Higher Education

The focus area Higher Education addresses university teaching and learning in the context of profound societal, technological, and institutional transformations. It explores the conditions, objectives, and practices of academic education within an evolving knowledge society.

Publications within this thematic area examine innovative teaching and learning formats, didactic concepts, and theoretical perspectives on higher education and university pedagogy. Key topics include digital teaching, curriculum development, learning cultures, and the role of universities as sites of knowledge production, critical reflection, and social responsibility.

Higher Education is understood as an interdisciplinary field that brings together pedagogical, social, cultural, and technological dimensions. The contributions combine theoretical reflection with practice-oriented approaches and address challenges such as the digital transformation of teaching, diversity and inclusion, new forms of assessment, and the sustainable design of educational processes. The aim is to provide a critical yet constructive contribution to the ongoing development of contemporary higher education.