The Chair of Interculturality, with a focus on the sociology of culture and knowledge, understands the social as the result of interactions between discourses, narratives, and social practices. The research avoids essentialist notions of culture and instead adopts a social constructivist and praxeological approach. Key areas include transnationality and migration studies, heritage studies, and the analysis of inequality and intersectionality. The department critically engages with global power relations and social belonging in the context of migration, colonialism, and globalization. In teaching, cultural and knowledge sociology as well as intersectional approaches are integrated into degree programs such as World Heritage Studies, Transformation Studies, and Digital Society.
Current talks and events
| BTU-IPS Panel: T. Havlin Ukraine in Focus: Research and Academic Collaboration at BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg im Rahmen der “Days of Ukraine 2026”, the Technical University of Applied Sciences Wildau, on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the German-Ukrainian Academic Society (DUAG). Datum: 08.10.2026Link | Vortrag: T. Havlin (revised) Doing Family under Everyday (Un)Certainty: War-Induced Transnational Family Practices among Displaced Ukrainian Scholars at Risk — In Memory of Dr. Mariya Shcherbyna. ceecon 26: DGO-Congress of Central and East European Studies, hosted by Freie Universität Berlin, Ihnestraße 22 14195 BerlinDatum: 08.10.2026.Link |
| Connecting Threads: Community Building through Vyshyvanka: E. Sienra leads a series of collective embroidery workshops with Ukrainian master embroiderers, for the Ukrainian community to learn and practice vyshyvanka needlework. The project explores processes of community-making, personal and collective histories, using cultural heritage as a medium for interaction and reflection. Dates: Thursdays, once every two weeks 17.09 - 10.12.2026, on registration. Location: Spore Initiative, Hermanstrasse 86 12051Berlin In the media:btu.news & welt.de | Opening Event: Connecting Threads: Community Building through Vyshyvanka – public screening of the documentary Heritage of the Nation / Спадок нації (2019) to introduce the history of vyshyvanka as the material and spiritual heritage of the Ukrainian people. Discussion with Lesia Voroniuk, founder of World Vyshyvanka Day. Solidarity food sale run by the Rondell Ukrainische Küchen & Kultur Berlin collective. Hosted by Spore Initiative, Hermanstrasse 86 12051BerlinDate: 03.09.2026 Link |
| Debütjury-Mitglied: T. Havlin, 36. FFC FilmFestival 2026 für das mittelost- und osteuropäische Kino, Cottbus. Datum: 03.11.–08.11.2026. Ort: Cottbus. Link | Interview-Podcast: T. Havlin, „Die Zukunft des Miteinanders“. Im Rahmen der Nacht der kreativen Köpfe, Mitmach-Podcast des MMZ. Ort: IKMZ, BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg .Themenkomplexe: gesellschaftlicher Zusammenhalt, Umgang mit Ungewissheit und Unsicherheiten, Migration und Vielfalt, Zukunft der Arbeit und Care-Arbeit, Umgang mit Ungewissheit und Unsicherheiten, digitale Transformation und KI sowie Bildung und Wissenschaft als Räume des Miteinanders.Datum: 10.10.2026, Beginn: 18:00 Uhr. |
| Vortrag: T. Havlin Zwischen Gestern, Heute und Morgen: Warum Ungewissheit zu unserem Lebengehört – und was sie gesellschaftlich mit uns macht. BTU Qualifizierungsprogramms WandelBAR - Zukunftsfähige Lehre & Beratung gestalten. Datum: 02.02.2027 | Vortrag und World-Café: T. Havlin: Unbezahlt = Unsichtbar? Der Wert unbezahlter Arbeit. Im Rahmen der BTU SeniorenAkademie Senftenberg.Datum: 01.07.2026. Ort: Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU). Link |
| Vortrag: T. Havlin: Post-GDR Memory Landscapes: Discursive, Spatial, and Institutional Entanglements in Postsocialist and Postcolonial Contexts. The Dieselkraftwerk Case Study. Im Rahmen des ZiF-Workshops Navigating Research Challenges in Post-Socialist Contexts: Rethinking Knowledge Production and Methodologies.Datum: 25.06.2026–26.06.2026, 09:00–18:00 Uhr. Ort: Zentrum für interdisziplinäre Forschung (ZiF), Universität Bielefeld. Anmeldung | Workshop:Re-Mapping Interdependencies: Borders, Memories and Actors in Postsocialist/Postcolonial Spaces.Datum: 16.07.–17.07.2026, 09:00–18:00 Uhr. Convenors: Tetiana Havlin (Cottbus), Manuel Peters (Chemnitz), Yaroslav Zhuravlov (Jena). Ort: Zentrum für interdisziplinäre Forschung (ZiF), Universität Bielefeld. Link |
