Project | Funding | Year | Publications |
| Green Skills in Vocational Education and Training in India | Partially funded by INGENIoS (DAAD) | 2023-2026 | Albertz, A., & Pilz, M. (2025). Green alignment, green vocational education and training, green skills and related subjects. |
| Recruiting and training activities of Indian and German companies in India | Partially funded by INGENIoS (DAAD) | 2024 | "Research Visit in Bangalore" |
| Recruiting of Indian Nurses for the German Labour Market: The Triple Win Programme in Kerala | Partially funded by GIZ | 2024 | “Feasibility study for the Triple Win Programme in Kerala” |
| Qualindia | Federal Ministry of Education and Research | 2019-2023 | https://wipaed.uni-koeln.de/de/forschen/lehrstuhl-fuer-wirtschaftspaedagogik-und-internationale-berufsbildungsforschung/sonstige/qualindia |
| Demand driven approaches in VET in India | Partially funded by Centre for Modern Indian Studies (CeMIS) | 2018-2020 | Ramasamy, M., & Pilz, M. (2020). Vocational Training for Rural Populations: A Demand-Driven Approach and its Implications in India. International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training, 7(3), 256–277. https://doi.org/10.13152/IJRVET.7.3.1 Schneider, S., & Pilz, M. (2018) Demand-driven-Ansätze als Schlüssel zum nachhaltigen
Kompetenzerwerb: Erfahrungen aus Meghalaya/Indien |
| The Attractiveness of Vocational Education and Training in India | Partially funded by Centre for Modern Indian Studies (CeMIS) ESRC Grant UK, Univ. of Glasgow | 2018-2023 | Schneider, S. (2023). The attractiveness of polytechnics in Delhi and Mumbai: a study on the perception from the perspective of students and parents. International Journal of Training Research. Pilz, M., Ramasamy, M. (2022). Attractiveness of Vocational Education and Training in India: Perspectives of Different Actors with a Special Focus on Employers. In: Billett, S., Stalder, B.E., Aarkrog, V., Choy, S., Hodge, S., Le, A.H. (eds) The Standing of Vocational Education and the Occupations It Serves. Professional and Practice-based Learning, vol 32. Springer, Cham. Schneider, S., & Pilz, M. (2019). The function and institutional embeddedness of Polytechnics in the Indian education system. International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training, 6(3), 284–308. |
| Training Strategies in German Companies in India | Partially funded by DFG, INGENIoS (DAAD) | 2014 Ongoing | Pilz, M., & Wiemann, K. (2021). Does Dual Training Make the World Go Round? Training Models in German Companies in China, India and Mexico. Vocations and Learning, 14, 95–114. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12186-020-09255-z
Pilz, M., & Li, J. (2014). Tracing Teutonic footprints in VET around the world? The skills development strategies of German companies in the USA, China and India. European Journal of Training and Development, 38(8), 745–763.
Pilz, M. (2016). Training patterns of German companies in India, China, Japan and the USA: what really works? International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training, 3(2), 66–87. https://doi.org/10.13152/IJRVET.3.2.1
Pilz, M. (2016). Training like at home or like the domestic competitors? A study of German and Indian companies in India. Emerging trends in technical and vocational education and training (TVET), 2-14.
Vogelsang, B., & Pilz, M. (2021). Conditional factors for training activities in Chinese, Indian and Mexican subsidiaries of German companies. European Journal of Training and Development, 45(4/5), 419–435. https://doi.org/10.1108/EJTD-04-2020-0066 |
Informal Learning in Vocational Education and Training in India | Partially funded by Centre for Modern Indian Studies (CeMIS) | 2014-2024 | Pilz, M. (2024). To What Extend is Informal Learning Contextualised? A Study of Five Different Occupations in India. In: Pilz, M. (eds) Informal Learning in Vocational Education and Training. Internationale Berufsbildungsforschung. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-44341-2_11 von der Bank, F., Pilz, M. & Venkatram, R. (2024). Farming is charming: Informal learning of farmers in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. Int Rev Educ 70, 497–518. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11159-023-10049-3 Koops, B., & Pilz, M. (2019). Skills Development in the Informal Economy: A Case Study from South India. Indian Journal of Industrial Relations, 54(4), 580–600. https://www.jstor.org/stable/27124679 Regel, I. J., & Pilz, M. (2019). Informal learning and skill formation within the Indian informal tailoring sector. International Journal of Training Research, 17(2), 140–156. https://doi.org/10.1080/14480220.2019.1624350 Pilz, M., Uma, G. & Venkatram, R. (2015). Skills development in the informal sector in India: The case of street food vendors. Int Rev Educ 61, 191–209 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s11159-015-9485-x |