Herbert Effinger

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Herbert Effinger (* 1951 ) is a German social pedagogue and social work scientist. He is (as of 2011) chairman of the board of the German Society for Social Work (DSGA).

Effinger studied social pedagogy at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences and the University of Bremen , where he received his doctorate in 1989 . He then worked in institutions for youth and adult education, including as an education officer at the Socialist Youth of Germany - Die Falken . Since 1995 he has been a professor for social work science and social education at the Evangelical University for Social Work in Dresden .

His work and research focus are: History and theory of social work ; Youth work and case management . He also researches and teaches on the following topics: communication, counseling and "humor in social work".

Fonts (selection)

  • Individualization and new forms of cooperation. Conditions and changes in alternative forms of work and offerings , Wiesbaden: Deutscher Universitäts-Verlag, 1990, ISBN 3-8244-4068-7 (also dissertation, University of Bremen, 1989)
  • Social work and community , Freiburg im Breisgau: Lambertus, 1999, ISBN 3-7841-1149-1
  • Laughing allowed. Joke and humor in social work, Regensburg: Edition Buntehunde, 2006, ISBN 3-934941-12-5
  • "Making the truth laugh" - humor as a medium in social work , Weinheim; Munich: Juventa, 2008, ISBN 978-3-7799-2073-1 (as editor)
  • Discipline and profession of social work. Developments and Perspectives , Theory, Research and Practice of Social Work , Volume 1, Opladen, Farmington Hills; Verlag Barbara Budrich, 2010 ISBN 978-3-86649-336-0 , (As editor, together with Björn Kraus, Silke Birgitta Gahleitner, Ingrid Miethe, Sabine Stövesand and Juliane Sagebiel)
  • Social work between generalization and specialization. The Whole and Its Parts , Theory, Research, and Practice of Social Work Series , Volume 3, Opladen, Farmington Hills; Verlag Barbara Budrich, 2011, ISBN 978-3-86649-434-3 , (as editor, together with Björn Kraus, Silke Birgitta Gahleitner, Ingrid Miethe and Sabine Stövesand)

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Effinger, Herbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German social pedagogue and social work scientist
DATE OF BIRTH 1951