The transition from inclusive school to the world of work is the interface that determines the social participation of people with disabilities beyond the end of school. The developmental task of the transition from secondary school to the world of work has so far received little attention in the debate on inclusion and participation.

Due to the complexity of the task field, which increases with inclusion, the institution school is dependent on the cooperation with other actors. If cross-professional cooperation is already considered central in the context of the general discussion about school inclusion (cf. Wocken, 2012, 142), it is even more significant for inclusive transition (cf. Koch, 2017, 192; Nentwig, 2018, 72). However, there is a research desideratum in this regard (cf. Nentwig et al., 2019, 71), which the project "KOOPÜ - Kooperation im inklusiven Übergang" addresses. The focus is on practice-oriented basic research with the aim of further developing cooperative relationships in inclusive transition on the basis of best-practice approaches.

In (partial) surveys, based on a mapping of current cooperation relationships, conditions for success, but also obstacles to cooperation in the transition from inclusive school to the (mostly not yet) inclusive training and labour market are surveyed from the perspective of the actors involved. The explorative character of the research project justifies a qualitative approach using guided (expert) interviews. Both the school perspective is included through the survey of the study and career choice coordinators in NRW (survey phase 1) and the perspective of receiving institutions and external actors after lower secondary school (survey phase 2).

The "KOOPÜ" project is funded by MERCUR - Mercator Research Center Ruhr at the Technical University of Dortmund as part of the start-up funding. The project phase ran from February 2020 to March 2021. If you are interested in the results or further information, please contact Dr. Lena Bömelburg (project manager).