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
Consultant for professional participation and inclusion and iw-elan
Tel: +49 221 4981-845 Mail: brockhagen
Mareike Decker
Senior Advisor for Vocational Participation and Inclusion
Tel: +49 221 4981-806 Mail: decker
Eva Eisch
Consultant for professional participation and inclusion
Tel: +49 221 4981 803 Mail: eisch

Andrea Kurtenacker
Head of Professional Participation and Inclusion Research Unit
Tel: +49 221 4981-820 Mail: kurtenacker
Maisun Lange
Consultant for professional participation and inclusion
Tel: +49 221 4981-808 Mail: lange
Britta Lüssem
Web developer professional participation and inclusion
Tel: +49 221 4981-827 Mail: luessem
Georg Nacken
Consultant for professional participation and inclusion
Tel: +49 221 4981-882 Mail: nacken
Johanna Margareta Offer
Consultant for professional participation and inclusion
Tel: +49 221 4981-540 Mail: offer
Hannah Milena Seichter
Consultant for professional participation and inclusion
Tel: +49 221 4981-514 Mail: Seichter
Martin Selbach
Project Manager IW-Elan and Consultant for Vocational Participation and Inclusion
Tel: +49 221 4981-836 Mail: selbach
Anna Stolz
Team Leader Vocational Participation and Inclusion
Tel: +49 221 4981-321 Mail: Stolz
Thomas Stude
Consultant for Vocational Participation and Inclusion and IW-Elan
Tel: +49 221 4981-829 Mail: stude
Frank Tomaszewski
Consultant for professional participation and inclusion
Tel: +49 221 4981-809 Mail: tomaszewski
Philipp Johann Trögeler
Consultant for professional participation and inclusion
Tel: +49 221 4981-835 Mail: troegeler

Peter M. van Haasteren
Consultant for professional participation and inclusion
Tel: +49 221 4981-843 Mail: haasteren
Rufus Witt
Administrator for vocational participation and inclusion
Tel: +49 221 4981-853 Mail: wittAll news
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