| Vortrag: T. Havlin: Uncertainty in the Context of Postcolonial and Postsocialist Entanglements: Tension between Future, Present and Past. Im Rahmen des Workshops A Postsocialist Lens to Imperiality and Coloniality im Kontext der ZiF Research Group “Postcolonial and Postsocialist Interdependencies Across Borders”. Datum: 28.05.2026–29.05.2026. Ort: Zentrum für interdisziplinäre Forschung (ZiF), Universität Bielefeld. Link | Vortrag: T. Havlin together with Mariya Shcherbyna. Decolonized Gendered Subjects at War for Freedom and Self-Determination,Konferenz Escaped Memory, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz (07.02.2026) |
Current publications and publication projects
| Article / Aufsatz: T. Havlin (2026). Toward a Critical Multilingual Research Framework: De-naturalizing Language(s) through a Translanguaging Methodology.In: Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 27(3), Art. 12, https://doi.org/10.17169/fqs-27.3.4778 [Open Access; upcoming on 30.09.2026]. | Editorial article: T. Havlin together with Laura Pargen & Karin Schittenhelm (2026). Editorial: Reflexive Multilingual Approaches in Mobility, Migration, and Diversity Studies. In: Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 27(3), Art. 11, https://doi.org/10.17169/fqs-27.3.4820 [Open Access; upcoming on 30.09.2026]. |
| Special Issue / Sondersammelband: T. Havlin together with Laura Pargen & Karin Schittenhelm (Eds.) (2026). Reflexive Multilingual Approaches in Mobility, Migration, and Diversity Studies. In: Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 27(3), [Open Access; upcoming on 30.09.2026]. | Article / Aufsatz: T. Havlin together with Mariya Shcherbyna (2026). Decolonized Gendered Subjects at War for Freedom and Self-Determination: Women in Combat in Real-Time and in Digitalized Memory. In: Gender a výzkum / Gender and Research 27 (1): 25–50, https://doi.org/10.13060/gav.2026.008 |
| Monography: T. Havlin (2026). The Dynamics of Immigrant Agency: Identity Formation, Translanguaging and Purposeful Actions of Post-Soviet Migrants in West Germany. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-95-4755-5 [Open Access Book]. | Artile / Aufsatz: T. Havlin (2026). From Imperial Periphery to Agency: The Russo-Ukrainian War and the Reconfiguration of Knowledge Production in Sociology and Migration Studies. For: Sociology Lens (Wiley; the 2. Round of Review) |
| Book Chapter / Buchkapitel: T. Havlin (2026) Earth and Re-Birth: On Ecocide and Sustainable Recovery Discourse in Ukraine in Karpenko, Kateryna; Hagengruber, Ruth Edith (eds): Women Philosophers and Scientists Against War and Ecocide. De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783112237144-004[Upcoming Edited Volume]. | Edited Volume/ Sammelband: T. Havlin together with Gretchen Koenig; Anuradha Prathap; Jessica Stock (Eds.) (for 2027). Using Grounded Pedagogy to Enhance Transnational Higher Education: Experiences from the Global Campus. (under the contract with Routledge; Stage: 2. Round of Internal Revision) |
| Conference proceedings: T. Havlin (2026) De-naturalizing Language Use in Migration and Diversity Research: A Critical Multilingual and Non-Language-Centered Approach. In Nataliia Sorokina, Lesya Skintey, Jasmin Peskoller (Eds.): Book of Abstracts. Developing Multilingualism and Fostering Reflective Skills, Intercultural and Transcultural Learning in Language Education. International Multilingual Conference. University of Innsbruck. | Report/ Bericht: Schäfer, Jana; Havlin, Tetiana; Maquire, Kristof (2026): Bericht - Situations- und Ressourcenanalyse „Demokratiegefährdung und Demokratieförderung“, PfD Dahme-Spreewald. Auftraggeber: Partnerschaften für Demokratie Dahme-Spreewald. |
| Article / Aufsatz: T. Havlin together with Mariya Shcherbyna (2025). Intersectional Trap of (In)Visible Identities and Belongings. Between Engagement and Entrapment of Displaced Ukrainian Women Scientists. In: Gender Studies, (24)1 pp. 23-51. https://doi.org/10.2478/genst-2025-0002 | Article / Aufsatz: T. Havlin (2025). War-induced (Im)Mobilities and Immobilizing Effects in the Context of the Russo-Ukrainian war. In: Mobilities, 21:1 S. 101-116. https://doi.org/10.1080/17450101.2024.2445803 |