Outstanding Master's theses awarded the Nora Platiel Prize

Tarik Englmann received the award for his thesis entitled "Ambivalences in Canada as a Multicultural Immigration Country - Immigration and Indigeneity. An interview-based case study on the inclusive role of neighborhood houses in Vancouver". In this work, Englmann dealt with the inclusive and memory-cultural role of neighborhood houses in Vancouver. "The work is not only characterized by a high scientific quality, but also deals with a topic of socio-political relevance: It is ultimately about the central question of social cohesion and inclusion. His study on neighborhood houses once again demonstrates the importance of civil society, local commitment and mutual cultural recognition," said the first reviewer, Prof. Dr. Sabine Ruß-Sattar.

Torsten Hagedorn dealt with the accident insurance protection of prisoners in his thesis "How employment pursuant to Section 2 (2) sentence 2 SGB VII: A legal analysis of statutory accident insurance cover". The master's thesis systematically analyzes the scope of statutory accident insurance cover for this socially vulnerable group of people and offers practical legal clarity in an area in which social justice and constitutional protection are inextricably linked. According to the reviewers Prof. Dr. Denis Hedermann and Prof. Dr. Thomas Molkentin, Torsten Hagedorn has thus made visible a reality of life that would otherwise go unnoticed.

The Nora Platiel Prize is awarded annually by the Verein zur Förderung von Forschung und Wissenstransfer in Sozialrecht und Sozialpolitik e.V. and the Forschungsverbund für Sozialrecht und Sozialpolitik (FoSS). The prize is awarded for outstanding Master's theses in the fields of social policy, social law and social sciences written at the University of Kassel, Fulda University of Applied Sciences or the University of Social Accident Insurance in Bad Hersfeld. The work submitted should be of particular scientific quality and social relevance and combine both. The Nora Platiel Prize is endowed with 2,000 euros and is divisible.