Room: Learning-Teaching-Studio IZ27 (IZ.002)

• Construction, implementation and evaluation of modern media and complex teaching-learning arrangements in vocational training and further education in the commercial sector (seminar)

  Master of Science Wirtschaftspädagogik (fourth semester)

  Module: 07-204-0409

  Time: Monday, 13:15 – 14:45 Uhr

  Room: Learning-Teaching-Studio IZ27 (IZ.002)

• Research colloquium for PhD Students

  Presentation and discussion of qualification works with prior appointment by mail

  Time: Monday, 17:15–18:45

  Room: Learning-Teaching-Studio IZ27 (IZ.002)