Professor

Prof. Dr. Anja Knippel

Professor of Adult Education and Human Resources Development

About me

About me

1991 - 1993
Training/volunteering in public relations at Ketchum Public Relations, Munich 
1994 - 1995
Marketing college in London and worked in international marketing at Mercury Asset Management, London
1995 - 2000
Studied social sciences at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Nuremberg and research assistant at the Chair of Business Education and Human Resources Development
2000 - 2001
Development of personnel development at ECKART GmbH & o KG, Velden
2001 - 2005
Head of internal communication and personnel marketing as well as collaboration in change management at N-ERGIE Aktiengesellschaft, Nuremberg 
2005 - Currently
Freelance trainer and consultant: training for managers and employees, coaching
2005 - 2009
Research assistant at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Chair of Business Education and Human Resources Development, Nuremberg.  Doctorate (2010/11): "Thinking tools for managers to communicate change"
2009 - 2011
Team leader of the Service Centre for Training and Further Education at bayme vbm (Bavarian Metal and Electrical Employers' Association), Munich: Supporting member companies in the professionalisation of personnel development 
2014 - 2018
Team leader for pedagogical quality support at evKITA (Evangelischer KITA-Verband Bayern e.V.) and project coordination for in-service training to become a daycare centre specialist  
2020 - Current
Professorship for Adult Education and Human Resources Development

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