Dr. Harald Weber
Contact
Phone: 0631 20583-26
Fax: 0631 20583-83
E-Mail: harald.weber(at)ita-kl(dot)de
Address
Institut für Technologie und Arbeit e.V.
Trippstadter Street 113
67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
Harald Weber holds a degree in computer science and a doctorate in the field of "occupational science / ergonomics" (Dr. rer.-pol.). He was a visiting scientist at the Institute of Computer Science, Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas, Greece (1999 - 2001) and a long-term project manager at the European Agency for Special Needs and Inclusive Education, Odense, Denmark (2001 - 2017). His research focuses on the topics of inclusion; inclusive design / design for all; usability, accessibility & user-centred design of ICT, especially in the application areas of education and work; learning support systems; design of real work for people with disabilities.
Since 2002, he has been Deputy Scientific Director as well as a member of the Executive Board of the ITA and its Chairman since 2018.
Blaudszun-Lahm, A.; Weber, H.; Eierdanz, F. (2021): ELQue – Ein neues Instrument zur Erhebung der Lebensqualität bei Menschen mit komplexer Behinderung in Wohneinrichtungen: In: Teilhabe 60 (4), S. 166-172.
Zink, K. J., Weber, H. (2021): Digitale Transformation in der Sozialwirtschaft. Von der Notwendigkeit einer eigenen Innovationskultur. Bonn, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Abteilung Wirtschafts- und Sozialpolitik. ISBN 978-3-96250-754-1
Weber, H. (2021): The contribution of ICT to accessible learning environments, in: Ebersold, S. (Ed.): Accessibility or Reinventing Education. London, Hoboken: ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons, Inc., pp. 99-116. ISBN 978-1-78945-011-8
Weber, H. (2021): La contribution des technologies numériques à l’accessibilité des environments d’apprentissage. In Ebersold, S. (Ed.): L’accessibilité ou la réinvention de l’école. London, Hoboken: ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons, Inc., pp. 123 – 143. ISBN 978-1-78948-011-5
Weber, H.; Kubek, V. (2020): Chancen und Risiken der Digitalisierung für sozial benachteiligte Personengruppen. In: von Hauff, M.; Reller; A.: Nachhaltige Digitalisierung – eine noch zu bewältigende Zukunftsaufgabe. Hessische Landeszentrale für politische Bildung, Wiesbaden, S. 98 – 108
Weber, H. (2018): Neue Wege in der Organisationsforschung – Organisationale Resilienz. In: Lüder, S. R. & Stahlhut, B. (Hrsg.): Konturen einer Gesundheitssicherheitspolitik. BWV Berlin. S. 178 – 191
Hellriegel, J.; Osranek, R.; Prescher, T.; Rensing, C. & Weber, H. (2015): Herausforderungen und Konsequenzen für die Konzeption eines digitalen Lernraumes in der beruflichen Erstausbildung zur Förderung der Lernortkooperation. In: Rathmayer, S. & Pongratz, H. (Hrsg.): Proceedings of DeLFI Workshops 2015 co-located with 13th e-Learning Conference of the German Computer Society (DeLFI 2015) München, Germany, September 1, 2015, S. 65 – 71.
Kubek, V. ; Weber, H. ; Zink, K. J.: Alternative Wege der beruflichen Inklusion: Oder: Die Notwendigkeit, sich von einem Denken in Einbahnstraßen zu verabschieden. In: TUP Theorie und Praxis der Sozialen Arbeit. Band 66, 1 (2015), S. 32–44.
Herzog, E.; Eierdanz, F.; Ottersböck, N.; Wanielik, B.; Weber, H. (Hg.) (2014): Entwicklungsperspektiven in der Westpfalz – Denkanstöße, Analysen, Hintergründe in Zeiten des demografischen Wandels. Mainz: Institut für Sozialpädagogische Forschung Mainz e.V.
Weber, H. & Zink, K. J. (2014): Boon and Bane of ICT Acceleration for Vulnerable Populations. In C. Korunka and P. Hoonakker (eds.): The Impact of ICT on Quality of Working Life, DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-8854-0_11, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014
Kyriazopoulou, M. & Weber, H. (2013): European Patterns of Successful Practice in Vocational Education and Training – Participation of Learners with SEN/Disabilities in VET; European Agency for Development in Special Needs Education, ISBN: 978-87-7110-419-6
Weber, H. (2013): European Patterns of Successful Practice in Vocational Education and Training – Methodology Paper; European Agency for Development in Special Needs and Inclusive Education., ISBN: 978-87-7110-489-9
Weber, H. & Edler, C. (2010): Supporting the Web Experience of Young People with Learning Disabilities. Computers Helping People with Special Needs, 12th International Conference, ICCHP 2010, Vienna, Austria, July 14-16, 2010. Proceedings, Part I; 01/2010
Weber, H. (2006): Providing Access to the internet for people with disabilities. Short and medium term research demands. Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science 05/2006; 5:491 – 498.
