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Methods of Education and Social Research with Specific Consideration of Gender Studies / Sociology

Department of Educational and Social Sciences

 

Work experience

  • Since 06/2021: University of Oslo, Norway, Professor II at the Centre for Gender Research
  • Since 01/2020: University of Cologne, Faculty of Humanities, Privatdozentin for the Social Sciences
  • 06/1996-12/2024: GESIS-Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Cologne, Germany, Various positions, since 2006 team leader (from 2/2011 to 12/2018 in 40% part-time, 60% professorship at the CBS)
    • 09/2023-12/2024: Senior Researcher in the Knowledge Exchange and Outreach (KEO) department at GESIS, Cologne
    • 10/2016- 08/2023: Team Lead Research Gateway EUROLAB in the Knowledge Exchange and Outreach (KEO) department at GESIS, Cologne and Mannheim     
    • 01/2006-09/2016: Team Lead EUROLAB in the department Data Archive for Social Sciences (DSS), GESIS, Cologne 
    • 09/1996-12/2005: Scientific employee in the ZA-EUROLAB at the Central Archive for Empirical Social Research (ZA), Cologne
  • 02/2011-12/2024: CBS International Business School, Cologne (from 02/2011- 12/2018 in 60% part time, 40% team leader EUROLAB at GESIS)
    • 02/2011-12/2018: Professor of International Politics 
    • 08/2013-12/2018: Vice President for Research and Knowledge Transfer (3-year term, re-elected in 2016) for the Cologne and Mainz campuses
    • 01/2019-12/2024: Honorary Professor for International Politics
  • 4/1995-04/1997: University of Cologne, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, Scientific employee 

 

Academic education

01/2020: University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

  • 'Venia legendi' in the Social Sciences, Faculty of Human Sciences at the University of Cologne. Chair of Prof. Dr Susanne Völker. Habilitation thesis: "Children Born of War" (CBOW): Genesis and consolidation of the research field 'Children Born of War'. Habilitation lecture: "Participatory methods for researching hidden population groups"

10/2003: Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany

  • Dr rer. soc. in social sciences. Dissertation: Lifestyles, social milieus and voting behaviour in Germany: A comparative analysis of the developments in eastern and western Germany (grade: magna cum laude). Supervisor Prof. Dr Steffen Kühnel

06/1994: University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway / Friedrich-Wilhelm-University, Bonn

  • Polit degree (4 semesters) in comparative political science. Stay abroad as an Erasmus student at the Institute of Political Science, Friedrich-Wilhelm-University, Bonn, Germany, 09/1992-07/1993

01/1992: University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

  • mag degree (8 semesters) in comparative political science, economics and German studies

 

School education and further training

07/2017: GESIS-Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Cologne

  • Training for team leaders "Giving constructive feedback to employees”

03/2017: ZEW Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research, Mannheim

  • Training seminar: Exzellent führen-Seminar for women in scientific leadership positions

10/2016: Harvard School of Public Health and Humanitarian Academy, Harvard, USA

  • Harvard X, course (online): Humanitarian Response to Conflict and Disaster (PH558x). Introduction to the principles of humanitarian crises and their management (20 hours spread over 5 weeks)

06/2013: Harvard School of Public Health and Humanitarian Academy, Harvard, USA

  • Humanitarian Action Evaluation and Implementation Science Summer Workshop

2006: GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Cologne

  • Training for team leaders: Leading in teams
  • Training for team leaders: Communication in teams and with employees

03/1995: ZA spring Seminar, Cologne

  • Data Collection and Secondary Analysis Problems of European Comparative Research

07/1993 & 08/1994: University of Essex, Essex, UK

  • Essex Summer School: Introduction to regression and advanced regression
  • Essex Summer School: Introduction to SPSS

05/1989: Bergen Katedralskole, Bergen, Norway

  • Additional A-levels in languages as a private student

1985-1988: Bergen Katedralskole, Bergen, Norway

  • A-levels with a focus on social sciences

 

PhD Supervision (ongoing)

  • Solin Ahmad: Soziale Marktwirtschaft in den Parteiprogrammen der Bundesparteien CDU/CSU, SPD, FDP, Bündnis90/dieGrünen, die Linke und AfD–Eine Analyse der letzten 70 Jahre, Faculty of Human Sciences, University of Cologne
  • Florian Siemund: FAIR and CARE based (self-)evaluation Software for Ethical Digital Research Data Stewardship in the Humanities and Beyond, Graduate School for the Humanities Cologne, University of Cologne (second supervisor)
  • Lina Stotz: A study on the recognition of victim rights for children born of war, Institute of Criminology and Sociology of Law and the University of Oslo, Norway (second supervisor within the framework of the ERC consolidator grant EuroWARCHILD

