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

Britta Bauchmüller
Consultant for professional participation and inclusion
Tel: +49 221 4981-286 Mail: Bauchmueller
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
Celina Jäger
Administrative assistant for medical aids
Tel: +49 221 4981-307 Mail: celina.jaeger

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
Bettina Schilling
Consultant for professional participation and inclusion
Tel: +49 221 4981-265 Mail: bettina.Schilling
Lina Schroeder
Content Management Specialist
Tel: +49 221 4981-628 Mail: lina.Schroeder
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: tomaszewskiPatricia Traub
Senior Consultant for Vocational Participation and Inclusion
Tel: +49 221 4981-801 Mail: traub
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
Critical Choices: How Malaysia and Germany can Navigate Shifting Energy Geostrategy
Malaysia and Germany, as constructive and reliable participants in globally interdependent energy (as well as trade and financial) markets, face an increasingly hostile, volatile, and uncertain environment surrounding energy choices.
Fiscal Effects of Having Children
The fiscal effects of children are relevant to various areas of policymaking.
Expert Workshop on the Industrial Accelerator Act
The German Economic Institute (IW) and Frontier Economics are pleased to invite you to a rapporteur & stakeholder workshop on the Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA) in Brussels.
Universal entitlement, unequal provision: childcare in segregated German cities
One mechanism driving persistent inequalities in childcare provision, despite rising investments and a substantial expansion of childcare facilities, may consist in the locational choices of providers, who eschew poorer neighbourhoods.
A Comparison of Public Revenues Across the Federal States
To ensure equivalent living conditions, the federal government influences the revenues of the states and municipalities. Under the fiscal equalization system, financially weak states receive surpluses in the distribution of sales tax revenues, while financially strong states must accept shortfalls.
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