Prof. Dr. Katharina Michel
Professor of Digital Knowledge & Learning Management — Vice President for Teaching
About Katharina
Katharina is Vice President for Teaching at the DBU and Professor of Digital Knowledge & Learning Management. Within the higher-education sector she has worked primarily in institutional development, accreditation and quality management, and university administration — most recently as Head of Administration at a university. She studied Education, Business Administration and Psychology, and earned her doctorate in Educational Sciences.
Academic positions
Since 2024 Vice President for Teaching 2019–2023 Chancellor Since 2019 Professor of Digital Knowledge & Learning Management Digital Business University of Applied Sciences GmbH 2018 Quality management & accreditation Digital Business University of Applied Sciences GmbH 2016–2017 Head of Administration University of Schaffhausen AG 2014–2017 Head of Quality Management & Accreditation, Research Associate at the Institute for Educational Research, Research Associate Business Development & Site Development IUNworld GmbH 2013–2014 Research Associate Quality Management & Accreditation, Research Associate at the Institute for Educational Research, Research Associate Business Development & Site Development IUNworld GmbH 2012–2013 Research Associate Business Development, Project Development and Third-Party Funded Projects University of Applied Management GmbH 2011–2012 Assistant to the Vice President — Institutional Development, Project Management for Institutional Accreditation and Third-Party Funded Projects University of Applied Management GmbH
Academic education and degrees
2017 Doctorate (Dr.) Education (major), Psychology (minor) Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich 2007 Magister Artium Educational Sciences (major), Business Administration (minor), Psychology (minor) Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich
Professional positions before joining the DBU
2009–2010 weltwärts programme of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Internationale Jugendgemeinschaftsdienste (ijgd) Assistant teacher, leadership of international workcamps in Mexico 2007–2009 Bavarian Academy for Advertising and Marketing Program Manager 2004–2007 M.I.T. newmedia GmbH E-Learning team member
Research interests
Higher-education didactics Teaching & learning in digital learning and work environments Knowledge management in higher education
Current projects
Erasmus+ Cooperation partnerships in vocational education and training: Empowerment for Pandemias — Learning from CoVid19 Designing learning spaces — learning in digital work environments Higher-education didactics: new approaches in university teaching
Publications — books and monographs
Michel, K. (2018). Bildungsberichterstattung als kommunales Steuerungsinstrument? Herausforderungen kommunaler Bildungsberichterstattung – eine exemplarische Untersuchung am Beispiel des Landkreis Mühldorf a. Inn. München: Utz-Verlag
Michel, K., Buschle, C., Kainz, F. & Tippelt, R. (2015). Indikatorenentwicklung für ein kommunales Bildungsmanagement – Dokumentation eines regionalen Transferprojektes. München: Herbert Utz Verlag
Publications — peer-reviewed journal articles
Lorenzoni, N., Simões de Almeida, R., Wimmer, D., Simbrig, I., Moscon, V., Carnelli, F., Sulkowski, N., Malaka, E. P., Schober, P., Michel, K., Sá, V. J., & Raich, M. (2025). Development of a Pandemic Resilience Competence Model for Healthcare Professionals—Individual and Organisational Aspects. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 22(5), 712. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph22050712
Fink, K. & Michel, K. (2017). Institutionelle Akkreditierung durch den Wissenschaftsrat. Eine empirische Analyse der Bewertungspraxis von Gutachter/innen. QiW 2017/3+4, S. 74-81
Publications — other publications
Fink, K., Michel, K. & Kainz, F. (2016). Passungsprobleme auf dem Ausbildungsmarkt im Landkreis Erding. Eine Analyse der Bedarfe und Erwartungen von Betrieben und Jugendlichen. BWP 2016/4, S. 31-35
