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WiHoWiT

Knowledge transfer between science and higher education research and ministries of education and research

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WiHoWiT - Knowledge transfer between science and higher education research and science ministries

Do the results of science and higher education research influence the work of science ministries and does this result in changes in the political design of the state higher education systems?

The WiHoWiT project sheds light on the current knowledge transfer between science and higher education research and the state ministries of science and asks about success factors for a mutual exchange of information between science and higher education researchers and ministry staff.

WiHoWiT is being carried out as a joint project with the HIS Institute for Higher Education Development (HIS-HE) in Hanover.

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News from the project

04/08/2025

BMBF final conference of the funding line

Findings and recommendations from WiHoWiT - discover now!
Photo of Uwe Wilkesmann and Grit Würmseer during the presentation, standing in front of the audience.
02/20/2025

Joint meeting in Hanover

Exchange on upcoming transfer workshops
Group photo with the seven project members in front of a hedge.
01/29/2025

New publication

A new article on the research use by state ministries of science has been published.
Symbolic illustration depicting a scientific article in the form of a puzzle being assembled.
12/06/2024

Christmas greetings from the project team

We thank everyone who supported us this year by taking part in the surveys. Find out more about our progress and plans for 2025.
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10/18/2024

Doc network of the BMBF funding line ‘Research for knowledge transfer’: First meeting in person

On 17 and 18 October, the doctoral candidates gathered for the first time for an in-person network meeting in Dortmund.
group photo
09/24/2024

Successful presentations at the 19th annual conference of the GfHf in Hagen

The presentation slides are now available!
Photo of the three presenters from left to right: Dr. Björn Möller (HIS-HE), Viktoria Jäger (TU Dortmund), Prof. Dr. Uwe Wilkesmann (TU Dortmund).
06/18/2024

Presentation at GfHf-conference 2024

The submission for the 19th annual conference of the GfHf has been accepted.
06/05/2024

BMBF Status Conference in Berlin

The project management presented the progress of the WiHoWiT project.
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05/17/2024

Online survey completed

More than 120 people participated in the survey.
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04/23/2024

Start of the online survey with science and higher education researchers

The quantitative data collection has started.
A woman has a laptop on her lap
03/13/2024

Snapshot: WiHoWiT at the Department Research Day

WiHoWiT and other projects at the Research Day of the Department of Social Sciences
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11/27/2023

New publication by Björn Möller and Grit Würmseer

Knowledge transfer in the science ministries of the 16 federal states - a comparative document analysis
title page of the publication, authors: Björn Möller and Grit Würmseer, german title: Wissenstransfer in den Wissenschaftsministerien der 16 Bundesländer – Eine vergleichende Dokumentenanalyse.
09/12/2023

WiHoWiT present at the 2023 GfHf annual conference

The WiHoWiT project was presented at the 18th GfHf meeting.
Foto während der Präsentation des Projektes WiHoWiT
06/14/2023

Presentation at the GfHf conference 2023

The WiHoWiT project is part of the symposium at the 18th Annual Meeting of the GfHf.
12/01/2022

Joint meeting

Meeting of the project managers in Dortmund
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08/01/2022

Project start

Knowledge transfer between science and university research and science ministries
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"WiHoWiT - Knowledge Transfer between Science and Higher Education Research and the Ministries of Science" is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research within the funding line "Research on Knowledge Transfer" from 01.08.2022 to 31.07.2025 under the funding code 16WIT018A.


More information on the funding line Research for Knowledge Transfer (in German).

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