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Faculty 4 Human Sciences
Profililinie Gesundheit und Life Sciences
  • The academisation of the healthcare professions
  • Guideline-based care
  • Health inequalities
  • Digital healthcare
  • Children’s and pupils’ health
  • Professionalisation of care for patients, clients and residents, as well as initial, continuing and further training in the healthcare professions
PhD studentsWorking title / Brief descriptionSupervised by:
Felix WatzingerThe doctoral thesis “Teachers’ responses to bullying among pupils: measurement methods, competence profiles and contextual influences” examines how teachers’ interventions in cases of bullying can be assessed using a revised questionnaire from the perspectives of both teachers and pupils. In addition, teachers’ competencies are identified and the moderating effects of the school context on the relationship between these competencies and intervention are examined. Prof. Dr. Luwig Bilz
Karsten FriedrichSince 2019, midwifery educators have faced significant changes due to the academisation of the midwifery profession. They no longer teach at vocational colleges but exclusively at universities and are confronted with the expectation of evidence-based teaching. Whether and to what extent this challenge entails a change in the professional ‘teaching habitus’ is being investigated in a DFG study, to which the doctoral thesis ‘University lecturers in the midwifery profession. A biographical study’ will refer. A biographical (theoretical) perspective appears appropriate for capturing the transformation of habitualised teaching practices, which is why biographical-narrative interviews with midwifery teachers are to be conducted.  Prof. Dr. Heidrun Herzberg
Julia RiedelAs part of the “COMET Nursing Education BW” research project, the study examines the effects of implementing the COMET competence model in generalist nursing education in Baden-Württemberg on the development of professional identity, reflective competence and the professionalisation of clinical supervisors. Based on a qualitative, triangulatory research design involving group discussions, biographical-narrative interviews and participant observation, changes in the professional self-concept and professional habitus of clinical supervisors are analysed in the context of intensified cooperation between learning settings. The aim is the empirical reconstruction of professionalisation trends as well as factors that fund or hinder the development of professional identity among clinical supervisors.Prof. Dr. Heidrun Herzberg,
Prof. Dr Mechthild Löwenstein
Esslingen University of Applied Sciences
Marina LangeThe doctoral project “Career choice processes in the health professions – An empirical analysis of decision-making and influencing factors in occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, and physiotherapy” examines decision-making and influencing factors in career choice within these health professions. The focus is on motivations, barriers and framework conditions relevant to trainees and graduates of these professions, as well as to pupils in general education schools. The aim is to develop practical recommendations for improving career guidance and enhancing the attractiveness of these healthcare professions.Prof. Dr. Christian Kopkow,
Prof. Dr Bernhard Maria Borgetto
HAWK Hildesheim
Marcel Schulz-KunaThe doctoral project “Teaching and learning with virtual realities – greater learning success and increased motivation through technological innovation?” outlines possibilities for the use of virtual reality within teaching and learning scenarios in the STEM field. This is based on practical examples from the BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg. Prof. Dr. Sven Michel
Tabea BöttgerThe doctoral project "Perspectives of people with Parkinson’s disease and their relatives and carerson healthcare provision in the context of developing a cross-sectoral Parkinson’s network in southern Lower Saxony" is part of the ParkNetz research project. It aims to analyse the needs and requirements for a cross-sectoral, interprofessional Parkinson’s network in the South Lower Saxony region from the perspectives of the various healthcare stakeholders.Prof. Dr. Christian Kopkow,
Prof. Dr Hendrike Frieg
HAWK Hildesheim/Holzminden/Göttingen
Anja HerzogHospices are independent institutions with a care mandate and a family-like atmosphere, where admissions are certified by medical indications. Yet hospices are also places of learning. For instance, the dying (perspective-bearers) become the focus of research, inviting others to engage in an exchange of experiences regarding dying, death, loss and grief, as well as carers, families and friends who reflect on and shape their feelings and current (framework) conditions within a hospice.

The aim of the doctoral studies “Dying people in dialogical exchange of experiences in a hospice” is to compile the experiences of learners (bereaved relatives) and make these accessible for training programmes within the healthcare system.		Prof. Dr. Juliane Noack Napoles
Michael AdamsKnee pain affects around 30% of adolescents and is thus the most common cause of musculoskeletal pain in this age group. Contrary to the long-held view that non-traumatic knee pain in adolescents is a self-limiting phenomenon, studies show that 40–73% of those affected still report knee pain years later. Studies from the USA show that animated educational videos used alongside physiotherapy treatment represent a promising approach to reducing pain and maladaptive thoughts, as well as improving function.

The aim of this doctoral thesis is therefore the “development of animated educational videos for use alongside physiotherapy treatment for adolescents with non-traumatic knee pain”.		Prof. Dr. Christian Kopkow,
Prof. Dr. Axel Schäfer
HAWK Hildesheim/Holzminden/Göttingen
Erik HalmIn Germany, hip osteoarthritis is still frequently treated with joint replacement compared to other countries.

