Karin Schweiger

Karin Schweiger is a Lecturer at the Department of Health at the University of Applied Sciences Burgenland. Holding the academic title Mag., she specializes in integrating innovative educational methods into health management and business administration curricula. Her work focuses on constructivist pedagogy, game-based learning, and management simulations to enhance self-learning competencies among students. She actively collaborates with secondary schools and research institutions through initiatives like the Sparkling Science project 'My heart and I - together healthy', fostering interdisciplinary research and health promotion campaigns. Her research emphasizes the application of simulation techniques in teaching business and health management principles, addressing challenges in curriculum development and educational partnerships between schools and universities.

Research Interests: Economics and Pedagogy, Simulation-Based Learning, Constructivist Didactics, Health Promotion Strategies, Managerial Decision-Making Education, and Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Healthcare Training.

Key Projects:

• Establishment of the Center for Management Simulation at FH Burgenland
• Sparkling Science project linking schools with health research
• Development of haptic and digital simulations for business education
• Comparative analysis of nursing curricula across German-speaking countries

Grants/Funding: Recipient of Sparkling Science program funding from the Austrian Ministry of Science.

Labs/Teams: Active in the Zentrum für Managementsimulation and collaborates with the Ecole HBLW Güssing and other educational institutions.