Antonius Johannes Schröder

Research Associate
Research area Work and Participation in Europe and Regions

Focus of work:

Social Innovation: Combining technological and social innovation, workplace innovation
Lifelong Learning / Vocational Education and Training: Digital and Green Skills, New Qualifications (Industry 4.0 and Work/Qualification 4.0)
Industry 5.0

CV

Since 2002: Member of the sfs Executive Board - European / International Research
1996–2009: Coordinator of Research Area 5 "European Labor Policy" and internal coordinator of European research at the Social Research Center
Since 1994: Research Associate at the Social Research Center Dortmund
1984–1993: Scientific employee and (since June 1989) assistant to the board of the Research Center for Empirical Social Economics (Prof. Dr. G. Schmölders) e.V., Cologne
1983–1984: Freelancer for the AgaS (Association for Applied Social Research) in Munich, the awos (Association for Housing, Urban Planning and Regional Planning) in Bochum, and the Research Center for Empirical Social Economics (Prof. Dr. G. Schmölders) e.V. in Cologne
1977–1984: Studies in Social Sciences at Ruhr University Bochum

Publications

Projects

2026 - 2030 (EU - Horizon Europe)
BRISA - Breakthrough research on industrial safety against airborne carcinogens and emerging pollutants
2026 - 2028 (EU - HORIZON)
INCENTIVISE5.0 - Incentivising change and empowering transformative innovative value chains and inclusive substainability in energy intensive industries 5.0
2025-2027 (EU - RFCS)
Sustainable fUture steel Production and pEople Recruiting and skilling (SUPER)
2025-2028 (EU - Erasmus+)
Skills Alliance for the Green, Digital and Social Transformation of the Energy-intensive Industries (Skills4EII)
2024-2028 (EU - Horizon Europe)
IS2H4C - Sustainable Circular Economy Transition: From Industrial Symbiosis to Hubs for Circularity
2023-2027 (EU - Horizon Europe)
PURESCRAP - Purity improvement of scrap metal
2023-2026 (EU - Horizon Europe)
BRIDGES 5.0: Bridging Risks to an Inclusive Digital and Green future by Enhancing workforce Skills for Industry 5.0
2020-2023 (EU - Erasmus+)
SPIRE-SAIS: Skills Alliance for Industrial Symbiosis (SAIS) – A Cross-sectoral Blueprint for a Sustainable Process Industry (SPIRE)
2019-2022 (EU - Erasmus+)
ESSA - Blueprint “New Skills Agenda Steel”: Industry-driven sustainable European Steel Skills Agenda and Strategy, European Commission ERASMUS+ | Coordinator
2019-2022 (EU - Horizon 2020)
BEYOND 4.0 – Inclusive Futures for Europe BEYOND the Impacts of Industry 4.0 and Digital Disruption | Partner
2016-2020 (European Commission Horizon 2020 SPIRE)
COCOP – Coordinating Optimisation of Complex Industrial Processes | Partner
2016-2019 (European Commission – Research Fund Coal and Steel (RFCS))
ROBOHARSH - Robotic workstation in harsh environmental conditions to improve safety in the steel industry | Partner
2016-2018 (European Commission - Horizon 2020)
SIC – Social Innovation Community | Partner
2014-2017 (European Commission - 7th Framework Programme)
SI-DRIVE - Social Innovation: Driving Force of Social Change | Coordinator
2014-2017 (European Commission, DG TAXUD)
CASI – Public Participation in Developing a Common Framework for Assessment and Management of Sustainable Innovation | Partner

Contributions

2021

Combining Industry 4.0 with Qualification 4.0: Sectoral Skills Alliances and Strategies, WERA, WERA 2021 Virtual Focal Meeting “Networking Education”, online, 08.07.2021
Future Skills in the Digital Transformation, University of the Basque Country, Summer School 2021: Transforming workplaces through digitalisation, online, 55, 04.06.2021
Sektorale Allianzen in Europa zur proaktiven Anpassung des Qualifikationsbedarfs [Proactive adaptation of skills needs through sectoral alliances in Europe], BDS, 21st conference for applied social sciences. Social innovation in and by organisations, online, Ca. 35, 12.06.2021
ESSA: Skills and Jobs in the Future-Proven Steel Industry, Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee Steel, SSDC Steel Meeting, Online, Ca. 30, 07.06.2021
European Steel Skills Alliance ESSA: Skills and Jobs in the Future-Proven Steel Industry, OS KOVO, International Meeting of Steel Industry Trade Union Representatives from Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland, online, 15, 18.06.2021
Industry 5.0: The Triple Transition Digital, Green, and Social, Society and Materials, Society and Materials SAM15, online, 54, 10.05.2021
Combining Technological and Social Innovation, Vologda Research Center of the Russian Academy of Science / European School of Social Innovation, Contemporary Social Challenges, online, 32, 18.05.2021
ESSA Midterm Conference: Skills and Jobs in the Future-Proven Steel Industry, International Conference, Virtuell (Zoom), Ca. 160, Steel Industry, Training Providers, Associations, Unions, Universities, VET system organisations, etc., 27/28.05. 2021
A Perspective on Europe and the Economy: European Sectoral Skills Agenda, European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA): Skills for a modern and digital working environment, online, 125, public administration, 25.02.2021
Social and Non-technological Innovation, A.SPIRE, Processes for Planet – SPIRE Infoday, online, more than 200 SPIRE members, energy intensive industries, 08.02.2021

