General
Interests and fields of research
- Expertise Research
- Professional Learning
- Network Research
- Academic Education / Development
- Medical Education
- Science Management
Publications
Presentations
2013
Hirschmann, M., & Gruber, H. (2013, August). Relevance of Networking for Doctoral Students‘ Professional Development. Paper submitted for presentation at the 15th EARLI Conference, 27-31 August 2013, Munich (Germany).
Hirschmann, M., & Gruber, H. (2013, August). Ego Networks of Doctoral Students – How Networks Differ Depending on Supervisory Cultures. Paper submitted for presentation at the JURE Preconference of the 15th EARLI Conference, 26-27 August 2013, Munich (Germany).
Hirschmann, M., & Gruber, H. (2013, June). Professional Learning of Doctoral Students in Scientific Networks. Poster presented at the 8th International Conference on Research Work and Learning (RWL), 19-21 June 2013, Stirling (Scotland).
2012
Hirschmann, M. & Gruber, H. (2012). Networks of graduate students – A comparison of two contrasting graduation models. Poster presented at the 6th EARLI SIG 14 Learning and Professional Development Conference, 22-24 August, Antwerp (Belgium).
2011
Hirschmann, M., & Gruber, H. (2011, August). Knowledge sharing in project teams. Poster presented at the JURE Pre-Conference of EARLI 2011, 29–30 August, Exeter (Great Britain).
Hirschmann, M., & Gruber, H. (2011, August/September). Motives whom to choose as supportive persons in networks. Poster presented at the 14th EARLI Conference, 30 August – 3 September, Exeter (Great Britain).
Hirschmann, M., & Gruber, H. (2011, September). Prädiktoren der Wissensteilung in Arbeitsgruppen. Vortrag auf der Herbsttagung 2011 der Sektion BWP (Berufs- und Wirtschaftspädagogik der DGFE), 27.–28. September, Konstanz (Germany).
2010
Hirschmann, M., & Gruber, H. (2010, July). Knowledge management experts in social networks. Poster presented at the JURE Conference 2010, 19–22 July, Frankfurt/Main (Germany).
Hirschmann, M., Ketterl, K., Guntermann, I., Puppe, L., & Werner, K. (2010, July). Forming teams at the tertiary education. Presentation at the JURE Conference, 19–22 July, Frankfurt/Main (Germany).
Ketterl, K., Hirschmann, M., Puppe, L., Werner, K., & Guntermann, I. (2010, August). Effect of autonomy in teambuilding on group characteristics in higher education. Poster presented at the 5th EARLI SIG 14 Learning and Professional Development Conference, 25–27 August, München (Germany).
2009
Hirschmann, M. (2009, August). Individual influences on the organisational success of knowledge management issues. Paper presented at the 13th EARLI Conference, 24–28 August, Amsterdam (The Netherlands).
2008
Hirschmann, M. (2008, August). Flexibility and expertise – A study about their relation in an industrial context. Paper presented at the 4th EARLI SIG 14 Learning and Professional Development Conference, 27.-29. August, Jyväskylä (Finland).
Projects
Promotion project "Professional Learning of Doctoral Students – Relevance of Participation in the Scientific Community"
Doing a doctorate contains several issues of (workplace) learning and professional development. Most of these learning processes are implicit, informal, and occur in social practice. Based on social learning theories, doctoral students are able to learn domain specific codes, rules, and norms by participating in the scientific community. The community generates a meaningful learning environment. Consequently, doctoral students are socialised by and enculturated into the scientific community. Although, there are some studies about the motivation or the supervisory relationship of doctoral students, we know only less about the students’ professional learning. The social network approach helps us to analyse the learning processes as well as the professional development of doctoral students from a social perspective. Thus, the purpose is to explore professional learning of doctoral students. We conduct two qualitative studies to investigate learning challenges during a doctorate, how doctoral students cope with them, and how they learn. We use ego networks to analysis the structure of doctoral students’ networks to other important people during the doctorate. We try to investigate how these networks are used for the doctoral students’ own professional development.
