Birgitt Riegraf

Birgitt Riegraf (2016)

Birgitt Riegraf (* 1. January 1961 in Remseck am Neckar , also Birgit Riegraf ) is a German sociologist , specializing in the fields of science and university research , gender studies and their methods and methodology , inequality and intersectionality and heads of state , labor and organizational sociology . She has been President of the University of Paderborn since April 2018 .

Life and work

Birgitt Riegraf studied political science , sociology , psychology , religious studies and the interdisciplinary supplementary course Qualitative Methods in Social Sciences at the Free University of Berlin . After graduation she was u. a. works as a research assistant at the Berlin Science Center for social research and is a PhD scholarship holder of the equal opportunities funding program of the Berlin Senate Department for Labor and Women and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation . In 1995, she was at the Free University of Berlin in the Department of Political Science on Workplace equality policies as an object of political negotiations in micro enterprises doctorate . The doctoral thesis was published in 1996 under the title Gender and Micropolitics. The example of company equality published in VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften . Following his doctorate, Riegraf held various positions at Bielefeld University. There she completed her habilitation in 2004 at the Faculty of Sociology on the subject of new public management and gender relations. An analysis of the qualitative change in the state . In 2009 she was appointed to the chair for general sociology at the University of Paderborn. From 2010 to 2015 she was the Dean of Studies at the Faculty of Cultural Studies there ; from 2015 to 2018 Vice President for Studies, Teaching and Quality Management. Since April 2018 she has been the first female president of the University of Paderborn. In this role, she advocates more interdisciplinary research , a stronger internationalization of the university's research activities, but also an even better regional network. Another central concern is the visibility of the research results developed at the university beyond the boundaries of the scientific community in order to better convey the importance of scientific findings for society.

Riegraf is a member of the board of directors of the North Rhine-Westphalia Research College Light - Efficient - Mobile and the Digital University of North Rhine-Westphalia. She is also a member of the editorial team of Feminist Studies and co-editor of the series Arbeitsgesellschaft im Wandel (together with Brigitte Aulenbacher ) as well as Gender and Society (together with Beate Kortendiek, Katja Sabisch, Ilse Lenz , Helma Lutz , Michiko Mae, Michael Meuser , Ursula Müller, Mechtild Oechsle and Susanne Völker). She is active in various commissions as an expert and consultant, including as a member of the advisory board of the German-Chinese Ecopark in Qingdao and the independent scientific commission of Lower Saxony. She has been the Friedrich Ebert Foundation's liaison lecturer since 2014.

Riegraf is currently dealing with questions about the change in the science system and university organization, the restructuring of the public sector and the topic of care and care work (as of February 2019).

Fonts (selection)

Monographs

• with Martina Althoff, Magdalena Apel, Mechthild Bereswill and Julia Gruhlich: Feminist methodologies and methods. Traditions, concepts, discussions. Series of textbooks on sociological women's and gender studies of the women's studies section of the German Society for Sociology, Volume 2 . Springer VS, Wiesbaden 2017. ISBN 978-3-8100-2831-0 .
• with Romy Reimer: Gender equitable care arrangements? For the redistribution of care tasks in residential care communities. Series Arbeitsgesellschaft im Wandel. Beltz, Weinheim / Basel 2016. ISBN 978-3-7799-3049-5 .
• with Brigitte Aulenbacher and Susanne Völker: Feminist criticism of capitalism . Westfälisches Dampfboot Verlag, Münster 2015. ISBN 978-3-89691-679-2 .
• With Ursula Müller and Sylvia Wilz: Gender and Organization . Textbook in the series "Gender and Society". Springer VS, Wiesbaden 2013. ISBN 978-3-531-94093-9 .
• with Brigitte Aulenbacher and Michael Meuser : Sociological gender research. An introduction . Springer VS, Wiesbaden 2010. ISBN 978-3-531-92045-0 .
• Gender and Micropolitics. The example of company equality . Leske + Budrich, Opladen 1996. ISBN 978-3-322-95744-3 .

