Tobias Ludwig successfully defended his doctorate on 10.02.2025. With his monograph on the topic of “Competence requirements in Additive Manufacturing in Construction”, he made a genuinely future-oriented contribution at the interface of engineering and social science research. We would like to thank the other examiners Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stefan Winter from the TUM Chair of Timber Construction and Building Construction and Prof. Dr. Ralf Tenberg from the Department of Technical Education at TU Darmstadt as well as the chairman Prof. Dr. Alfred Riedl.