Research in University Mathematics Education: The khdm

[摘要] The khdm1 (German Centre for Higher Mathematics Education) was founded in 2010. In 2010, there had been acall Bologna – Zukunft der Lehre (future of teaching) bythe German foundations VolkswagenStiftung and StiftungMercator that intended to provide financial support forprojects aiming to optimise teaching and learning at traditional universities and universities for applied sciences. Theproposal of the khdm was among the few successful ones. Itwas submitted by the Universities of Paderborn and Kassel with Rolf Biehler and Reinhard Hochmuth responsible. Together with Hans-Georg Rück from the Universityof Kassel, they form the current board of managing directors. After an intermediate period, where the University ofLüneburg joined the khdm, the khdm is now about to getthe University of Hanover as a third partner university. Thefinancial support by the foundations ended in 2015 but thecentre will continue to operate with financial support fromthe three universities and further third party grants.