Education (information, counselling, training and guidance) is a significant part of patient care in physiotherapy. However, little research has been conducted to date on how this is carried out in practice and whether it can, in some cases, prevent surgery.

These questions are addressed in the doctoral studies “Education in physiotherapy treatment. The current state of play, real needs, challenges and barriers to implementation”.		Prof. Dr. Christian Kopkow,
Prof. Dr. Jacob Spallek
Stephanie HoffmannThe significance of spatial-geographical living conditions for psychomotor development in early childhood: An approach from the perspective of life-course epidemiology, taking social inequalities into account.Prof. Dr. Jacob Spallek
Kirsten Stangenberg-GlissDevelopment of a programme theory for outpatient telerehabilitation following stroke in GermanyProf. Dr. Christian Kopkow
Jenny PöllerMotivations for informal civic engagement in careProf. Dr. Heidrun Herzberg
Barbara Erjauz“How age-friendly is your community?”
Development, validation and application of a measurement tool to assess age-friendliness in rural regions		Prof. Dr. Alexandra Retkowski,
Assoc. Prof. Dr Veronika Anselmann
University
of Education Schwäbisch Gmünd
Alexander ElserImplementation of a virtual reality intervention in the physiotherapy care of people with chronic pain: barriers, enabling factors and health-related outcomesProf. Dr. Christian Kopkow
Lydia SanderHealth inequalities in early childhood and the influence of the familyProf. Dr. Jacob Spallek
Raphael SchützLoneliness in children and adolescents
: prevalence and health-related associations		Prof. Dr. Ludwig Bilz
Bettina SchefflerEvaluation and implementation of guideline-compliant care using the example of the S2e guideline
on rehabilitation of mobility after stroke (ReMoS)
: A study with a multi-methodological approach		Prof. Dr. Christian Kopkow,
Prof. Dr Jacob Spallek
Anke ZeißigBoredom and creativity at schoolProf. Dr. Ludwig Bilz
Thomas HänsgenWork, stress and health among managers in childcare facilities – development of a prevention conceptProf. Dr. Sven Michel
Julia Kansok-DuscheAddressing hate speech in schools: A study on the determinants of teacher interventions and the quality of school-related prevention programmes.Prof. Dr. Ludwig Bilz
Ann-Sophie OtteProfessional identities in the healthcare professions in interdisciplinary practiceProf. Dr. Heidrun Herzberg
Angela Edwina ObongoDeterminants of access to and use of gestational diabetes mellitus services in Kenya and Mozambique

PhD programme launched		Prof. Dr. Jacob Spallek

 

Profillinie Globaler Wandel und Transformationsprozesse
  • Transformation processes in structurally disadvantaged rural areas
  • Professionalisation of Social Work
  • Youth support systems
  • Human-computer interaction
  • Refugee and migration
  • Intergenerational justice
PhD studentsWorking title / Brief descriptionSupervised by:
Nadine WagnerThe research project “Retrospective perspectives of adults from families affected by alcohol on the use of outpatient child and youth welfare services during their upbringing” aims to reconstruct the experiences of adult children from families affected by alcohol who received outpatient youth welfare support during their childhood. Biographical significance is identified through narrative interviews and their analysis using Schütze’s narrative analysis, as well as through the examination of case files.Prof. Dr. Alexandra Retkowski,
Prof. Dr. Rita Hansjürgens
Alice Salomon University of Applied Sciences Berlin
Maria Annegret MartinThis doctoral project examines the tension between resource-oriented approaches and the (re)production of social differences in the context of adults’ written language, the manifestation of human vulnerability and the capacity to inflict harm therein, as well as possibilities for a subject-oriented, eudaimogenic perspective.

GRADUATE COLLEGE		Prof. Dr. Juliane Noack Napoles
Renata ShamsutdinovaThe dissertation "Linguistic Competence in Adult Literacy Education: Practice and Perspective" uses the paradigm of eudaimogenesis as its theoretical foundation and further develops this approach in the context of adult education. The work examines the linguistic foundations of literacy, focusing in particular on linguistic structural competences relevant to assessments and the didactic promotion of reading and writing skills. The aim of the dissertation is to critically examine existing theoretical and methodological approaches and to derive practice-oriented recommendations for the continuing professional development of teachers in the field of literacy.

GRADUATE COLLEGE		Prof. Dr. Juliane Noack Napoles

 
Nicole BorsutzkyThe reality of the teaching profession is emotionally challenging and is often accompanied by feelings of anger. From an educational theory perspective, the phenomenon of teachers’ anger in the classroom represents a research gap, which the
dissertation “Educational Anger? Qualitative Studies on Teachers’ Anger in the Classroom” addresses from a theoretical and qualitative-empirical standpoint.		Prof. Dr. Juliane Noack Napoles
Iris PampThe dissertation “Shame (in) Education – Using Literacy as an Example” examines the extent to which experiences of shame in school during the acquisition of written language lead to biographical ruptures that permanently limit the acquisition of written language skills. The focus is on retrospectively recalled situations in which learners felt ashamed, devalued or humiliated.The central assumption is that such experiences prevent written language skills from developing to the expected extent, thereby causing lasting impairment to self-perception and access to education. Linked to this is the risk that social participation via literacy remains difficult.

