Kenan Güngör

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Kenan Güngör, 2011

Kenan Güngör (* 1969 in Tunceli ) is a German sociologist and political advisor of Kurdish origin who has been working in Austria since 2007. As an expert and public intellectual for the social change characterized by migration, he is one of the most sought-after personalities from politics and the media in Austria. He is the owner of the social science consulting and research office think.difference in Vienna .

Life

Güngör initially lived in the Kurdish part of Turkey. At the age of seven he moved to Cologne as the son of guest workers . There he completed his training as an industrial clerk and studied sociology at the University of Wuppertal . From 1998 to 2000 he worked as a research assistant at the Center for Turkish Studies in Essen. In 2000 Güngör went to Basel , where he ran a research office for applied social research and development. Güngör has lived in Vienna since 2007 and heads the think.difference research office .

Fields of activity

Güngör's focus is on social change, integration, participation, diversity, organizational development, urban sociology, youth, education, identity, conflict and violence analysis and radicalization. He advises governmental and non-governmental organizations, lectures, directs major programs and strategy processes, and conducts social science studies. With the involvement of all relevant actors and institutions, he developed the integration models of the Austrian federal states of Vorarlberg , Upper Austria and Tyrol as well as those of the cities of Dornbirn , Amstetten and Wil SG . From 2007 to 2011 he was a strategic advisor and companion for the City of Vienna in the development of an integration-oriented diversity management. Güngör is also a member of the independent expert council of the Austrian federal government , which publishes the annual integration report.

For the city of Vienna he headed the “Expert_Forum” for deradicalization and prevention.

Studies

In 2016 he carried out a study on behalf of the City of Vienna that looked at the identities, life situations and derogatory attitudes of young people in Vienna's youth centers . In 2019, in cooperation with the SORA Institute, he led a study on the religious and cultural challenges in public schools, with a special focus on Islam and generalized devaluations. Both studies met with strong political and media reception.

He also led a study on the integration potential of Islamic private schools as well as a study on the religious and cultural challenges in public schools for the Ministry of Education. These are to be published in 2020.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Guest child Kenan: Come to stay - derStandard.at. Retrieved July 16, 2020 (Austrian German).
  2. ↑ Conflict due to study on attitudes of young Muslims - derStandard.at. Retrieved July 16, 2020 (Austrian German).
  3. ↑ think.difference - About us & Contact. Retrieved on July 16, 2020 (German).
  4. ↑ Guest child Kenan: Come to stay - derStandard.at. Retrieved July 16, 2020 (Austrian German).
  5. ↑ think.difference - Office for Society | Organization | Development. Retrieved on July 16, 2020 (German).
  6. ↑ think.difference - Lectures & Workshops. Retrieved on July 16, 2020 (German).
  7. ↑ think.difference - Studies & Analyzes. Retrieved on July 16, 2020 (German).
  8. ↑ New integration model for Upper Austria. Retrieved July 16, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Shaping the future together. Retrieved July 16, 2020 .
  10. ↑ Kenan Güngör | projektXchange - exchange turns strangers into friends! Retrieved July 16, 2020 (American English).
  11. ^ Expert Council for Integration - Federal Chancellery Austria. Retrieved July 16, 2020 .
  12. ↑ Kenan Güngör | projektXchange - exchange turns strangers into friends! Retrieved July 16, 2020 (American English).
  13. ↑ think.difference - Studies & Analyzes. Retrieved on July 16, 2020 (German).
  14. ↑ Young Muslims at risk of radicalization. October 16, 2016, accessed July 16, 2020 .
  15. ↑ think.difference - Studies & Analyzes. Retrieved on July 16, 2020 (German).
  16. ↑ think.difference - Studies & Analyzes. Retrieved on July 22, 2020 (German).
personal data
SURNAME Güngör, Kenan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sociologist and political advisor
DATE OF BIRTH 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Tunceli