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Future of the Arbeitsmarkt

  • 2024-02-06
  • Episode 8
© Illustration: Alumniportal Deutschland / Hinterland; Photo: Jessica Schüller

Innovation, Trends and Challenges

In this episode we want to look towards the future of the German labor market or “Arbeitsmarkt”: How is the German labor market developing and which jobs will be in demand in the future?

To answer these questions, we invited two guests. 

Prof. Dr. Florian Kunze has held the Chair of Organizational Behavior at the Department of Politics and Management at the University of Konstanz since July 2014 and is the director of the Future of Work Lab in Konstanz. His research focuses on the digitization of the workplace - especially home-office and mobile work, managing demographic change and diversity in public and private organizations, and designing effective leadership.

Theresa Freitas Monteiro is a DAAD alumna from Portugal. She came to Germany in 2018 and finished her PhD at the Humboldt University in Berlin in 2023. She also worked at the Institute for Employment Research (Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung - IAB) from the German Federal Employment Agency (Bundesagentur für Arbeit - BA) as a Doctoral Researcher and is now starting her postdoc in Economics at the University of Copenhagen.

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FURTHER INFORMATION & LINKS

  • For more information about the new Skilled Immigration Act, read more at and .
  • Discover more about the Future of Work Lab in Konstanz and Dr. Florian Kunze's studies at .
  • Theresa Freitas Monteiro's work at the Institute for Employment Research (Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung - IAB) on several projects and publications can be found .
  • Learn how Germany aims to attract skilled workers through the Alumniportal Deutschland's article, .

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