Germo Zimmermann

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Germo Zimmermann (* 1983 ) is a German social worker , religious educator and social scientist . He works as a professor for social work with a focus on youth work at the YMCA University in Kassel. Since March 2018 he has been a member of the university management as Vice Rector.

Life

After graduating from high school at the Westerwald-Gymnasium Altenkirchen, Zimmermann completed his community service in the Diaconal Work of the Evangelical Church District Altenkirchen. This was followed by a voluntary social year (FSJ) in the CVJM-Kreisverband Bünde eV, before he studied social work, community education and diakonia at the Evangelical University of Applied Sciences Rhineland-Westphalia-Lippe . During his studies he received a scholarship from the Evangelische Studienwerk Villigst and received the 1st prize for the best diploma thesis in the 2009/2010 year of EFH-Bochum. At the Justus Liebig University in Giessen, he was awarded a Dr. rer. soc. PhD. Zimmermann works as a professor of social work with a focus on youth work at the CVJM University in Kassel. There he is the scientific director of the Institute for Adventure Education (IfEP) and is a member of the academic senate. He is a liaison professor at the Evangelisches Studienwerk Villigst and is an expert in youth work in the "Youth Partnership" program of the Council of Europe and the European Commission .

Awards

  • 2007–2009: Scholarship from the Evangelisches Studienwerk Villigst
  • 2010: 1st prize for an outstanding diploma thesis from the Evangelical University of Applied Sciences in Bochum
  • 2013: Research work of the month: Friends of Civil Society Research

Memberships

Publications (selection)

Monographs

  • Voluntary engagement and social inclusion . Perspectives of two social phenomena in science and practice. Wiesbaden: Springer VS, 2019 (together with Theresa Hilse-Carstensen and Sandra Meusel). ISBN 978-3-658-23671-7 , doi: 10.1007 / 978-3-658-23672-4
  • Design exams competently. Stuttgart / Münster: UTB-Verlag / WAXMANN, 2018. (together with Angela Sommer and Julia Gerick). ISBN 978-3-8252-4840-6
  • Christian youth work in the migration society . Encounters with cultural and religious diversity. Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchner-Verlag, 2018. (together with Bianca Dümling and Kerstin Löchelt). ISBN 978-3-7615-6513-1
  • Believe yourself. 50 religious educational methods and concepts for congregations, youth work and schools. Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchner-Verlag, 2017. (together with Florian Karcher and Petra Feudenberger-Lötz). ISBN 978-3-7615-6395-3
  • Handbook of missionary youth work. Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlagsgesellschaft, 2016. ISBN 978-3-7615-6286-4 (together with Florian Karcher).
  • Recognition and coping with life in voluntary engagement. A qualitative study on the inclusion of disadvantaged young people in child and youth work. Bad Heilbrunn: Verlag Julius Klinkhardt, 2015. ISBN 978-3-7815-2005-9
  • When the k (l) ick becomes an addiction. Internet pornography as a challenge for youth work. Bochum: EFH RWL, 2010.

Contributions to anthologies

  • Social inclusion through voluntary engagement in child and youth work. In: Hilse-Carstensen, Theresa / Meusel, Sandra / Zimmermann, Germo (eds.) (2019): Voluntary engagement and social inclusion. Wiesbaden: Springer VS, pp. 127-140. doi: 10.1007 / 978-3-658-23672-4_9
  • Political representation of weak social interests through initiatives, charities and parties. In: Huster Ernst-Ulrich / Boeckh, Jürgen / Mogge-Grotjahn, Hildegard (ed.): Handbook of poverty and social exclusion. Wiesbaden: Springer VS, pp. 783-805. doi: 10.1007 / 978-3-658-19077-4_34 ISBN 978-3-658-19076-7 (together with Jürgen Boeckh)
  • The concept of coping with life and the socio-philosophical recognition theory in a religion- sensitive perspective In: Nauerth, Matthias / Hahn, Kathrin / Kösterke, Sylke / Tüllmann, Michael (eds.) (2017): Religious sensitivity in social work. Positions, theories, fields of practice. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer. Pp. 92-106. ISBN 978-3-17-032206-6 (together with Kerstin Löchelt)
  • Evidence-based work in child and youth work - a plea for practical research. In: Borrmann, Stefan / Thiessen, Barbara (Ed.) (2016): Effects of Social Work. Potentials and limits of the evidence base for profession and discipline. Opladen: Verlag Barbara Budrich. Pp. 329-344. ISBN 978-3-8474-0768-3
  • Grounded theory computer-aided? Strategies for data analysis with quintexA. In: Equit, Claudia / Hohage, Christoph (eds.) (2016): Handbook Grounded Theory - from methodology to research practice. Weinheim and Munich: BELTZ / Juventa. Pp. 462-482. ISBN 978-3-7799-3296-3 (together with Kristina Maria Weber).
  • The body as a resource in (open) child and youth work. In: Wendler, Michael / Huster, Ernst-Ulrich (Ed.) (2015): The body as a resource in social work. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. 203-218. doi : 10.1007 / 978-3-658-08778-4_12 . ISBN 978-3-658-08777-7
  • Welfare associations and churches as representatives of weak social interests - nationally and at European level. In: Benz, Benjamin et al. (Ed.) (2014): Politics of Social Work - Volume 2. Actors, fields of action and methods. Weinheim, Basel: BELTZ Juventa, pp. 73–89. ISBN 978-3-7799-2895-9 (together with Ernst-Ulrich Huster ).

