Silvia Annen studied Business and Economics Education at the University of Cologne. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics and Social Sciences from the University of Cologne (dissertation topic: Recognition of competences – comparison of selected approaches in Europe). Her main research fields are comparative research in vocational education and training, recognition of competences and qualifications as well as occupational research in the commerce sector.
After her graduation in 2005 she worked as a researcher at the Chair for Business Education of the University of Cologne and within a research-project on recognition of vocational qualifications and competences in a higher educational context. Since 2007, she is a research associate at the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training, Bonn, Germany. Besides the development, implementation and evaluation of commercial and business service curricula for vocational education and training in the dual system and in further education she gained experience within different research-projects especially on the topic ‘recognition of qualifications and competences’. She is a member of the German-French expert commission for vocational education and training.
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