Research Priority Area spokespersons
Professor Dr Petra Friedrich
Faculty of Electrical Engineering
Tel. +49 (0)831-2523-9256
petra.friedrich(at)hs-kempten.de
Research Focus 4: Social Innovations
Rapid social shifts, such as demographic change or threats to social cohesion, coupled with a new degree of obscurity, calls for fundamental social innovations. New information and communication technologies (ICT) and types of artificial intelligence (AI) show what is possible but also reveal limitations. Our intention reflects the mission pursued by Kempten University of Applied Sciences as a whole – “to make a substantial and sustainable contribution towards solving contemporary and future challenges in our society”. The projects in this Research Priority Area investigate, develop and evaluate a broad range of social innovations in the following fields of research:
- New teaching and learning formats
- Health, rehabilitation, nursing and medical technology
- Elderly care, ambient assisted living (AAL)
- Care work
- Social cohesion and demographic change
- Empirical research into youth work and social sciences
Members *)
Prof. Dr. Matthias Becker
eHealth infrastructures
Prof. Dr. Petra Benzinger
Geriatrics
Prof. Dr. Anneke Bühler
Health sciences and disease prevention
Prof. Dr. Petra Friedrich
Basic principles of electrical engineering, ambient assisted living
Prof. Dr. Georg Hagel
Software architecture, requirements engineering and design patterns
Prof. Dr. Mario Jokisch
Digitalization and social responsibility
Prof. Dr. Markus Jüster
Health tourism
Prof. Dr. Robert Keller
Information management and digitalisation
Prof. Dr. Peter Klutke
IT management, identity and IT architecture management, project management
Prof. Dr. Rafael Mayoral Malmström
Business information systems in healthcare, eHealth, basic principles of information technology, computer architecture, operating systems
Prof. Dr. Ursula Müller
Methods of social work
Prof. Dr. Sandra Niedermeier
Digitalization in education and society
Prof. Dr. Patricia Pfeil
Organization of the social Economy, social risks in social change
Prof. Dr. Philipp Prestel
Health-related social work and gerontology
Prof. Dr. Stefan Sauer
Agile work
Prof. Dr. Thomas Schmid
Business administration in health services management
Prof. Dr. Guido Sommer
General business administration, marketing, international marketing, service management
Prof. Dr. Sabine Weizenegger
Future of tourism and sustainable development of destinations
Prof. Dr. Katrin Winkler
Business administration
Prof. Dr. Marcus Zinsmeister
Prevention, medical care and rehabilitation
*) Members according to the criteria of the HRK Research Map
Professors engaged in the RF
Prof. Armin Brysch
Service-orientated business administration Informatik
Prof. Dr. Arnulf Deinzer
Computer science
Prof. Dr. Hanne Detel
Media and digital competence, journalism-audience interaction and relationship
Prof. Dr. Manuel Giuliani
Geriatric robotics
Prof. Dr. Matthias Kuba
Communications engineering and digital circuit technology
Prof. Dr. Andreas Müller
Corporate learning
Prof. Dr. Tobias Peylo
Sustainable finance, internationalization
Prof. Dr. Gabriele Schäfer
Entrepreneurship education
Prof. Dr. Veronika Schraut
Nursing and rehabilitation sciences in geriatric care
Prof. Dr. Jochen Staudacher
Operations research and statistics
Prof. Dr. Martin Wetzel
Gerontology