Wissenschaftliche Literatur Challenges

Tahar Benmaghnia

EU External Action and the CFSP – Well-Equipped for the Fast-Pacing Geo-Economic World?

Schriften zum Internationalen Wirtschaftsrecht

Across all continents, the EU operates in a wide range of fields. As a unique player on the global stage, the EU, as a supranational organisation, acts in many respects on a par with other states. Particularly in the area of international trade, the EU has developed a strong and recognisable profile. Within the framework of the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), the EU is striving to make its voice heard at the international level beyond economic and development…

Robert Celec (Ed.)

Education and the Challenges of Modern Society

EUB. Erziehung – Unterricht – Bildung

The monograph Education and the Challenges of Modern Society brings together the authors’ reflections on topical issues in various fields. In most cases, the authors support the theoretical premises with empirical research.

In the first chapter, Slavoljub Hilčenko, Vojislav Ilić and Sanja Filipović focus on the role of ICT in the process of education, especially in art education.

The second chapter, written by Nataša Ivanić, Sanja Nikolić and…

Robert Celec (Ed.)

Challenges of Modern Society from Different Perspectives – New Issues

EUB. Erziehung – Unterricht – Bildung

The monograph is interdisciplinary. It includes chapters from psychology, pedagogy, didactics, special didactics, health sciences and economics. The contents are placed in the context of health, work organization, education and development of children developing normatively or having special needs.

The authors highlight current topics; some are also related to the challenges and problems that arised during an epidemic of a new coronavirus (e.g., distance…

Anna Thaler

Values and Ethical Principles for AI and Robotics

A Qualitative Content Analysis of EU Soft Law Initiatives

Schriften zur Rechts- und Staatsphilosophie

The fast-paced developments in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and robotics not only tackle some of the world’s biggest challenges, but also evoke a number of urgent and complex moral difficulties such as opaque decision-making, gender bias or other kinds of discrimination.

Against this background, the European Union (EU) advocates to rely upon values and principles, enshrined in EU primary law, to approach moral and ethical encounters. [...]

Jebby Romanus Gonza

Examining the Role of Regional Community Courts in Integration

Case Study of the East African Court of Justice with Lessons from the Court of Justice of the European Union

Schriftenreihe zum internationalen Einheitsrecht und zur Rechtsvergleichung

This book examines roles of regional community courts in economic integration. It traces how regional community courts of the EACJ and the CJEU have sought to attune themselves as institutions that can tackle socio-economic and political challenges hampering integration. The study is founded on an observation that regional economic blocs in Africa, particularly the East African Community, face many challenges that hinder effective trade liberalization and economic…

Mariana Mrázová / Fabian Renger / Attila Czirfusz (eds.)

Global Health Challenges II.

Schriftenreihe Gesundheitswissenschaften

The anthology represents diverse areas of health science and also of medicine. Specifically, it provides details for these specialist areas regarding factors affecting and affected by the COVID-19 virus.

It takes up a medical perspective, but also looks at the consequences from an economist’s point of view. The aim is create an academic contribution to the topic of health, a topic which is now evidently global by nature. The COVID-19 virus is dealt with as a…

Jozef Štefčík / Suzana Vezjak

Online approach towards effective e-learning and teaching

Challenges in designing digital content

Medienpädagogik und Mediendidaktik

Die blitzartige Umstellung auf das digitale Lehren und Lernen im Jahr 2020 hat die ganze Welt, insbesondere aber auch die (Hochschul-)Lehre vor große Herausforderungen gestellt. Die Publikation versucht theoretisch begründet, im Wesentlichen aber auf den Online-Unterrichtserfahrungen der VerfasserInnen basierend, geeignete Konzepte sowie Online-Tools vorzustellen und Hilfestellungen anzubieten, welche den Einstieg ins Online-Lehren und Lernen erleichtern sollen. Die…

Xiaodong Zhang

Teaching Writing Through Teachers᾽ Self-Directed Development

A Representative Qualitative Case Study in China – Challenges and Promises

LINGUA – Fremdsprachenunterricht in Forschung und Praxis

It is typical for teachers to experience a lack of effective professional development at the institutional level. In this context, the practice that teachers have gained from their professional development may also insufficiently meet students’ needs. For example, in the context of English as a foreign language (EFL) writing instruction within Chinese universities, pre-service and in-service education seem to focus on the instruction of writing at the level of language…

Maja Borlinič Gačnik/Črtomir Rozman/Andrej Škraba

Decision Support Systems in the Agricultural and Tourism Industries

Schriftenreihe agrarwissenschaftliche Forschungsergebnisse

Agriculture and tourism are two critical sectors that shape the socio-economic landscape of rural areas. In recent years, the diversification of agricultural activities into tourism has become an increasingly important strategy for farm sustainability, economic resilience, and rural development. The monograph Decision Support Systems in the Agricultural and Tourism Industries provides a comprehensive and systematic analysis of how decision support systems (DSS) can…

Lefteris Topaloglou / Eike Albrecht / Steven Kramm / Niyanta Shetye (Ed.)

Pursuing Societal Transformation in Coal Mining Regions through Education and Knowledge Transfer

Umweltrecht in Forschung und Praxis

This volume is the outcome of a scientific workshop on Pursuing Societal Transformation through Education and Knowledge Transfer in Kozani. The workshop was carried out in December 2022 in the framework of a cooperation project financed by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). The project brought together Brandenburg University of Cottbus – Senftenberg (BTU), Germany, and the University of Western Macedonia (UOWM), Kozani, northern Greece. [...]