Rolf Dobischat

Rolf Dobischat (born June 26, 1950 in Bad Wildungen ) was a vocational training researcher at the University of Duisburg-Essen from 1991 to 2017 . From 2006 to 2011 he was President of the German Student Union (DSW) in Berlin.

Life

Dobischat started his scientific career through the second education path. After training as an industrial clerk from 1964 to 1967, he acquired a university entrance qualification in parallel to his professional activity. From 1971 to 1977 he studied economics, business education and social sciences at the Universities of Kassel and Göttingen. After completing his studies, he held several positions as a scientific employee, for example at the University of Kassel , the Distance University of Hagen and the University of Karlsruhe . In 1983 Dobischat doctorate and in 1991 he was for the discipline vocational education / training at the University of Karlsruhe habilitation . In the same year he was appointed to a professorship for business education with a focus on “professional and operational training and further education” at the University of Duisburg. In addition to many other functions in the university's self-administration, he was chairman of a founding commission from 2003 to 2004 that helped prepare the merger of the then independent universities of Duisburg and Essen. Since 2008 Dobischat member of the University Council of the University of Cologne . Since his retirement he has been a senior professor at the Faculty of Education at the University of Duisburg-Essen.

He worked for the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (Bonn) and the Hans-Böckler-Stiftung (Düsseldorf) for many years as a liaison professor and expert . He is co-editor of the scientific book series "Education and Work" and a member of the scientific advisory group of IG Metall and Ver.di.

Dobischat is married and has one daughter.

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SURNAME	Dobischat, Rolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German educational and professional researcher
DATE OF BIRTH	June 26, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bad Wildungen