"Hybride Präsenz und Zusammenarbeit in Europäischen Kollaborationsnetzwerken für Agile Arbeitsmethoden" (PRAESCO)
Analyze and optimize hybrid workplace configurations in European agile collaboration networks.
PRAESCO
Background and objectives
This project aims to explore complex hybrid work configurations and to analyze the challenges and asymmetries in hybrid interactions in which some participants are present in one location (e.g. in the office in 'co-location') and others join digitally from another location ('remote'). Since these hybrid forms of communication represent the new normal of everyday work practice, especially since the Covid-19 pandemic, it is our intention to focus on socio-technical work systems and to investigate how the organizational framework and digital solutions can be designed dynamically, agilely and inclusively.
In cooperation with a broad collaboration network of research partners from scientific fields and representatives of the european agile community, the challenges of hybrid configurations will not only be captured but also optimized through new technological and ergonomic solutions for both structured and unstructured collaboration. These solutions will be developed and tested through field-based qualitative and quantitative data collection, with a focus on inclusion and accessibility in real-world environments.
Application goal
Based on the research, a concrete physical-digital tool is to be developed that effectively supports hybrid collaboration in structured and unstructured configurations and reduces socio-technical asymmetries. This strengthens transdisciplinarity, willingness to interact, autonomy and trust-based collaboration within the agile community and in agile companies. The platform to be developed (working title NoticeLight) represents an exemplary, pre-competitive IT solution for the technical support of hybrid collaboration in an agile cooperation network ("demonstrator").
It is central that the developed tool also helps to break down existing barriers for people with disabilities and thus enables us to adopt an inclusive perspective on hybrid work configurations.
Funding measure: he project PRAESCO is supported by the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR), co-funded by the European Union with a volume of 1,64 Mio. EUR.
Project duration: 01.01.2025 – 31.12.2027
Consortium:
TU Dortmund University (TUDO):
- TUDO-AIT: Work, Inclusion & Technology (PI Frauke Mörike)
- TUDO-IHRI: Inclusive Human-Robot Interaction (PI Jens Gerken)
Westphalian University of Applied Sciences (WH-IAT): Institute for Work and Technology (PI Peter Enste)
University of Siegen (USIEG): Ubiquitous Design (PI Marc Hassenzahl)
Colenet GmbH (COLENET): (PI Axel Starke)