GRADUATE COLLEGE		Prof. Dr. Juliane Noack Napoles

 
Doinita GrosuChristine Galitzi is one of the women who played a key role in the emergence of Social Work as a profession in Romania. Nevertheless, there is little information about her life and her work is only partially known. Even her full date of birth and year of death are not yet publicly available. She is not mentioned in common articles and books on the history of Social Work in Romania.

The doctoral thesis ‘Moving Social Work: A History of Social Work through the Biography of a Romanian Social Worker’ explores the biography of the sociologist and social worker Christine Galitzi through her transnational life and international work. The findings are intended, amongst other things, to provide students with better access both to reflecting on their own professional identity and to understanding the lived experiences of future clients.		Prof. Dr. Juliane Noack Napoles
Gerd KaufmannAction-Oriented Approaches in Transformation Processes in Structurally Weak Rural Areas.
An Exploratory Qualitative Study in a Sample Village in Brandenburg		Prof. Dr. Heike Radvan
Prof. Dr. Alexandra Retkowski
Cordula Lasner-TietzeIntergenerational justice and its lines of conflict, using the example of structural change in LusatiaProf. Dr. Alexandra Retkowski
Ina SchäferYouth (school) social work between misanthropic norms and diversity in a migration society

GRADUATE COLLEGE 		Prof. Dr. Heike Radvan
Lukas AlthausSocial Work, professionalism and vocational participation: On the action orientation of professionals in integration supportProf. Dr. Alexandra Retkowski
Prof. Dr. Dieter Röh
HAW Hamburg
Susanne LercheWomen as initiators of civic engagement in LusatiaProf. Dr. Alexandra Retkowski
Prof. Raj Kollmorgen
Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences
Matthias HinderbergerA metaphor-analytical study of practical supervision sessions in the Social Work degree programmeProf. Dr. Juliane Napoles
Prof. Dr. Alexandra Retkowski
Enikö SchradiTRES – Evaluation of the trialogue in eating disorders

PhD programme launched		Prof. Dr. Alexandra Retkowski,
Prof. Dr. Eva Wunderer
Landshut University of Applied Sciences
Melanie HilbigThe quality of housing advice in rural areas with a focus on structural change processesProf. Dr. Alexandra Retkowski,
Prof. Dr. Annemarie Jost
Josefine SiebertMany stories: On understanding multi-perspectivity. An attempt based on autobiographical storytelling in the field of cultural education.Prof. Dr. Stefanie Kiwi Menrath
Prof. Dr. Alexandra Retkowski
Prof. Dr. Maria Nühlen
Merseburg University of Applied Sciences
Claudia ArndtProcesses of self-reflection among young people in the practice of theatre education programmes in a region affected by structural changeProf. Dr. Alexandra Retkowski
Kathrin CoobsHingepoints as points of rupture in the youth welfare system?!
On the construction of difficult cases in the youth welfare support system in Berlin-Brandenburg		Prof. Dr. Alexandra Retkowski
Anne PeschThe body and technical transformationProf. Dr. Juliane Napoles Noack
Frauke RisseReflexivity in the professional practice of social workers working with familiesProf. Dr. Stefanie Sauer
Evangelical University of Applied Sciences Berlin
Prof. Dr. Heidrun Herzberg
Marc SchreiberSocial interactions and their quality as stabilising factors in expanded local food systems in small towns in the peripheral rural areas of Brandenburg, analysed using the municipalities of Großräschen, Herzberg and KyritzProf. Dr. Alexandra Retkowski
Zuhal ÜrkmezPartner Violence against women in Turkey and Germany. A qualitative and comparative study on coping behaviours of women affected by partner violenceProf. Dr. Alexandra Retkowski
Holger ThomasThe impact of structural change in Lusatia on the professional self-image and action strategies of full-time social workersProf. Dr. Alexandra Retkowski
Andrea DiesnerExploring the different avenues of support and services for exploited women and girls involved in sex trafficking between Bali and Thailand
. How effective are the repatriation measures in European law for these women?		Prof. Dr. Alexandra Retkowski
Richard RathGood work? Addressing a normative dilemma based on recent surveysProf. Dr. Birgit Behrensen
Maria Christine MattEducation between emancipation and integration. An empirical study of pedagogical practice in the context of displacement and migrationProf. Dr. Alexandra Retkowski
Hannah Juliane SauerThe international placement in Social Work studies from a transition theory perspectiveProf. Dr. Alexandra Retkowski