The CC has a high level of expertise in the field of participation in working life, analyses key issues in the context and provides them for different target groups in a practical way.
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Professional participation and inclusion
Its mission is to promote participation and inclusion in economic and social policies.
As part of the scientific community, the CC is networked nationally and internationally and is in regular exchange with key stakeholders from civil society, business and politics.
Surveys and usability tests with target groups (employers, employees with disabilities or chronic illnesses, consulting institutions) are also part of the activities and incorporated into the studies, publications and information offered by the CC.
The CC sees the economic potential of equal participation of all people, raises awareness of barrier-free access to information, communication and digitization, and consistently considers the topic of participation in working life in its offers and research projects.
Information and services of the CC are available at www.rehadat.de and www.iw-elan.de.
Contact Persons


Anja Brockhagen
Scientific advisor in the REHADAT and IW-Elan projects
Tel: +49 221 4981-845 Mail: brockhagen@iwkoeln.de
Mareike Decker
Team leader REHADAT Assistive Technology
Tel: +49 221 4981-806 Mail: decker@iwkoeln.de

Heike Knaak
Scientific consultant in the REHADAT project
Tel: +49 221 4981-814 Mail: knaak@iwkoeln.de
Andrea Kurtenacker
Head of Professional Participation and Inclusion Research Unit and Project management REHADAT
Tel: +49 221 4981-820 Mail: kurtenacker@iwkoeln.de Andrea Kurtenacker
Maisun Lange
Scientific consultant in the REHADAT project
Tel: +49 221 4981-808 Mail: lange@iwkoeln.de

Wiebke Modler
Scientific consultant in the REHADAT project
Tel: +49 221 4981-826 Mail: modler@iwkoeln.de

Johanna Margareta Offer
Scientific officer in the REHADAT project
Tel: +49 221 4981-540 Mail: offer@iwkoeln.de

Guido Schlagheck
Scientific consultant in the IW-Elan project
Tel: +49 221 4981-858 Mail: schlagheck@iwkoeln.de
Hannah Milena Seichter
Consultant
Tel: +49 221 4981-514 Mail: Seichter@iwkoeln.de Hannah Milena Seichter
Martin Selbach
Deputy Manager REHADAT and Head of IW-Elan
Tel: +49 221 4981-836 Mail: selbach@iwkoeln.de

Frank Tomaszewski
Scientific consultant in the REHADAT project
Tel: +49 221 4981-809 Mail: tomaszewski@iwkoeln.de
Philipp Johann Trögeler
Scientific consultant in the REHADAT project
Tel: +49 221 4981-835 Mail: troegeler@iwkoeln.de
Peter M. van Haasteren
Scientific consultant in the REHADAT project
Tel: +49 221 4981-843 Mail: haasteren@iwkoeln.de
All news

More Productive with AI?: How Companies and Employees Assess its Effects on Productivity
Almost one third of all employees in Germany have had at least one new artificial intelligence (AI) application introduced at their workplace since 2022. AI is most commonly used for automatic data processing and text recognition.
Andrea Hammermann / Roschan Monsef / Oliver Stettes IW

Proliferation of works councils and the desire for interest representation
Works councils exist in 7 per cent of the German establishments with five and more employees. The coverage rate has fallen significantly in the long run. Non-existence of works councils is, however, not equivalent to a lack of participation by the employees.
Oliver Stettes IW

Growing up in Educationally Disadvantaged Families: What the Microcensus Tells us about its Occurrence and Consequences
In recent years, more and more children in Germany have been growing up in educationally disadvantaged environments.
Wido Geis-Thöne IW

Employment Dynamics in the Low-wage Sector
In 2021 around 13 per cent of the working-age population, or 19 per cent of those in dependent employment, were receiving a low wage, showing that this pay segment is continuing to decline.
Holger Schäfer IW

Employment shortly before and after retirement
As a result of demographic trends, around a quarter of all employees in the mechanical engineering sector are expected to retire in the next ten years. This corresponds to more than 296,000 people.
Andrea Hammermann / Jochen Pimpertz / Oliver Stettes IW
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