John Erpenbeck

John Erpenbeck studied physics, specializing in biophysics, and earned a doctorate in natural sciences. After working as an experimental physicist at the Institute of Biophysics of the Academy of Sciences in Berlin, he worked at the GDR Ministry of Science and Technology and for nearly two decades at the Central Institute of Philosophy of the Academy of Sciences of the GDR. He completed his habilitation in 1978 and was appointed professor in 1984. He subsequently worked at the Max Planck Society, the Center for Philosophy of Science in Pittsburgh, and the University of Potsdam. From 1998 to 2007, he was involved in the Learning Culture and Competence Development project. From 2007, he held a chair in knowledge and competence management at SIBE of Steinbeis University Berlin. With colleagues, he developed the KODE® and KODE®X competence assessment systems and the KODE®W values assessment system. He published numerous scholarly and literary works.