2020

Co-Creation: Combining Technological and Social Innovation. COCOP and FUDIPO Final Workshop. Tampere University. Online, 11.03.2020
European Steel Skills Agenda (ESSA) and SPIRE-SAIS: Skills Alliance for Industrial Symbiosis. Final Conference Steel Sector Careers – More opportunities than you can imagine. Steel Sector Careers Project. Online, 15.05.2020
Digitalisation Depends on People: The European Steel Skills Agenda ESSA. Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning. European Steel Technology Platform ESTEP. Online, 15.10.2020
Blueprint Skills for Steel (ESSA) and Blueprint Skills for de-carbonising energy-intensive industries SPIRE-SAIS. Circular Economy Stakeholder Community CESC: Parallel session – Education, learning and skills for the Circular Economy. European Commission. Online, 03.11.2020
Soziale Innovationen im Kontext digitaler Transformationen [Social innovations in the context of digital transformations]. Competence network wisnet e.V. Online, 19.11.2020
Erneuerung und Wachstum der Stahlindustrie. Industrie 4.0 braucht Arbeit 4.0 [Renewal and growth of the steel industry. Industry 4.0 needs work 4.0]. INQA Webinar. INQA Initiative New Quality of Labour. Online, 15.12.2020
Ein Blick auf Europa und die Wirtschaft: European Sectoral Skills Agenda [A glance at Europe and its economy: European Sectoral Skills Agenda]. Webinar: Competences for a modern and digital world of work. European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA). Online, 10.12.2020
European Skills Agenda and Alliance ESSA. steelTalks #20. Steeluniversity. Online, 16.12.2020
Skills Alliance for Industrial Symbiosis SPIRE-SAIS. Sixth Skillman International Forum SIF 2020. Skillman. Online, 10.12.2020
Citizen Engagement and Social Innovation. EU Citizen Engagement. European Commission. Online, 10.12.2020

2019

Socio-Digital Transformation: Combining Industry 4.0 with Qualification 4.0. Society and Material SAM 13. Scuola Superiore Sant´ Anna. Pisa, Italy, 21.06.2019
The Role of Social Innovation in the Digital Transition of Industry: Industry 4.0 as Socio-Digital Transformation. UNETO-VNI Study Tour. TU Dortmund – sfs. Dortmund, 15.05.2019
European School of Social Innovation at a Glance. XX. Conference for applied social science. Living and doing business sustainably. Shaping social transformation through the management of social innovations. Association of German sociologists BDS. Munich, 25.05.2019
Social Innovation in Education. Scenario Workshop on the Future of Social Innovation in Education. EU DG Education and Culture. Brussels, 10.07.2019
Opening Session, Future of Innovation Policy in Times of Socio-Digital Transformation. 5^th Global Research Conference on Social Innovation and Socio-Digital Transformation. ESSI – European School for Social Innovation. Dortmund, 28.10.2019
Combining Social Innovation and Technological Development: A Holistic Innovation Process. 5th Global Research Conference on Social Innovation and Socio-Digital Transformation – Session 1. ESSI – European School for Social Innovation. Dortmund, 28.10.2019
European Steel Skills Alliance ESSA. Annual meeting. Comité International d'Étude du Laminage à Froid du Feuillard d'Acier (CIELFFA). Brussels, 15.10.2019
SPIRE-SAIS: Skills Alliance for Industrial Symbiosis (SAIS) – A Cross-sectoral Blueprint for a Sustainable Process Industry (SPIRE). Annual meeting. Union des Industries Ferroviaires Européennes – UNIFE. Brussels, 21.10.2019
Human Resources and Future Skills in the European Steel Industry. Steelmaster 2019. CSM/RINA, ESTEP. Dalmine, Italy, 13.11.2019
Current and future needs in skills in ceramics. European Ceramic Days 2019. The European Ceramic Industry Association Cerame-Unie. Brussels, 21.11.2019
European Steel Skills Alliance SPIRE-SAIS. Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee Steel. Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee Steel. Brussels, 02.12.2019
Relevance of non-technological topics. SPIRE Stakeholder Workshop: Strategic SPIRE 2050 Roadmap in the European Context. SPIRE. Brussels, 03.12.2019
Schröder, Antonius; Kohlgrüber, Michael: The Skills Debate in the Digital Age: Industry 4.0 needs Skills/Qualification 4.0. Beyond 4.0 Summer School 2019: Work and Welfare in the Digital Age: what we know and what more we need to know. Synergiak / European School of Social Innovation. San Sebastian, Spain, 03. – 05.06 2019

Memberships

Managing Director of the European School of Social Innovation (ESSI)
Chairman of the Focus Group People within the European Steel Technology Platform ESTEP
Leader of the Permanent Working Group “Societal Innovation” of the Advisory and Programming Group for Processes for Planet (Sustainable Process Industry through Resource and Energy Efficiency (SPIRE))
Chair of the senate of the German Professional Association of Social Scientists (BDS)

Contact

Social Research Center Dortmund
(Sozialforschungsstelle, sfs)
Evinger Platz 17, room 90
Email: antonius.schroeder@tu-dortmund.de
Tel.: +49 231 755 90283
Fax: +49 231 755 90205