Employees at the Department of Social Work and Social Welfare

In addition to the subject areas mentioned in the subject area, supervision of theses is possible in the following topics in particular:


  • Social inequality (if based on social theory or empirical research)
  • Emotions as a product of social structure/society (especially shame and fear) in various contexts (work organizations, social policy, social inequality) contexts (work organizations, social policy, social inequality or social work)
  • sociological professional research (if based on social theory)

This applies in particular to the first supervision; more distant topics are also possible for the second supervision.

Main research areas

  • Emotions (including shame)
  • Social inequality
  • Qualitative methods
  • Sociological professional research in social work
  • Error culture in the social sector