Essays

• with Brigitte Aulenbacher : Capitalism goes Care. Elder and Child Care between market, state, profession, and family and questions of justice and inequality . In Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal 37 (4), pp. 347-360.
• with Brigitte Aulenbacher and Fabienne Décieux: The Economic Shift and Beyond: Care as a Contested Terrain in Contemporary Capitalism . In Current Sociology 66 (4), pp. 517-530.
• with Annette von Alemann: UNU-GEST: Promotion of gender equality through research and education. In Feminist Studies 36 (1), 169–187.
• with Brigitte Aulenbacher, Kristina Binner and Lena Weber: Change in science and gender arrangements. Organizational and control policies in Germany, Austria, Great Britain and Sweden. In Contributions to University Research 2/2015 , pp. 22–39.
• On the traditions, breaks and further developments in intersectionality research. Attempt to take a critical inventory . In considering knowledge ethics. Dispute forum for recital culture 23 (3), pp. 447-450.

Editorships / anthologies

• with Barbara Rendtorff and Claudia Mahs: Structure and Dynamics - Un / simultaneities in gender relations . Springer VS , Wiesbaden 2019. ISBN 978-3-658-22311-3 .
• with Beate Kortendiek and Katja Sabisch: Handbook on Interdisciplinary Gender Research . Springer VS , Wiesbaden 2019. ISBN 978-3-658-22311-3 .
• with Anna-Lena Berscheid: Science in the face of “great social challenges”. The example of research on hybrid lightweight construction materials . transcript , Bielefeld 2018. ISBN 978-3-8376-4099-1 .
• with Andrea Löther: Equal Opportunities Policy and Gender Research . Changed governance and gender arrangements in science . Barbara Budrich Verlag , Opladen 2017. ISBN 978-3-8474-2055-2 .
• with Brigitte Aulenbacher , Maria Dammayr, Klaus Dörre , Wolfgang Menz and Harald Wolf: Achievement and Justice. The controversial promise of capitalism . Beltz , Weinheim 2017. ISBN 978-3-7799-3051-8 .
• with Julia Gruhlich: Gender and transnational spaces. Feminist perspectives on new inclusions and exclusions . Westfälisches Dampfboot Verlag , Münster 2014. ISBN 978-3-89691-241-1 .
• With Hanna Hacker , Heike Kahlert , Birgit Liebig, Martina Peitz and Rosa Reitsamer: Gender relations and new publics. Feminist Perspectives? Westfälisches Dampfboot Verlag , Münster 2013. ISBN 978-3-89691-236-7 .
• With Dierk Spreen and Sabine Mehlmann: Media - Body - Gender. Discursivations of materiality . transcript , Bielefeld 2012. ISBN 978-3-8376-2084-9 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Birgitt Riegraf in the catalog of the German National Library
• Prof. Dr. Birgitt Riegraf on the website of the University of Paderborn
• Riegraf: “I consider myself willing to create” . In: Westfalen-Blatt , February 14, 2018 (interview).
• “Scientists have an obligation to deliver” . In: Research & Teaching , June 18, 2018.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Profile of Prof. Dr. Birgitt Riegraf. Website of the University of Paderborn. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
2. ^ Staff page at Bielefeld University . Bielefeld University website. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
3. ↑ Hans-Hermann Igges: Birgitt Riegraf becomes the new President of the University of Paderborn. In: New Westphalian. January 24, 2018, accessed February 14, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Hans-Hermann Igges: Interview: Future University President Birgitt Riegraf about her new job. In: Neue Westfälische Zeitung. March 31, 2018, accessed February 14, 2019 . 
5. ↑ People in the research college . Website of the NRW Research College Light - Efficient - Mobile . Retrieved February 13, 2019.
6. ↑ The board of the Digital University of North Rhine-Westphalia. DH-NRW website. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
7. ↑ Information on the journal Feminist Studies . Website of the DeGruyter publishing house. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
8. ↑ University President Prof. Dr. Birgitt Riegraf appointed to the international advisory committee of the Sino-German Ecopark in Qingdao, China . Press release of the University of Paderborn, November 13, 2018. Accessed February 13, 2019.
9. ↑ Information on the composition of the commission. Website of the Scientific Commission of Lower Saxony. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
10. ↑ List of Liaison Lecturers of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. Website of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation. Retrieved February 13, 2019.