- teaching and learning research in technical and scientific domains
- Competence research in technical and scientific domains
- Inclusion and dealing with heterogeneity
- Intervention research to support weaker trainees
- Academic further education for professionally qualified persons
- Post-secondary vocational training
- Transfer concept research in continuing vocational training in enterprises
- Epistemological beliefs
- Integrative aspects of natural science and technical science
- Interest and competence research on the secondary school subject nature science and technology (NwT)
- Teacher education research
- Virtual learning in technical domains