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Management of Public, Private and Nonprofit Organizations

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Professorships

Service learning

Prof. Dr. Silke Boenigk has been offering the Service Learning project seminar at the University of Hamburg since the 2009 summer semester. Originally from the USA, service learning is a form of teaching that combines scientific seminar content and practical experience with civic engagement. Participants in a Service Learning seminar regularly attend a seminar (learning) at the University of Hamburg and simultaneously render voluntary assistance (service) to a nonprofit organization.

With this ongoing project, we are part of the university's network #UHHengagiert (translated: UHH involved). The network is committed to fostering the connection between academic teaching, research, and the application of knowledge within civil society. It aims to bring university and society closer together and enable exchange on equal terms, and places a focus on research-based learning and social responsibility.

Information on previous practice partners and project topics can be found here (PDF; German only). For further information, please contact our research associate, Charlotte Labbafi.

Becoming a partner

Within the framework of the Service Learning seminar our professorship cooperates with numerous public and nonprofit organizations. Are you interested in having students of the Department of Business Administration volunteer to provide a service for your organization? Please contact Charlotte Labbafi (contact details on the right), with whom you can enter into a concrete project assignment which will then be worked on in the context of a Service Learning seminar by students of the Department of Business Administration.

Service learning goals

Literature

  • Adloff, F. (2001). Community Service und Service Learning: Eine sozialwissenschaftliche Bestandsaufnahme zum freiwilligen Engagement an amerikanischen Schulen und Universitäten. Berlin: Maecenata Institut.
  • Altenschmidt, K. & Miller, J. (2016). Service Learning-Ein Konzept für die dritte Mission. Die Hochschule. Journal für Wissenschaft und Bildung, 25(1), 40–51.
  • Backhaus-Maul, H. & Roth, C. (2013). Service Learning an Hochschulen in Deutschland. Wiesbaden: Springer VS.
  • Bringle, R. & Hatcher J. (2009). Innovative Practices in Service-Learning and Curricular Engagement. In: Sandmann, L, Jaeger, A. & Thompton, C. (Hrsg.), New Direction in Community Engagement. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 37–46.
  • Godfrey, P. C. & Gregory, R. B. (2005). Creating Breadth in Business Education Through Service-Learning. Academy of Management Learning & Education, 4(3), 309–323. DOI: 10.5465/amle.2005.18122420
  • Kaye, C. B. (2004). The Complete Guide to Service Learning: Proven, Practical Ways to Engage Students in Civic Responsibility, Academic Curriculum, & Social Action. Minneapolis: Free Spirit Publishing.
  • Kenworthy-U'ren, A. & Peterson, T. (2005). Service-Learning and Management Education: Introducing the “WE CARE” Approach. Academy of Management Learning & Education, 4(3), 272–277. DOI: 10.5465/amle.2005.18122417
  • Kreikebaum H. & Kreikebaum, M. (2016). Service Learning in der betriebswirtschaftlichen Ausbildung als Trainingsfeld für werteorientiertes Verhalten und ethische Konfliktbewältigung. In: Antes, R., Müller, M. & Siebenhühner, B. (Hrsg.), Umweltmanagement im Nachhaltigkeits- und Verhaltenskontext. Festschrift für Hans Ulrich Zabel. Berlin: Metropol Verlag, 225–236.
  • Spraul, K. (2009). Service Learning im Rahmen der Speziellen Betriebswirtschaftslehre ''Public & Nonprofit Management'' - Eine Fallstudie. Zeitschrift für öffentliche und gemeinwirtschaftliche Unternehmen (ZögU), 32(2), 171–182. DOI: 10.5771/0344-9777-2009-2-171

Service learning contact

Overall responsibility/lecturer for Service Learning

For all questions concerning project awards and seminar contents, please contact:

Charlotte Labbafi, MSc

Room:  B235 (Von-Melle-Park 9)
Tel:      +49 40 42838-7794