Team
Doctoral candidates
Jessica Walberer
University of Applied Sciences Cologne (THK)
jessica.walberer@smail.th-koeln.de
Supervisor team:
Sigrid Leitner (University of Applied Sciences Cologne), Hansjörg Schmid (University of Fribourg), Matthias Otten (University of Applied Sciences Cologne)
Research project
My doctoral project examines the structural positioning of Muslim women's organizations within the non-statutory welfare sector in Germany. The focus is on experiences of recognition, cooperation, and exclusion, as well as on the power-related and discursive conditions under which Muslim women carry out social work. The aim is to disclose mechanisms of exclusion within the field of social welfare and to develop prospects for equal participation.
Danny Kröger
University of Applied Sciences Cologne (THK)
danny.kroeger@smail.th-koeln.de
Supervisor team:
Research project
Danny Kröger explores structure-related actions (strukturbezogenes Handeln) carried out by base-level social workers (Basisfachkräfte) in Germany. In doing so, he reconstructs how these structure-related actions are implemented by base-level social workers and which external factors affect them. To this end, he conducts qualitative interviews with non-managerial professionals working in different organizational settings across four selected fields of social work.
Nadine Thome
University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE)
Supervisor team:
Simone Leiber (University of Duisburg-Essen), Sigrid Leitner (University of Applied Sciences Cologne), Holger Schoneville (University of Applied Sciences Duisburg-Essen)
Research project
In my doctoral thesis, I examine the practice of non-governmental social counseling in dealing with welfare state boundaries. The focus is on professional ambivalence, collective orientations, and implicit knowledge that shape the everyday actions of social workers.
Supervisors
Sigrid Leitner
supervisor and spokesperson
University of Applied Sciences Cologne (THK)
sigrid.leitner@th-koeln.de
Fields of research
(Comparative) Welfare State Reseach, Social Policy, Family Policy, Gender Politics, Social Work as a Political Actor
Fields of research
(Comparative) Welfare State Research, Social Policy, Long-term Care Policy, Social Work as Political Actor
Antonio Brettschneider
supervisor
University of Applied Sciences Cologne (THK)
antonio.brettschneider@th-koeln.de
Fields of research
(Comparative) Welfare State Research, Social policy, Pension Policy, Local Politics, Old-age Poverty, Social Inequalities
Fields of research
Social Inequality and Social Exclusion, Quantitative Methods, Mixed Methods, Social Policy, Pension Policy
Fields of research
Poverty and Social Exclusion, Welfare State Transformation, Social Work Theory, Qualitative Research in Social Work
Fields of research
Poverty and Social Exclusion, Child Poverty, Educational Inequalities, Local Politics, Evaluation Research
Associated members
Janine Birwer
University of Applied Sciences Cologne (THK)
Fields of research
Marc David Ludwig
University of Applied Sciences Cologne (THK)
Fields of research
Additional contributors
Ute Klammer
University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE)
Fields of research
Daniela Schweigler
University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE)
Fields of research
Carsten Ullrich
University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE)
Fields of research
Matthias Otten
University of Applied Sciences Cologne (THK)
Fields of research
International Social Work, Migration Research, Disability Studies, Reconstructive Social Research
Carsten Schröder
University of Applied Sciences Cologne (THK)
Fields of research
Hansjörg Schmid
University of Fribourg
Fields of research
Lars Schmitt
University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf
Fields of research
Rebecca Mörgen
University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE)
Fields of research
Silke Tophoven
University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf
Fields of research
work and health, vocational rehabilitation, gender and labour market, children and youth in poverty, social policy
Scientific coordinator
Fields of research
Social inequalities, Organizational Sociology, Critical Management Studies, Local Politics