Dr. Patrick Beer

Main areas of expertise: 

• Professional development
• Effects of new technologies on work, especially AI 
• Changes in work characteristics due to societal developments 

Other areas of interest: 

• Lifelong learning more broadly (e.g., personal development)
• Motivation
• Method(ologie)s for investigating change 

Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals

Beer, P., & Mulder, R. H. (2020). The Effects of Technological Developments on Work and Their Implications for Continuous Vocational Education and Training: A Systematic Review. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, Article 918. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00918

Chapters in (peer-reviewed) Books

Mulder, R. H., Beer, P., Schierl, K., & Bornhaupt, L. R. (2022). Möglichkeiten für Professional Development durch die Veränderung von Arbeit als Folge technologischer Entwicklungen im Gesundheitswesen. In U. Weyland, & K. Reiber (Eds.), Professionalisierung der Gesundheitsberufe. Beiheft 33 für die Zeitschrift für Berufs‐ und Wirtschaftspädagogik (pp. 151-181). Franz Steiner Verlag.

Mulder, R. H., & Beer, P. (2020). The Effects of New Technologies at Work on Work Outcomes and the Implications for Human Resource Development. In M. Loon, J. Stewart, & S. Nachmias (Eds.), The Future of HRD. Volume I: Innovation and Technology (pp. 13–51). London: Palgrave Macmillan.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52410-4_2" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"> https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52410-4_2

Mulder, R. H., Beer, P., & Bornhaupt, L. R. (2023). The effects of technology on work characteristics and professional development in different domains. Working paper for the UFHRD 2023 conference

Conference Presentations

Beer, P. (2024, August). Professional development emerging from using new technologies at work - Results and Implications of an interview study. Paper presentation at the 12th EARLI SIG14 Conference. Jyväskylä (Finland)

Beer, P. (2023, August). The Relationships between Job Insecurity and Informal Learning in Finance – A survey study. Paper presentation at the 20th EARLI Conference for Research on Learning and Instruction. Thessaloniki (Greece)

Beer, P. (2022, August). Exploring the Links between Professional Development, New Technologies, and Change at Work – An Exploratory Interview Study in the Financial Sector. Paper presentation at the 11th EARLI SIG14 Conference. Paderborn (Germany)

Beer, P. (2021, August). The Impact of Technology on Work Characteristics and Professional Development. Paper presentation at the 19th Biennial EARLI Conference for Research on Learning and Instruction. Online conference organised from Gothenburg (Sweden)

Erasmus+ Teaching Visits

• University of Turku (Finland): 2024, 2025