Greve, J., Soriano, V. & Weber, H. (2003). Providing ICT/IST professionals with access to resources in Special Educational Needs (SEN) and vice versa – A European network approach. In C. Stephanidis (Ed.),Universal access in HCI – Inclusive design in the information society (pp. 1103–1107). London: Chapman and Hall
Robert W. Proctor, Kim-Phuong L. Vu, Gavriel Salvendy, Helmut Degen, Xiaowen Fang, John M. Flach, Sherrie P. Gott, Douglas Herrmann, Heidi Krömker, Nancy J. Lightner, Leah Reeves, Arnold Rudorfer, Kay Stanney, Constantine Stephanidis, Thomas Z. Strybel, Misha Vaughan, Huifang Wang, Harald Weber, Yanxia Yang, Wenli Zhu (2002): Content Preparation and Management for Web Design: Eliciting, Structuring, Searching, and Displaying Information. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction 01/2002; 14:25-92
Weber, H. (1999): A Pragmatic and Inclusive Approach to Assess Health and Safety Aspects at VDU Workplaces. Human-Computer Interaction: Ergonomics and User Interfaces, Proceedings of HCI International ’99 (the 8th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction), Munich, Germany, August 22-26, 1999, Volume 1; 01/1999
Weber, H., Weiss, W. & Zink, K. J. (1996): ‚Accessibility‘ in other words is ‚Equal Rights‘. Human services information technology applications: Dreams and realities; 82-96, ISBN: 951330230X
Weber, H., Zimmermann, G. & Zink, K. J. (1995): Computer Access for People with Special Needs. In: Computers in Human Services, Jg. 12, 1/2 (1995), S. 151-168
Current projects
Employment in sheltered workshops in Europe - a contrasting analysis
The aim of this study is to highlight the diversity of the target groups of sheltered workshops in five selected member states of the European Union.
Changing Role of Specialist Provision in Supporting Inclusive Education – Evaluation of Phase 2
The Changing Role of Specialist Provision in Supporting Inclusive Education (CROSP) project is focusing on the re-organisation of specialist, separate provision (schools, classes and units) and the perceived shift in the role of such provision to support the right to inclusive education for all learners.
Erasmus+ BELVEDERE
BELVEDERE provides a platform to identify, further develop and share good examples of support for people with disabilities in the transition from school education or vocational training to employment using information and communication technologies (ICT).
Evaluation of the effects of the funding principles "Work Inclusive" - WiArIn - We are In!
The aim of the evaluation is to provide insights into the extent to which measures for labour market-oriented qualification can contribute to an improved participation situation of severely disabled people in working life.
Preventive Health Update for Families - "Gesundheit4PunktZukunft" (Health4PointFuture)
Systemic support for families burdened by unemployment
in.arbeit – digital
The project takes advantage of digitalisation in such a way that a sheltered workshop for people with disabilities can achieve a higher degree of decentralisation while at the same time maintaining economic efficiency and thus create new / additional participation opportunities for employees with disabilities in the social context as well as higher-quality occupational participation.
SME 4.0 Competence Center Kaiserslautern
The SME 4.0 Competence Center Kaiserslautern offers coordinated information, qualification and support services for small and medium-sized enterprises and especially for micro-enterprises in the region.
Organisational resilience
Organisational resilience enables companies not only to survive crises or times of high pressure to change, but also to use them for further development towards improved sustainability in the sense of growth/strengthening.
Pro Health - proGes
Activation and support - restoring participation in working life through individual coaching and health prevention
WfbM benchmarking of participation in working life
The project offers a management tool that enables workshops for disabled people to measure the quality of their contribution to the participation of disabled people in working life, to evaluate it in comparison with other workshops and to develop it further on the basis of data.
WORKFORCE
The WORKFORCE project is concerned with the development of a further education network in the sanitary, heating and air conditioning (SHAC) sector.
Abgeschlossene Projekte
Age-mixed digitisation teams
In Rhineland-Palatinate companies today, employees from up to four generations work together - with different skills and needs when using digital technologies in the workplace. The aim of the project was to bring them together successfully.
Arbeitswissenschaft und globale Lieferketten
The study analyses the potential of ergonomics for social market economy in the era of globalization.
Benchmarking of user-oriented housing offers
The project will develop a management instrument for communal and outpatient forms of housing that can map the user-oriented offer and the quality of service provision in an impact-oriented manner.
Enhancing inclusion capacity of educational organisations / institutions providing VET with ICT
Together with European partners, ITA develops approaches to improve the inclusion capacity of vocational education and training institutions using information and communication technologies (ICT).
Evaluation "Initiative Inclusion" for the fields of action 2 and 3
On behalf of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (BMAS), the ITA evaluated fields of action 2 and 3 of the Inclusion initiative.
GameOfRoster - game-based collaborative services platform for care professions (GamOR)
The aim of the project is to reduce disadvantageous conditions of shift work in nursing through attractive digital participation within a collaborative rostering process.
Model project transition from day care centres to workshops for disabled people
The aim of the project is to enable people with a high need for assistance after school education to claim their right to vocational training within the vocational training area of a workshop for disabled people.