On September 22, 2023 at 13:00, Professor Richard Fortmuller, Institute for Business Education, Department of Management, Vienna University of Economics and Business (Austria), will give a public lecture «Acquisition of knowledge and competences in vocational education».
All students and teachers are welcome.
The lecture will be held in Zoom, please join 10 minutes before the event using the link
UNIV. PROF. MAG. DR. RICHARD FORTMULLER
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Richard Fortmuller has been the Professor in Institute for Business Education, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration for more than 35 years. He is famous as a researcher in Transfer of Learning, Knowledge and Problem Solving, Learning Processes, Didactics, Vocational Education and Further Training. He is a visiting professor at Austrian universities in Graz and Linz, Honorary Professor of Chernihiv National University of Technology as well as Editor of famous books.
Richard Fortmuller was born in 1956, Austria.
Education.
- Habilitation: July 1997 (Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration).
- Ph.D.: December, 1990 (Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration).
- University Studies: March 1981, Degree program Business Administration and Business Education (Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration).
Career.
- 1997-2021 Associate Professor, Institute for Business Education, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration.
- 1987-1997 Assistant Professor, Institute for Business Education, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration.
- 1986-1987 Teacher, Department of Business of the Höhere Bundeslehranstalt für Mode- und Bekleidungstechnik (High School), Vienna.
- 1985-1986 Community service, Österreichische Studien- und Beratungsgesellschaft (non-profit-making institution of Austrian Federal Ministry of Social Affairs), Vienna.
- 1981-1985 Research Assistant, Institute for Business Education, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration.
Outside positions.
- Since 2006 Lecturer (Learning Theories), Applied University, Vienna.
- Since 2002 Lecturer (Management Games), Applied University, Krems.
- 1992-2004 Lecturer (Financial Mathematics, Accounting, Balance Sheet Analysis), Bank Austria – Creditanstalt – Academy (further training center of Bank Austria corp.), Vienna.
- 2001-2003 Member of the Evaluation Committee of the Austrian Universities of Applied Sciences.
- 1984-1993 Management Trainings, for example Telekom Austria in Bregenz, Salzburg, Linz, and Vienna.
- 1983-1992 Lecturer (Financial Mathematics), at WIFI (Adult Education Training Center of the Chamber of Commerce), Vienna.
- 1983-1990 Lecturer (Management Accounting, Microeconomics, Finance), Interuniversitäres Forschungszentrum für Fernstudien in Vienna (Part of the Open University of Hagen, Germany).
Within the framework of the Erasmus+ project PAGOSTE, Professor Richard Fortmuller is taking an active part in the development of the vocational education system in Ukraine and improving the training of future teachers at UEPA.
