Hans-Uwe Otto

Hans-Uwe Otto (born January 6, 1940 in Husum ) is a German educational scientist .

After teaching and working as a skilled worker in industry , Otto studied at the Higher Technical School for Social Work in Dortmund and then studied sociology , psychology and educational science at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster . At the same time he was working in the “Sociology of Developing Countries” department of the Social Research Center at the University of Münster in Dortmund.

He then worked as a research assistant at Bielefeld University at the sociological faculty of which he received his doctorate in 1974 . In the same year Otto became a professor for educational science with special emphasis on social education at the Pedagogical University of Westphalia-Lippe in Bielefeld . From 1979 until his retirement he was a professor for educational science with a focus on social education at Bielefeld University.

In 1993/94 he was chairman of the steering committee for the development of the educational science department and commissioner for the center for school research and questions of teacher training at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg , where he was awarded the title of doctor honoris causa in 1994 .

Publications (selection)

• (Editor, together with Andreas Polutta and Holger Ziegler) Evidence-based Practice - Modernizing the Knowledge Base of Social Work? Opladen / Farmington Hills 2009, ISBN 978-3-86649-121-2
• (Editor, together with Andreas Polutta and Holger Ziegler) What Works - What knowledge does social work need? On the concept of evidence-based practice. Opladen / Farmington Hills 2010, ISBN 978-3-86649-122-9
• (Editor, together with Holger Ziegler) Education, Welfare and the Capabilities Approach. A European Perspective. Opladen / Farmington Hills 2010, ISBN 978-3-86649-290-5
• (Editor, together with Ortrud Leßmann and Holger Ziegler) Closing the Capabilities Gap. Renegotiating social justice for the young. Opladen / Farmington Hills 2011, ISBN 978-3-86649-325-4

Web links

• Literature by and about Hans-Uwe Otto in the catalog of the German National Library