 

Academic memberships (selection)

  • Since 11 / 2024 Invited member in “CODATA International Data Policy Committee (IDPC)”
  • Since 07/2024 Invited member in the working group “UNESCO-CODATA Data Policy in Times of Crises facilitated by Open Science”
  • Since 10/2023 Invited Member of the CoARA working group ‘Ethics and Research Integrity Policy in Responsible Research Assessment for Data and Artificial Intelligence (ERIP)
  • 04/2023-12/2024 Elected member of the board of the Cologne Science Forum (KWR)
  • Since 04/2020 Appointed member of the advisory board "Women in Global Health", Centre for Global Health, University of Oslo, Norway
  • 08/2018-07/2020 Appointed member of the OECD expert group "Digital Skills for Data Intensive Science"
  • 09/2014-12/2020 Affiliated Expert at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Cambridge, MA., USA
  • 4/2013-06/2014 Fellow at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Cambridge, MA, USA
  • Since 2014 Founder and board member of the interest groups "IG Data for Development" and "RDA for the SDGs IG" at the Research Data Alliance (RDA)
  • Since 12/2012 Appointed member of "AcademiaNet - Expert Database of Outstanding Female Scientists and Scholars"

 

Third-party funding, prizes, and nominations (selection)

  • June 2024 Shortlisted for the book “Lebensborn – Birth Politics in the Third Reich” by Angeniet Berkers for the Rencontres d'Arles Book Award 2024.
  • 2021-2026 Partner in the ERC Consolidator Grant "EuroWARCHILD" (University of Oslo and PRIO). (19 million Norwegian kroner)
  • 2021-2022 Member of the CBS project funded by the Stifterverband "#TheOtherHalf: Making invisible women visible!" (10.000€)
  • 2020-2022 Partner in the project "Additional module for Project "2nd International Summer School for Survey Methodology and Data Management in Uganda (ISSU)" funded by the Volkswagen Foundation (with GESIS colleagues)
  • 2018 "Securing health care of hidden populations: The case of Children Born of War". Conference funding from the University of Oslo (with CBS, GESIS, PRIO, Centre for Global Health University of Oslo)
  • 2014 Günter-Jantschek-Forschungsstipendium 2014 Research grant awarded for the project "Norwegian Wehrmacht children - Psychosocial consequences, identity development and experience with prejudice" with Martin Miertsch, Heide Glaesmer and Philipp Kuwert (15.000€)
  • 2011 The Legacy of war time rape. Conference funding in co-operation with PRIO, funded by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (35.000€ QZA-11/0352)

 

Knowledge transfer and consulting activities (selection)

  • 08/2024 Consultancy of draft policies for the International Criminal Court (ICC)
  • Since 08/2022 Member of the working group "Platform for Action: Promoting the Wellbeing of Children Born of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence", UK's Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative (PSVI), United Kingdom Government
  • 04/2022 Expert interview on the funding programmes of the Open Society Foundation, online
  • 06/2019 Consultancy and interview in the documentary "Loved & Ostracised - Children of War", Society for Threatened Peoples
  • 2017 Consultancy for the documentary "Wars don't end"
  • 2016-2018 Consultancy for the mobile game "MyChild Lebensborn"

 

Scientific review activities (selection)

  • Project and individual evaluations: British Academy, EC Marie Curie Programme 2010, 2012, ICREA Academia Call 2014-2017, ICREA Senior Call 2024, Canada Council for the Arts, University of Birmingham, University of Tromsø, University of Essex, Queens University Canada 2022, 2024, Sporthochschule Köln, NHH Norwegian School of Economics, Expert Horizon Europe.
  • Journal/book reviews: Journal of Social and Political Psychology, Journal of Peace Research, International Journal of Corporate Social Responsibility, ZA-Information, BICC, International Journal of Social Research Methodology, Trauma und Gewalt, European Journal of Political Research, Manchester University Press, Historical Social Research, Routledge, Bulletin of Latin American Research, Children & Society, Journal of Social and Political Psychology, Scandia, Routledge, DeGruyter, Political Behavior.