Kurt Utermann

Kurt Utermann (born August 27, 1905 in Duisburg ; † May 9, 1986 ) was a German sociologist and social work scientist. In the 1950s he gave social work important impulses for a sociological foundation.

After studying political science and history Utermann was 1,931 at the University of Berlin Dr. phil. PhD. From 1949 to 1953 he worked at the social research center at the University of Münster in Dortmund, where he worked on the youth of the post-war period and was also a research group leader for the colliery and community study . From the 1960s onwards, Utermann turned more towards social work and in 1971 became a lecturer at the Dortmund University of Applied Sciences , and since 1983 honorary professor there.

Utermann translated and revised one of the first textbooks on community work .

literature

Hermann Korte : Utermann, Kurt. In: Wilhelm Bernsdorf , Horst Knospe (Ed.): Internationales Soziologenlexikon. Volume 2. Enke, Stuttgart 1984, p. 885.

Web links

Literature by and about Kurt Utermann in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

↑ Deutsche Universitätszeitung 13/1986, p. 39.
^ Johanna Boer: Community work: introduction to theory and practice. Translated and edited by Kurt Utermann. Enke, Stuttgart 1979, ISBN 3-432-01641-7 .

personal data
SURNAME	Utermann, Kurt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German sociologist and social work scientist
DATE OF BIRTH	August 27, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH	Duisburg
DATE OF DEATH	May 9, 1986

[1] Deutsche Universitätszeitung 13/1986, p. 39.

[2] Johanna Boer: Community work: introduction to theory and practice. Translated and edited by Kurt Utermann. Enke, Stuttgart 1979, ISBN 3-432-01641-7 .