Prof. Dr. Esther Winther

• 1998 – 2003
  Studied economics and economics education toward the Diplom degree at the University of Göttingen, Germany
  
  

• 2003 – 2005
  Doctoral studies in economics and psychology at the University of Göttingen
  
  

• 2008 – 2009
  Postdoc and assistant professorship at Stanford University and at the University of California, Berkeley, USA
  
  

• 2010
  Habilitation (postdoctoral qualification) at Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany
  
  

• 2009 – 2014
  Chair in economics education at the University of Paderborn, Germany
  
  

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  Professor of adult education at the University of Duisburg-Essen and scientific director of the German Institute for Adult Education – Leibniz Centre for Lifelong Learning
  
  

• Winther, E. & Prenzel, M. (2014). Berufliche Kompetenz und Professionalisierung – Testverfahren und Ergebnisse im Spiegelbild ihrer Accountability. Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft, 22, 1-9.

• Achtenhagen, F. & Winther, E. (2014). Workplace-based Competence Measurement: Developing Innovative Assessment Systems for Tomorrow’s VET Programmes. Journal of Vocational Education & Training, 66(3), 281-295.

• Winther, E. & Klotz, V. K. (2013). Measurement of vocational competences: An analysis of the structure and reliability of current assessment practices in economic domains. Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training, 5(2), 1-12.

• Winther, E. (2010). Kompetenzmessung in der beruflichen Bildung. Bielefeld: wbv.

• German Research Foundation (DFG): Design and Accountability – Competence-Oriented Assessments in Vocational Business Training; Priority Programme 1293, "Models of Competencies for Assessment of Individual Learning Outcomes and the Evaluation of Educational Processes".

• German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF): Competencies in the Field of Business and Administration – Learning, Instruction, and Transition (CoBALIT) within the framework of the ASCOT Initiative (Technology-based Assessment of Skills and Competencies in VET).

• EU-TEMPUS: Development and Implementation of Sustainable Structures for Teaching Entrepreneurship in the Russian Federation and in Tajikistan.

• Member of the faculty senate at the University of Paderborn

• Member of various advisory boards and executive committees

Additional interests

• Entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship: Systematic understanding of company processes

• Literacy as a social challenge

• Organizational change from the perspective of (in-house) continuing education and in terms of sustainability

Other activities and achievements/family

• Passionate about sailing, Japan, and American contemporary literature

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