In der Berufsbildungs- und Erwachsenenbildungsforschung mangelt es an Historiographien zur beruflichen Weiterbildung. Die thematischen Schwerpunkte in der Geschichtsschreibung dieser beiden erziehungswissenschaftlichen Teildisziplinen konzentrieren sich auf Institutionen, Strukturen, Personen,...

Almost all countries worldwide closed schools at the outbreak of the Covid-19 crisis. I document that schooling time dropped on average by -55% in the US and -45% in Germany from the onset of the crisis to the summer of 2021. In the US, schools were closed longer in richer than in poorer areas,...

Starting in 2009, the German state of Saxony distributed sports club membership vouchers among all 33,000 third graders in the state. The policy's objective was to encourage them to develop a long-term habit of exercising. In 2018, we carried out a large register-based survey among several...

Armed conflicts, natural disasters and infrastructure projects continue to force millions into migration. This is especially true for developing countries. After World War II, about 8 million ethnic Germans experienced a similar situation when forced to leave their homelands and settle within...