Research


CURRENT PROJECTS

EU collaborative project (Jan. 2013 – Dec. 2015)

“Social Innovation – Empowering the Young for the Common Good”

Marie Curie Initial Training Network (2009 – 2013):

“Education as Welfare. Enhancing opportunities for socially vulnerable youth in Europe”

Collaborative Research Project (2009-2012):

“Workable – Making Capabilities Work”

International NRW Research School “Education and Capabilities” (2008-2013)


Research Cooperations

Institute of Education (IOE), University of London, UK
Dr. Elaine Unterhalter

UNESCO Centre for Comparative Education Research, School of Education, University of Nottingham, UK
Prof. Dr. Melanie Walker

École d’études sociales et pédagogiques, University of Applied Sciences, Lausanne, Switzerland
Prof. Dr. Jean-Michel Bonvin

Centre for Public Policy, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
Prof. Dr. Marek Kwiek

Institute of Sociology, University of Warsaw, Poland
Dr. Sławomir Mandes

European Trade Union Institute, Brussels, Belgium
Dr. Maria Jepsen

Research and Training Group on Economic Responsibility (ECORES),
Department of Economics, University of Florence, Italy
Dr. Prof. Mario Biggeri

Centre for Research on Qualifications (Céreq), Marseille, Fance
Josiane Vero

Education International, Brussels, Belgium
Dr. Guntars Catlaks

Human Development, Capability and Poverty International Research Centre (HDCP-IRC)
Institute for Advanced Study, Pavia, Italy
Prof. Enrica Chiappero-Martinetti, PhD

Department of Sociology Umeå, University, Umeå, Sweden
Prof. Matthias Strandh,
PhD

University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Prof. Björn Halleröd, PhD

Department of Education Aarhus University, Copenhagen, Denmark
Prof. Niels Rosendal Jensen, Phd

Institute of Social Studies (ISS), The Hague, Netherlands
Prof. Des Gasper, PhD
Dr. Johan von Dijk

Working Life Research Centre (FORBA), Vienna, Austria
Roland Atzmüller

Employment Research Institute, Edinburgh Napier University, UK
Prof. Ronald McQuaid

Abgeschlossene Projekte

Sebastian Dirks/ Fabian Kessl:
Unsichtbarkeit als Befähigungsbedingung? Soziale Arbeit als Grenzbearbeiterin im öffentlichen Raum. Eine kommunale Fallstudie

Sabine Andresen/ Véronique Zanetti/ Ruben Zimmermann:
Verantwortung zwischen den Generationen.
Zum Wandel von Pflichten und Rechten

Isabell Diehm:
Frühkindliche Interaktion und soziale Ordnungsbildung:
Ethnizität in vorschulischen Einrichtungen

Claudia Riemer:
Projekt MIKI: Vorschulische Sprachförderung von
Migrantenkindern an Bielefelder Kindergärten

Uwe Sander/ Sabine Andresen:
Zum Gebrauch nationaler Symbole in Jugendkulturen

Elke Wild:
Zur Rolle des häuslichen Lernens für die Herausbildung von Selbstregulationskompetenzen