Federalism and corporatism: on the approaches of policy-making and governance in the dual apprenticeship system in Germany
Conference of the Centre on Skills, Knowledge & Organisational Performance (SKOPE) of the University of Oxford, UK, 26 September 2016

Educational policy reform measures in teacher training and their role in the transformation of the teaching profession - England and Germany in comparative perspective
DGfE Autumn Conference of the Section for Vocational and Business Education, 12-14 September 2016, Hamburg (together with Prof. Christopher Winch)

Bologna reform Germany - implementation and effects on teacher education: an empirical case study on policy borrowing in education
XXVII Conference of the Comparative Education Society in Europe (CESE), Glasgow, 31 May - 03 June 2016

Teacher education in Germany and England - comparative considerations
International conference "Diversity in the European education system and in teacher education in Europe", Leibniz Universität Hannover, 14-15 January 2016 (*)

Vocational education and training in Germany: concepts and developments
Annual seminar series of the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain and the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), London, 15 May 2015 (*)

European Union and beyond. The Bologna process and its outcomes
King's College London, Department of Education & Professional Studies, 3 March 2015 (*)

Perspectives on German ITE: ITE structure, legal contexts and the rationale of the teaching profession
International Seminar on Philosophy of Education (PoE), Azim Premji University, Bangalore, India, 23-25 January 2013 (*)

Time investment, learning strategies and learning outcomes: an empirical study on the approaches taken by German ITE students
European Conference on Educational Research (ECER), Cadiź, Spain, 18-21 September 2012

Teacher education in Germany: the pathway to qualified teacher status and the idea of professionalism
Annual Conference of the Science Community representing Education (SCORE), London, 19 March 2012 (*)

Students' workload and perceived stress: an empirical study
European Conference on Educational Research (ECER), Berlin, 13-16 September 2011

Initial teacher education in Germany: the mismatch between course expectations and student experiences
The Royal Society, London, 22 June 2011 (*)

Workload definition in higher education: student learning and the discussion on the comparability and transparency of study programmes
University of Oxford, Department of Education, Seminar Series on Higher Education and Professional Learning, 20 June 2011 (*)

Reconstructing initial teacher education in Germany? Reflections on structural change and learning approaches
The Royal Society, London, 3 December 2010 (*)

Research into higher education: the case of initial teacher education in Germany
Linacre College, Oxford, Linacre Seminar Series, 23 November 2010 (*)

Reforms in higher education: the Bologna process in Germany
King's College London, Department of Education & Professional Studies, 17 November 2010 (*)

Learning for Testing? (Successful) Studying between institutional and individual contextual conditions
DGfE Conference, Section Vocational and Business Education, 24-25 September 2009, Gießen (together with Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Jürgen van Buer)

Politically motivated change and cultural stability in higher education: the case of German teacher education
University of Oxford, Department of Education, 10 February 2009 (*)

Educational systems, biographical trajectories, lifelong learning - An exposé on contingencies
Conference of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Educational Research at the Humboldt University of Berlin (IZBF), 31 October - 1 November 2008, Berlin (together with Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Jürgen van Buer)

Teachers are teachers are teachers? Teacher training between educational policy demands and the traditional professional image of student teachers - an explorative study at the Humboldt University of Berlin
DGfE Conference, Section Vocational and Business Education, 16-17 September 2008, Darmstadt (together with Dr Sigbert Klinke)

Professionalisation of university teacher training. The new tiered degree programmes between aspiration and reality
Days of Teacher Education, University of Potsdam, Centre for Teacher Education, 9-11 June 2008 (together with Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Jürgen van Buer)

The "new" structures in German teacher education: first empirical findings concerning the outcomes of Bologna
University of Oxford, Department of Education, 26 February 2008 (*)