Barbara Thiessen

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Barbara Thiessen (* 1965 in Plochingen ) is a German social scientist and has been professor of social work and gender studies at the Landshut University of Applied Sciences since 2010 . Since 2016 she has been chairwoman of the German Society for Social Work (DGSA) .

Career

After studying social pedagogy at the Protestant University of Applied Sciences in Reutlingen and social work science at the University of Bremen, Barbara Thiessen worked on various research projects at the Universities of Bremen and Lüneburg. From 1999 to 2003 she was scientific director at the Research Center Gender Studies at the University of Bremen . She took on teaching positions at the Universities of Bremen, Lüneburg and the Bremen University of Applied Sciences in the study programs of social work, public health and professional education . From 2006 to 2010 she was the policy advisor for family policy and family policy performance systems at the German Youth Institute eV , Munich. Barbara Thiessen has been a professor at the Faculty of Social Work at the Landshut University of Applied Sciences since 2010. Her focus is on gender dynamics in the context of intersectionality, gender relations and care, gender equality policies in social work, family life and parenting in social change, especially with regard to gender, migration society and social inequality, methods of supervisory advice and organizational development for social services. Since 2013 she has been head of the interdisciplinary research institute Social Change and Cohesion Research (IKON) at the University of Landshut.

Fonts

  • as editor with Spatscheck, Christian: "Inclusion is ...". Perspectives and positions of social work ; Volume 13, series theory, research and practice of social work, Opladen 2017, ISBN 978-3-8474-2075-0
  • as editor with Borrmann, Stefan: Effects of social work. Potentials and limits of the evidence base for profession and discipline ; Volume 12, series: Theory, Research and Practice of Social Work, Opladen 2016, ISBN 978-3-8474-0768-3
  • as editor with Jurczyk, Karin; Lange, Andreas: Doing family - everyday family life today: Why family life is no longer a matter of course , Juventa 2014, ISBN 978-3-7799-2239-1
  • as a co-author for the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany : Between autonomy and dependency: Strengthening the family as a reliable community . An orientation aid from the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD), Gütersloh 2013, ISBN 978-3-579-05972-3
  • as editor with Villa, Paula-Irene; Moebius, Stephan: Sociology of Birth. Discourses, Practices and Perspectives . Campus 2011, ISBN 978-3-593-39525-8
  • as editor with Villa, Paula-Irene: Mothers - Fathers: Discourses, Media, Practices, Forum Women and Gender Studies , Vol. 24, Münster 2011, ISBN 978-3-89691-224-4
  • as editor with Kahlert, Heike; Ines Weller: Think outside the box - change structures. Gender Studies between Disciplines , Wiesbaden 2005, ISBN 978-3-531-14522-8
  • Re-formulation of the private. Professionalization of personal, household-related services , Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 978-3-531-14402-2
  • as editor with Heinz, Kathrin: Feminist Research. Sustainable objections , Leske and Budrich 2003, ISBN 3-8100-3256-5
  • Individualization and reproduction. Analysis of precarious working conditions in private households . Workshop reports of the IBL, Vol. 5, Bremen 1997, ISBN 3-88722-383-7

Completed and current research projects

  • Democracy - Participation - Diversity. More women for local politics in rural areas (FRIDA) , sub-project in the Bavarian research association Future of Democracy (ForDemocracy) - https://www.fordemocracy.de/ , funded by the Bavarian State Ministry for Science and Art, 2018–2022
  • Co-spokeswoman for the Bavarian research association "Gender & Care. Dynamics of care in the context of institutions, practices, technologies and media in Bavaria (ForGenderCare)" - http://www.forgendercare.de/home/ , head of the sub-project Care-Praxen from fathers in Bavaria. Caring behavior and couple dynamics when using parental allowance , funded by the Bavarian State Ministry for Education and Culture, Science and Art, 2015-2019
  • Landshut goes gender - A gender-sensitive study of career and study orientation at the interface between school and university , funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research as part of the female professors program I, 2011–2013

Web links

supporting documents

  1. ↑ a b Welcome to the homepage of Prof. Dr. phil. Barbara Thiessen , from www.haw-landshut.de, accessed on January 28, 2018
  2. ↑ About us Prof. Dr. Barbara Thiessen , at www.dgsa.de, accessed on January 28, 2018
  3. ↑ Kathrin Peltz, Luisa Linienbach; Dagmar Müller; Johanna Possinger; Barbara Thiessen: "Time will not come back": Use of parental allowance by employed fathers in Bavaria . In: Journal of Family Research . tape 29 , no. 1 , April 18, 2017, ISSN  1437-2940 , p. 114–135 , doi : 10.3224 / zff.v29i1.06 .
  4. ↑ Barbara Thiessen, Inken Tremel: "But in normal lessons it's actually very difficult for me as a normal teacher in my subjects." Establishing gender 'normality' in vocational teaching . In: Annette Bartsch, Juliette Wedl (eds.): Teaching Gender? transcript Verlag, Bielefeld 2015, ISBN 978-3-8394-2822-1 , p. 149-166 , doi : 10.14361 / 9783839428221-004 .
personal data
SURNAME Thiessen, Barbara
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German social scientist
DATE OF BIRTH 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Plochingen