Core concerns: Social equity; Shaping the degree course as a team in constructive negotiation processes against the background of individual responsibility in research and teaching as well as in cooperation between students and actors of the university and industry; Understanding teaching as making people curious, teaching of theoretical + action-oriented knowledge, enabling self-awareness; Mutual exchange (transfer) between theory and practice; High degree of practical, regional relevance; Inclusive approach; Efforts to achieve a socio-ecological transformation

University of New Castle / Australien University of the Sunshine Coast / Australien Vancouver Island University / Canada University of Victoria / Canada Université du Québec à Trois Rivières /Canada University of Oklahoma Norman / USA University of Oklahoma Stillwater / USA University of North Carolina / USA

Current research projects and topics: Digitisation in Social Work; Exploring and designing municipal spaces from the perspective of young people; Academic support for the further development of a municipality’s custodial care system; Model project support: Use of process assistants (Verfahrenslotse) in the Youth Welfare Office to implement integration assistance/KJSG (Act to Strengthen Children and Youth); Study: Benefit and use of the group programme “gesund.sein” (be healthy) in the context of homelessness assistance; Relationship design in social work; (Municipal) radicalisation prevention and intervention in social work; and more

We provide support in starting a business with the following: A dedicated start-up agency: HSA_funkenwerk! (Advice and support for start-ups - from the first idea to your own company. Seminars, funding programmes, combining studies and start-ups, video series and much more); The collaboration with "Augsburg gründet" (Augsburg start-ups), the event on the topic of starting a business; Business start-up competitions; The compulsory elective module “Hörsaal der Löwen” (“Lion’s Lecture Hall”, where students present their start-up ideas)

The following are particularly special to us: Student initiatives such as Precious Plastic, Tool Rental or Urban Gardening; Sustainability lab - teaching and research setting in the Social Work Bachelor's degree cours at Augsburg University of Applied Sciences; Project gPcycle: New digital life cycle platform and competence grid with training, peer-to-peer formats and digital badges + new repository for teaching and learning materials; Great events and projects on the topic of diversity, transfer and sustainability