International Center for Higher Education Research

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Introduction

INCHER-Kassel conducts research on questions concerning higher education institutions and tertiary studies, as well as on topics at the interface between higher education and other fields of society. In addition, cross-cutting issues suchas competition and differentiation processes; internationalization and globalization processes; the change in scientific careers and digitization, are of importance.

INCHER leadership & organization

Research

Currently, four strategic research topics are at the heart of INCHER research

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11/28/2025 | IncherCall for applications! Participate in the 16th Brazilian-German Frontiers of Science and Technology Symposium in September 2026
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11/26/2025 | IncherMeet Dr. Jakob Heiss from UC Berkeley exploring "The inductive bias of deep neural networks toward feature learning"
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11/26/2025 | IncherJoin us for the next INCHER & ZELL Colloquium session "Between hype and reality" by Dr. Marit Kastaun
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11/24/2025 | ForschungINCHER is part of the Democratic Roles of Universities (DRU) project network
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11/24/2025 | PublikationenJust published: Special edition on the responses of Higher Education institutions to the pandemic crisis. Ed. by A. Veiga and T. Seidenschnur.
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Dates

03. December 2025 Incher | VeranstaltungenINCHER & Zell Colloquium on 3. December 2025 (16.30 -18.00) : "Zwischen Hype und Realität – Lehren und Lernen mit und über KI im (naturwissenschaftlichen) Unterricht" by Dr. Marit Kastaun
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17. December 2025 Incher | VeranstaltungenINCHER & Zell Colloquium on 17. December 2025: "The inductive bias of deep neural networks toward feature learning" by Dr. Jakob Heiss
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14. January 2026 Incher | VeranstaltungenINCHER Zell & Research Colloquium 14 January 2026: "Generative AI in science. How is research practice changing?" by Dr. habil. Anne K. Krüger
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28. January 2026 VeranstaltungenINCHER & Zell Research Colloquium, 28. January 2026: „Beyond automation: Socratic AI, epistemic agency, and the implications of the emergence of orchestrated multi-agent learning architectures" by Dr. Igor Asanov & Benedikt Degen
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INCHER Graduate School

Learn more about the structured doctoral program at INCHER

Research Information Service & Library

"We support research"

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INCHER newsletter

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INCHER mourns the loss of Georg Krücken

Professor Dr. Georg Krücken, Spokesperson of the INCHER Executive Board and Professor of Higher Education Research at the University of Kassel, passed away on October 7, 2024, at the age of 62.

Mourning for Georg Krücken

Professor Dr. Georg Krücken, spokesman of the INCHER board and also head of the Department of Higher Education Research in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Kassel, passed away on October 7, 2024 after a serious illness.

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