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Education and social sciences in the context of diversity and social inequalities

Prof. Dr. Kathrin Audehm, PD Dr. Markus Gamper, Prof. Dr. Gudrun Hentges, PD Dr. Stefan Karduck, Prof. Dr. Till Kössler, Prof. Dr. Stefan Neubert, Prof. Dr. Argyro Panagiotopoulou, Prof. Dr. Julia Reuter, Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Roth, Prof. Dr. Eva Sänger, Prof. Dr. Susanne Völker


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Questions of individual and societal diversity as well as social inequalities as historically specific privileges and/or disadvantages of socially produced groups are core subjects of the educational and social sciences.
In this research area, different perspectives of diversity and social inequalities are negotiated both systematically and historically, for example:

  • Intersectional entanglements,
  • interactions and productions of difference (un/doing difference),
  • heterogeneity and situated (knowledge) practices. 

Basic questions, such as the relationship between inclusion and exclusion, the analysis of institutional action and processes and conditions of normalisation , global and local productions of categories of difference are explored, and a variety of methodological approaches of qualitative research (e.g. ethnographies and biographical research) as well as hermeneutics, phenomenology and quantitative research are applied. 
The investigations serve the analysis of social conflicts and concomitant phenomena of social, gendered and ethnicizing attributions of difference and placement. They explore the significance of individualization and globalization for educational theoretical analyses, for educational policy and pedagogical action, and question notions of normality in education, society and education.


Key questions

  • Democracy, participation, anti-discrimination (analyses and critique of racism, anti-Semitism, sexism, classism, heteronormativity)
  • Right-wing extremism and populism
  • Historical and contemporary migration processes, multilingualism and language education in migration societies, educational participation of (newly) immigrated children and adolescents
  • Inclusion/exclusion, social justice and social inequalities
  • Body, gender and sexuality policies
  • Diversity-sensitive educational research (school and university)
  • Nature-culture relations, knowledge and technology cultures of institutions

 

Selected publications

  • Butterwegge, Ch./Hentges, G./Wiegel, G.: Right-wing populists in parliament. Polemics, agitation and propaganda (with the collaboration of Georg Gläser), Frankfurt/M.: Westend-Verlag 2018.
  • Hickman, L./ Kricke, M./ Neubert, S. (Eds.) (2018): Democracy and Education - Theory and Practice in the Age of Renascent Nationalism and Right-Wing Populism. International Research in Higher Education, Vol. 3, No. 1 Special Issue, Sciedu Press (http://irhe.sciedupress.com).
  • Kalmbach, K./Kleinau, E./Völker, S. (Eds.) (2020): Eribon revisited - perspectives on gender and queer studies. Wiesbaden: VS Springer.
  • Panagiotopoulou, J. A. /Rosen, L./Kirsch, C./Chatzidaki, A. (Eds.) (2019): 'New' Migration of Families from Greece to Europe and Canada: A 'New' Challenge for Education? Wiesbaden: Springer VS.
  • Reuter, J./Gamper, M./Möller, Ch./Blome, F. (2020): From working-class child to professorship. Social advancement in science. Bielefeld: transcript.
  • Sänger, E. (2020): Becoming a parent between real-time Baby TV and medical surveillance. An ethnography of prenatal ultrasound examinations. Bielefeld: transcript.
  • Schmitt, J. B./Ernst, J./Rieger, D./Roth, H.-J. (Eds.) (2020): Propaganda and prevention. Research findings, didactic approaches, interdisciplinary perspectives on pedagogical work on extremist Internet propaganda. Wiesbaden: Springer VS.

 

Selected Research Projects

  • Audehm, Kathrin (Head) in cooperation with Michael Corsten and Holger Herma (University of Hildesheim): On the analytical potential of qualitative longitudinal interviews in the context of empirical socialization research (2019-2022, funded by DFG). 
  • Gamper, Markus „gelB“: Improbable Educational Careers - The Contribution of Child and Youth Welfare Services for a Successful Education Achievement under Special Disadvantage Conditions (2021-2024, funded by BMBF)
  • Kleinau, Elke/ Völker, Susanne/ Verlinden, Karla (Catholic University of Applied Sciences) (Lead): Inclusive sexual education for prospective educators (InseB). (2018-2020, funding by the Dean's office of the Faculty of Human Sciences).
  • Panagiotopoulou, Julie A.  in cooperation with Lisa Rosen: New (Educational) Migration as a “Family Project” and a Challenge in Two Different Educational Systems – Quebec, Canada and North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (2015-2019, funded in the Excellence Initiative/DFG)
  • Henrike Terhart/ Roth,  Hans-Joachim (Cooperation partners: Mercator Institute for Language Development and German as a Second Language, International Office, Center for Teacher Education at the University of Cologne): Teachers PLUS Cologne. A professional development program for refugee teachers (2020-2022, funded by the DAAD with funds from the Ministry of Culture and Science of North Rhine-Westphalia).