About the person

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Scientific career

Since 04/2011 Professorship for Sociology of Diversity with special consideration of the gender dimension at the Department of Social Sciences, University of Kassel
04/2014 Call to the University of Graz for the professorship of Sociology of Gender Relations (declined)
10/2009-03/2011 Professorship for Educational Science with a focus on Diversity Education, University of Hildesheim Foundation
02-09/2009 Administration of the Professorship of Educational Science with a focus on Diversity Education, University of Hildesheim Foundation
10/2008-02/2009 Fellow at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF), University of Bielefeld as part of the project "E pluribus unum? Ethnic Identities in Processes of Transnational Integration in the Americas"
10/2007-07/2008 Guest Professor for International Women's and Gender Studies at the Institute for Educational Science, University of Hildesheim as part of the Maria-Goeppert-Mayer Program of the State of Lower Saxony
2001-2008 Scientific Assistant at the Institute of Sociology, University of Münster
Habilitation thesis: "Intersectional turn - Zum Paradigmenwechsel in der Soziologie und in den gender-studies"
Venia Legendi: Sociology (July 15, 2009)
10/2000-02/2001 Research assistant at the Center for Feminist Studies, University of Bremen
1998-2002 Lecturer at the Universities of Bremen, Hamburg, Kiel
1999-2002 Lecturer at the Hamburg University of Economics and Politics
09/1998-02/2001 PhD at the University of Kiel
Dissertation: "Sexual Education - Sexual Supplysning: The Gender Discourse in the Field of Tension between Culture and Subjectivity. A country comparison Austria - Sweden"
1992-1996 Study of education (special pedagogy: social pedagogy, curative and special education) and psychology, University of Vienna

Offices and memberships

  • Since 2021: Management of the IAG Women's and Gender Studies
  • Since 2020: Board of Directors of the GPN - Global Partnership Network
  • 2019-2022: Dean of Studies of the Faculty 05 Social Sciences
  • 2013-2015: and since 2017: Member of the FBR of the FB 05 Social Sciences
  • 2012-2014 and 2016-2018: Spokesperson for the Sociology department
  • 2012-2014 and 2016-2018: Member of the Equal Opportunities Commission of the Faculty 05 Social Sciences
  • Since 06/2011: Member of the IAG Women's and Gender Studies
  • Since 06/2011: Elected member of the Center for Teacher Education
  • Bachelor examination board
  • Master's Examination Board Sociology and Higher Education
  • Since 2020: Council of the DGS - German Sociological Association
  • 2018-2020: 1st spokesperson of the FG Gender - Gender Studies Association
  • 2016-2020: Member of the board of the FG Gender
  • 2015-2017: 1st spokesperson of the Biography Research Section of the DGS - German Sociological Association
  • Since January 2011: Deputy spokesperson of the Biographical Research Section of the DGS - German Sociological Association
  • Liaison lecturer at the Hans Böckler Foundation
  • Liaison lecturer at the Heinrich Böll Foundation
  • DGS - German Sociological Association
    • Section Women's and Gender Studies
    • Section Migration and Ethnic Minorities
    • Section Biographical Research
  • ISA - International Sociological Association
  • ESA - European Sociological Association
  • FG Gender - Fachgesellschaft Geschlechterstudien/Gender Studies Association
  • IAS - International Association of Inter-American Studies/Asociación Internacional de Estudios Interamericanos
  • DGfE - German Society for Educational Science
    • Section for Women's and Gender Studies in Educational Science
  • BDS - Professional Association of German Sociologists
  • Network Women's Studies NRW
  • gsp - Society for Sex Education
  • ICDD - International Center for Development and Decent Work (associate member)
  • Scientific advisory board of the BMBF project "Diversity in the training of early childhood education professionals", University of Hildesheim Foundation
  • Scientific advisory board of the LSVD project "Homosexuality and families - a challenge for family-related professionals"
  • Scientific advisory board of the BMBF project "Detection and prevention of sexual abuse of male victims", Dissens e.v. Berlin
  • ZSE - Journal for the Sociology of Education and Socialization
  • ÖZS - Austrian Journal of Sociology
  • ZQS - Journal for Qualitative Research
  • Journal Transnational Social Review
  • Journal for Discourse Research
  • Journal Equality, Diversity, Inclusion
  • Journal Periphery
  • DISKURS Childhood and Youth Research
  • Journal of Pedagogy
  • Yearbook Women's and Gender Studies in Educational Science
  • Vienna Science and Technology Fund
  • Hans Böckler Foundation (liaison lecturer)
  • Heinrich Böll Foundation (liaison lecturer)
  • Evangelisches Studienwerk Villigst e.V.
  • Study Foundation of the German People