Stefan’s professional background includes work as a trainer and consultant in intercultural settings (EU, USA, China) as well as work in academia including international program administration and higher education teaching in Austria, Germany, and China. He is interested in how technology, society, and culture interact, especially in educational settings. Educational technology, postdigitalism, access and inclusion, and social justice are common themes in his work. Stefan’s research and teaching are based on an interdisciplinary education that includes business and tourism, international studies, communication, and education.
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Abstract The objective of this study is to investigate the state of creating shared value (CSV) in China, where a number of societal pressures and issues, appear to offer businesses plentiful opportunities to apply the CSV model. The focus here lies on foreign businesses in China, which are commonly referred to as a key driving force behind China's economic growth. Following a review of relevant literature discussing both, the global as well as the Chinese context of companies “doing good,” this study utilizes online and in‐person interviews to gather additional data to derive more insight into recent business practices, specifically analyzing which level of “doing good” foreign businesses in China are currently engaging in. For this empirical component of the study, Austrian businesses in China serve as the target population. The study's findings show, that while “doing good” has been a relevant topic for foreign businesses in China, many are still engaging in simpler ways of “doing good,” such as philanthropy or Corporate Social Responsibility. Only few companies currently follow a CSV approach in China, yet a larger number find CSV a suitable approach for businesses in China, indicating that CSV does have potential as China continues her economic growth. The study concludes with recommendations for both, academia and business practice, and could potentially also serve as an inspiration for regulatory policies for foreign businesses in China.
The Encyclopedia of Tourism Management and Marketing is, quite simply, the definitive reference work in the field. Carefully curated by leading tourism scholar Dimitrios Buhalis, this is the largest tourism management and marketing ontology that has ever been put together and offers a holistic examination of this interdisciplinary field. Use the Search within Book (below right) or browse the list of entries alphabetically to navigate over 1200 entries from leading international scholars. An invaluable resource for academics, students and practitioners providing an ideal starting point for any research journey. The concise entries present an accessible and condensed overview of each topic and the selected references that follow each entry suggest directions for further detailed exploration.
Emotion (or affective) artificial intelligence (AI) is a hot topic within the greater field of AI, in both, academic as well as practitioner circles. One of the industries with great potential for AI implementation is education. While emotion AI is commonly referred to as a field of growing interest, research in the specific context of education is still in its early stages and publications are few. This paper aims to discuss this emerging field of research on emotion AI in the context of education. The current body of literature can be grouped into three clusters: 1) concept and model development; 2) intelligent tutoring systems; 3) students' state of mind. The review concludes that emotion-based improvements of learning systems surely hold a lot of promise yet still suffers one major shortcoming: that of appropriate responses to the detected emotions.
This paper is a complete student-led, student-edited collective writing project (CWP) conducted virtually in Spring 2022 throughout the course Knowledge Socialism taught by professor Michael Peters for the Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal university. The CWP involves 4 international, 5 domestic Ph.D. students, and 2 senior Western scholars as reviewers, revealing their thoughts, arguments, understanding, and criticisms towards the creative economy status in East Asian countries (Japan and China mostly) higher education as reflected in the knowledge socialism narratives. Xiyuan as the lead author, co-editing with Woraport and Stefan, assigned each section to other authors and successfully devoted themself to organizing, proofreading, and revising the paper. Through a month of collective work, the final version of the paper elaborates on the contribution of East Asian creative universities and the economy as a whole to the knowledge socialism through co(labor)ation, with implications to the creative labors cultivation and shifted roles of students.
Taking credit for digitalization and platformization, China has initiated its open science infrastructure implementation and made an effort to focus on open access (OA) journals and data sharing over the past two decades. With the continuous development need, issues and concerns have caught in attention, including data accessibility, research transparency, general population awareness and communication of science, public trust in science, and scientific research and innovation efficiency. This paper has unfolded the maze of open science stance in China and elaborated on its current economy, openness and freedom extents, and future innovation potential towards a global open science community, within depth and scope of both the Chinese and Western scholars' interpretations.
University graduates not in employment and training in Azerbaijan lack relevant skills and knowledge that would make them eligible for post-graduation opportunities. The SABAH project aimed to address this problem. This article explores the perceived benefits of this advanced education program for students’ eligibility for post-graduation opportunities, such as employment. 25 undergraduate students majoring in the fields of human resource management, teaching English as a foreign language, business administration, law, economic science and earth sciences were interviewed for this research paper. Two key dimensions of perceptions were highlighted: the search for novelties in university training and the future-oriented advantages of education programs. Data analysis is based on the concept that the SABAH program emerges as a ‘change maker’ in educational practice due to its novelty of bringing business partners to classrooms and arranging job placements tailored to students’ personal and professional profiles. The study also concluded that integrating the international and intercultural dimensions of education in higher education delivery and engaging potential employers in teaching processes can help students develop the competencies needed for employment and facilitate graduates’ access to post-graduation opportunities.
Abstract Two decades into the 21st century, an increasingly powerful and complicated media environment has gained an ever-growing influence on our lives. China has one of the largest, most vibrant, active, and sophisticated media landscapes globally. In such a vast and high-pace media environment, media literacy has quickly become a topic of interest for both academic and practitioner circles. In this paper, I set out to review the current body of English language literature on media literacy education in the Chinese context. I categorize the reviewed body of literature into three sequential major thematic clusters: (1) development, (2) integration, and (3) outcomes of media literacy education. This review contextualizes and maps the existing research per cluster and provides an overview of the status quo for researchers, practitioners, and other interested media literacy stakeholders. I conclude by identifying major findings across the reviewed literature along with recommendations for further research.
