Silvia Annen

Prof. Dr. Silvia Annen holds the Professorship of Economics and Business Education at the University of Bamberg, Germany. She is affiliated with the Faculty of Social Sciences, Economics, and Business Administration. Her research focuses on qualification recognition, labour market integration of immigrants, educational trajectories, and international comparative education systems. She has conducted extensive studies on skills usability, vocational education governance, and digital transformation in learning processes.

Education & Professional Background: Silvia Annen earned her PhD from the University of Cologne (2011) and held a DFG-funded visiting scholar position at the University of Toronto's Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (2017–2019). She has collaborated with institutions like BIBB, Université Picardie Jules Verne, and EDEKA Juniorengruppe to develop competency models and research projects addressing skills shortages and labor market dynamics.

Research Interests: Recognition of qualifications, educational decision-making, digitization of vocational training, comparative VET systems, and policy analysis. She leads projects on ICT skill wage impacts, overqualification persistence, and transformative education in Germany and Canada.

Teaching: Offers courses in International Vocational Training, Research Methods in Business Education, and Management of Educational Processes. Her lectures emphasize practical relevance through case studies and mixed-method research approaches.

Cooperations: Active partnerships include projects with Canadian and French institutions, focusing on skill ecosystems, AI-driven learning analytics, and competency frameworks for sectors like retail (EDEKA). Current initiatives address labor market success metrics and sustainable development in agrifood systems.