Prof. (em.) Dr. Dr. h. c. mult. Frank Achtenhagen
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Economics (Dr. oec. h.c.) by the University of St. Gallen (Switzerland)
Initiated habilitation process (colloquium not held due to appointment in Göttingen)
(Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Herwig Blankertz; Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Wetzel)
ACTIVITIES IN ACADEMIC SELF-GOVERNANCE
(excluding roles held due to ex officio membership)
Practical Experience
PUBLISHING AND EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES
Memberships
Contact
Prof. (em.) Dr. Dr. h. c. mult. Frank Achtenhagen
Professur für Wirtschaftspädagogik und Personalentwicklung
Platz der Göttinger Sieben 5
37073 Göttingen
Tel.: +49 (0)551/39-24421
fachten@uni-goettingen.de
2007
Retirement
2000
Awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Dr. phil. h.c.) by the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Helsinki/div>
1995
Awarded the University Medal by the University of Helsinki
1992
Awarded the Otto von Guericke Medal by the Technical University of Magdeburg
1991
Ruf auf ein Ordinariat an der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz; abgelehnt
1991
VOffer of a full professorship at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz; declined
1985
Offer of a full professorship at the Technical University of Munich; declined
1975
Offer of a professorship for Empirical Instructional Research at the University of Münster; declined
1971
Appointed Full Professor (Ordinarius) of Business and Economics Education at the University of Göttingen; Director of the Department of Business Education
1971
Eröffnung des Habilitationsverfahrens (Colloquium fand wegen des Rufes nach Göttingen nicht mehr statt)
1969-1971
Research Assistant, later Senior Academic Councilor (Akademischer Oberrat) at the Pedagogical Seminar, University of Münster
1969
Doctorate (Dr. rer. pol.) at the Freien Universität Berlin (majors: Business and Economics Education, Business Administration, Economics, Statistics)
ab WS 1966/67
Lecturer in Business and Economics Education at the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, Freien Universität Berlin
1966-1969
Research Assistant at the Institute of Business and Economics Education, Freien Universität Berlin
1965-1966
Lecturer at the Business Academy Berlin (Business Administration; Spanish); also held a corresponding teaching assignment until March 31, 1969
1965
Second state examination for the position of Senior Secondary School Teacher at Commercial Schools
1963-1965
Teaching internship (Referendariat) with the Berlin Senator for Education
1963
Examination as Certified Commercial Teacher (Diplom-Handelslehrer)
1958-1963
Studied Business and Economics Education at the Freien Universität Berlin (including required internships: work in the electrical industry)
ab 1966
Freie Universität Berlin: Coordinator for the tutoring program; Representative for assistants at the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences
ab 1966
Universität Münster: Member of the Institute Council; Member of the Rector's Commission for Financial and Personnel Matters
ab 1966
Universität Göttingen: Member of the Department Council, Faculty Council, and Examination Office; Chair of the Study Commission in the Department of Economic Sciences; Member of the Structural Commission; Member of the Academic Senate
1970-1973
Member of the Committee "Vocational Education" of the Education Commission of the German Education Council
1971-1981
Member of the Senate Commission for Educational Science of the German Research Foundation (DFG)
1974-1978
Chair of the Commission for Vocational and Business Education of the German Educational Research Association (DGfE)
1975-1980
Member of the Committee "Vocational Education" of the Education Commission of the German Education Council
1980-1988
Member of the Executive Board of the German Educational Research Association (DGfE)
1987-1990
Chair of the Senate Commission for Vocational Education Research of the German Research Foundation (DFG)
1987-1999
Member of the Advisory Board of the Bertelsmann AG Vocational School, Gütersloh
1988 - 1989
Dean of the Faculty of Economic Sciences
1988-1993
Member of the Professorial College of the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program "Acting in Complex Economic Situations" at the University of Göttingen
1991-1997
Member of the Senate of the German Research Foundation (DFG)
1992-1999
Contributor to the ERASMUS program "Developing Teacher Education for Commercial Training" (DETECT)
1993-2001
Member of the Scientific Advisory Board and Administrative Board of the Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education (IPN), Kiel; Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board from 1998
1994-1997
Member of the expert group for the evaluation of Swedish pedagogical and educational-psychological research (commissioned by the Swedish Council for Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences, HSFR)
1995
Member of the expert commission appointed by the Conference of Ministers of Education (KMK) to further develop the principles of the upper secondary school and the Abitur (final school exam)
1996-1999
Member of the Scientific Advisory Board at the German Institute for Distance Learning Research (DIFF), University of Tübingen
1997-2002
Chairman: Management Committee of the COST Action A 11 "Flexibility, transferability, mobility as targets of vocational education and training"
1998-2000
Contributor to the DFG Priority Program "Teaching-Learning Processes in Initial Commercial Training"
ab 1998
Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board
1999
Member of the Research Assessment Exercise of 1999, University of Helsinki, Finland
1999
Foreign Member of the Finnish Academy of Sciences and Letters, Helsinkii
2001
Dean of the Faculty of Economic Sciences
2001-2003
Member of the Commission for the Evaluation of Educational Science at universities and teacher education colleges in the state of Baden-Württemberg
2004
Member of the Research Assessment Exercise, University of Tampere, Finland
2005-2009
Chairman of the EARLI Special Interest Group "Professional Learning and Development"
2005-2009
Verleihung des Ernst-Christian-Trapp-Preises durch die Deutsche Gesellschaft für Erziehungswissenschaft
2007
Member of the Research Assessment Exercise, University of Oulu, Finland
2008
Member of the Structural Commission "Teacher Education at the University of Flensburg"
2013
President of the Steering Committee on Vocational Education and Training Research of the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI), established January 1, 2013
2013
Appointed “Fellow” of the American Educational Research Association
2018
Recipient of the Alan Moon Prize by the UFHRD (University Forum for Human Resource Development) (together with Susanne Weber)