Our team
Head of project
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Prof.in Dr.in Katja Driesel-Lange
Since 2020, Prof. Dr. Katja Driesel-Lange is professor for educational sciences at the University of Münster with a special interest in career guidance. For many years her research has been focusing on career development, interventions in study and career guidance, career development and gender and the professionalisation of teacher.
“With the aim to provide young people with support in their career development, schools need to make decisions with regards to concepts, content and staff-organisation in order to organise career guidance”
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Prof.in Dr.in Ulrike Weyland
Prof. Dr. Ulrike Weyland has been professor of Educational Science with a focus on Vocational Education at the University of Münster since 2015. She was also elected Vice-Rector for Studies and Teaching in 2022. Her research interests are school and company career guidance, the professionalisation of school and company education staff, video-based teacher training in the context of promoting professional teaching perception, skills modelling and measurement (focus on healthcare professions) and digitalisation in vocational education.
Together with Prof Driesel-Lange, she developed and launched the DIGIBO-Best! Project.
“For career orientation, a generalised catalogue of measures that does not taking into account the schools’ individual specifics is not expedient.”
research associates
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Meike Nienkötter M.A.
Since 2018, Meike Nienkötter has been working as a research assistant at the University of Münster and has been involved in various vocational education projects. Her research foci are, amongst others, company career orientation. With this specialisation, she provides an important perspective on career guidance at schools and their networks.
“We are currently experiencing major changes in the world of work and the students’ requirements are also changing – schools can help to bring both sides together more effectively.”
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Ina Richter M.A.
Ina Richter has been conducting research on the role of schools in career guidance since 2023. As a social worker/social pedagogue she has previously been active in different projects such as career entry counselling. This has given her knowledge of career guidance at schools in cooperation with network partners, extracurricular support options and an insight into the needs of pupils.
“As many students, even in their final year, still don't know what career path they want to take, I believe it is essential to further expand career guidance at schools.”
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Jerusha Klein M.A.
Jerusha Klein has been conducting research on the topic of career guidance for several years – since 2022 as a research assistant at the University of Münster and previously as a research assistant at the TU Berlin. Her interests include career guidance as a school development task as well as individual and institutional factors of vocational development.
“The organisation of career guidance should always be consider with a view to the single, individual schools, taking into account individual school resources and conditions. We can only provide young people with targeted support if we do justice to the individuality of the schools.”
Pedagogical staff
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Stephan Häming OStR
Since 2014, Stephan Häming has been teaching at different types of schools and gathered several years of experience as a career choice coordinator at an integrative comprehensive school. The insights he gained in the course of this work skilled and trained him particularly with a view to the KAoA process and questions that pertain to the transition from school to work.
“Our schools are facing a variety of tasks. Careers guidance is an important building block that is often perceived as a burden. Every school and every student need an individualised approach.”
Student assistants
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Marlene Uber B.A.
Marlene Uber is currently a Master student in Educational Science with a specialisation in Social Pedagogy at the University of Münster. She discovered her interest in the field of career guidance by participating in the seminar ‘Demands on educators as reflected in youth and educational research’, led by Prof. Dr Katja Driesel-Lange, which also enabled her to join the DIGIBO-Best! Project.
“In order to ensure individualised support in career choice and training for all students, it is first necessary to take into account the specific framework conditions and resources of the individual schools.”
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Lara Tombrink B.A.
Lara Tombrink is currently studying for a master's degree in educational science with a specialisation in Social Pedagogy at the University of Münster. By participating in a seminar led by Prof Dr. Katja Driesel-Lange in the winter term of 2023/24 she became interested in the field of career guidance.
„A further development of career guidance, adapted to the specifics and resources of the individual school, allows for the provision of more targeted support for young people in their career development.”
Our team
Head of project
Prof.in Dr.in Katja Driesel-Lange
Since 2020, Prof. Dr. Katja Driesel-Lange is professor for educational sciences at the University of Münster with a special interest in career guidance. For many years her research has been focusing on career development, interventions in study and career guidance, career development and gender and the professionalisation of teacher.
“With the aim to provide young people with support in their career development, schools need to make decisions with regards to concepts, content and staff-organisation in order to organise career guidance.”
Prof.in Dr.in Ulrike Weyland
Prof. Dr. Ulrike Weyland has been professor of Educational Science with a focus on Vocational Education at the University of Münster since 2015. She was also elected Vice-Rector for Studies and Teaching in 2022. Her research interests are school and company career guidance, the professionalisation of school and company education staff, video-based teacher training in the context of promoting professional teaching perception, skills modelling and measurement (focus on healthcare professions) and digitalisation in vocational education.
Together with Prof Driesel-Lange, she developed and launched the DIGIBO-Best! Project.
“For career orientation, a generalised catalogue of measures that does not taking into account the schools’ individual specifics is not expedient.”
Scientific staff
Meike Nienkötter M.A.
Since 2018, Meike Nienkötter has been working as a research assistant at the University of Münster and has been involved in various vocational education projects. Her research foci are, amongst others, company career orientation. With this specialisation, she provides an important perspective on career guidance at schools and their networks.
“We are currently experiencing major changes in the world of work and the students’ requirements are also changing – schools can help to bring both sides together more effectively.”
Ina Richter M.A.
Ina Richter has been conducting research on the role of schools in vocational orientation since 2023. As a social worker/social pedagogue she has previously been active in different projects such as career entry counselling. This has given her knowledge of career guidance at schools in cooperation with network partners, extracurricular support options and an insight into the needs of pupils.
“As many students, even in their final year, still don't know what career path they want to take, I believe it is essential to further expand career guidance at schools.”
Jerusha Klein M.A.
Jerusha Klein has been conducting research on the topic of career guidance for several years – since 2022 as a research assistant at the University of Münster and previously as a research assistant at the TU Berlin. Her interests include vocational orientation as a school development task as well as individual and institutional factors of vocational development.
“The organisation of career guidance should always be consider with a view to the single, individual schools, taking into account individual school resources and conditions. We can only provide young people with targeted support if we do justice to the individuality of the schools.”
Pedagogical staff
Stephan Häming OStR
Since 2014, Stephan Häming has been teaching at different types of schools and gathered several years of experience as a career choice coordinator at an integrative comprehensive school. The insights he gained in the course of this work skilled and trained him particularly with a view to the KAoA process and questions that pertain to the transition from school to work.
“Our schools are facing a variety of tasks. Careers guidance is an important building block that is often perceived as a burden. Every school and every student need an individualised approach.”
Student assistants
Marlene Uber B.A.
Marlene Uber is currently a Master student in Educational Science with a specialisation in Social Pedagogy at the University of Münster. She discovered her interest in the field of vocational orientation by participating in the seminar ‘Demands on educators as reflected in youth and educational research’, led by Prof. Dr Katja Driesel-Lange, which also enabled her to join the DIGIBO-Best! Project.
“In order to ensure individualised support in career choice and training for all students, it is first necessary to take into account the specific framework conditions and resources of the individual schools.”
Lara Tombrink B.A.
Lara Tombrink is currently studying for a master's degree in educational science with a specialisation in Social Pedagogy at the University of Münster. By participating in a seminar led by Prof Dr. Katja Driesel-Lange in the winter term of 2023/24 she became interested in the field of career guidance.
„A further development of career guidance, adapted to the specifics and resources of the individual school, allows for the provision of more targeted support for young people in their career development.”
Welcome to DIGIBO Best!
Developing and managing career guidance at school with digital tools
Georgskommende 33, 48143 Münster
Tel +49 (0) 251 83-29476