Journal articles

  • Future work in child and youth welfare: opportunities and challenges.  In: Evangelical youth welfare. Vol. 94 (4) 2017. 251-257. ISSN 0943-4992
  • "The struggle for recovery". Recovery strategies of full-time specialists in the everyday work of youth work. In: german youth . Vol. 65 (5) 2017. 201-210. ISSN  0012-0332 (together with Anna-Lena Käser).
  • Voluntary engagement and coping with life in child and youth work. A contribution to the promotion of socially disadvantaged young people in the youth association. In: german youth . Vol. 65 (2) 2017. 61-69. ISSN  0012-0332
  • Outdoor Education in a Christian Context - Opportunities and Challenges. In: Journal of the International Coalition of YMCA Universities. Vol. 5 (3) 2016. 6-31.
  • Experiential education meets stuttering therapy. On the importance of experiential activities in speech therapy. In: e & l (experience and learn) - International magazine for action-oriented learning. Vol. 35 (5) 2015. 20-24. ISSN  0942-4857 (together with Henry Esche)
  • Transnational Social Welfare Organizations and Religion: The Evangelical Social Lobbying Network 'Eurodiaconia' in Europe. In: Transnational Social Review Journal. Volume 4, Issue 1, Religion and Social Work - Transnational Perspectives. London: Routledge. pp 6-29, 2014 doi: 10.1080 / 21931674.2014.910355

Lectures

  • Formal and non-formal education for youth workers in Germany. Lecture as part of the "EXPERT GROUP MEETING ON RESEARCHING EDUCATIONAL AND CAREER PATHS FOR YOUTH WORKER" in the Youth Partnership Program of the European Commission and the Council of Europe in Brussels on May 31, 2018.
  • Future work in youth welfare - opportunities and limits. Lecture at the EREV federal conference "Fancy something new ?! Migration, inclusion and more ..." on May 24, 2017 in Bamberg.
  • Participation and social participation of children and young people through participation in the field of youth work . Lecture at the annual meeting of the Social Pedagogy Commission of the DGfE in Vechta on May 20, 2017.
  • Recognition, religious sensitivity and human rights. Lecture at the annual conference of the DGSA on April 29, 2017 at ASH Berlin. [1]
  • Protestant youth work in the 21st century. Perspectives for youth work under changed social framework conditions . Lecture at the specialist conference "Youth 2025". Villigst: Office for youth work of the Evangelical Church of Westphalia on October 27, 2015
  • Youth work is recognition work - On the relevance of Axel Honneth's theory of recognition for child and youth work . Lecture at the research colloquium on youth work research and theory at the LWL training center Jugendhof Vlotho on February 19, 2015
  • Evidence-based work in child and youth work - a plea for practical research. Lecture given at the DGSA annual conference in Würzburg on April 24, 2015.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Archived copy ( memento of the original from April 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cvjm-hochschule.de
  2. ↑ YMCA University: Germo Zimmermann new prorector for research, teaching and private university funding at the YMCA University. (No longer available online.) In: Website. YMCA University, April 11, 2018, archived from the original on April 12, 2018 ; accessed on April 11, 2018 (German). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cvjm-hochschule.de
  3. ↑ http://www.derwesten.de/staedte/bochum/belohnung-nach-einem-erverbindungen-studium-id2602740.html
  4. ↑ Specimen copy in the catalog of the German National Library
  5. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from April 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cvjm-hochschule.de
  6. ↑ http://www.evstudienwerk.de/foerderung/beratung/vertektivendozenten.html
  7. ↑ a b Systems for formal and non-formal education and validation of youth workers. EU-CoE youth partnership, accessed on June 5, 2018 .
  8. ↑ a b http://www.germo.net/
  9. ↑ Program at erev.de
  10. ↑ https://www.uni-vechta.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Soziale_Arbeit/ Jahresestagung/ Ausfuehrliches_Programm_mit_Abstracts_der_Vortraege_und_Arbeitsgruppen.pdf
  11. ↑ http://www.ev-jugend-westfalen.de/evangelische-jugend-von-westfalen/amt-fuer-jugendarbeit/berichte/fachag-jugend-2025/
  12. ↑ http://dgsainfo.de/fileadmin/Dokumente/Veranstaltungen/Tagungen/Paneluebersicht_DGSA_jahrestagung_2015__100415.pdf
personal data
SURNAME Carpenter, Germo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German social scientist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH 1983