Improving reception conditions for those seeking protection, those entitled to protection and those entitled to temporary protection in Brandenburg (VASiB) Verbesserung der Aufnahmebedingungen für Schutzsuchende, Schutzberechtigte und vorübergehend Schutzberechtigte in Brandenburg (VASiB)
| Head of Research | Prof. Dr Birgit Behrensen |
| Research Staff | Lotta Schwedler (until 31 October 2025); Mara Hasenjürgen (from 1 December 2025) |
| Research Methods | Qualitative survey, content analysis, evaluation |
| Project duration | 31 December 2022 – 31 May 2026 |
| Partnership: Consortium of the “Cooperation for Refugees in Brandenburg” ("Kooperation für Flüchtlinge in Brandenburg”, KFB) | KommMit – PSZ; Evangelical Church District of Oberes Havelland (Evangelischer Kirchenkreis Oberes Havelland); Hoffnungstaler Foundation Lobetal (Hoffnungstaler Stiftung Lobetal); ESTAruppin; Church District of Wittstock-Ruppin (Kirchenkreis Wittstock-Ruppin); Brandenburg Refugee Council (Flüchtlingsrat Brandenburg); chair ‘Sociology for Social Work’ at the BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg |
| Funding | Co-funded by the European Union; UN Refugee Agency (UNO Flüchtlingshilfe); Brandenburg State Ministry of the Interior and Local Government (Land Brandenburg Ministerium des Innern und für Kommunales); Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe; abriporta Foundation; Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia (Evangelische Kirche Berlin-Brandenburg- schlesische Oberlausitz) |
| Results | Click here for the final report |
Work in science during the Corona pandemic Arbeit in der Wissenschaft während der Corona Pandemie
| Research Supervisors: | Dr. Virginia Kimey Pflücke (Faculty 5) and Kathrin Coobs (Faculty 4) |
| Client*s: | Brandenburg State Conference of Gender Equality Officers (LaKoG) |
| Research Collaboration: | WiMis: Juliana Misina and Stefan Eltner (both M.A.) |
| Research methods: | Quantitative survey with qualitative focus interview deepening. |
| Project duration: | October 2021 to May 2022 |
| Funding: | LaKoG |
Learning under COVID-19 Conditions: Challenges for Refugee Children and Youth (LCB). Lernen unter COVID-19 Bedingungen: Herausforderungen für geflüchtete Kinder und Jugendliche (LCB)
| Research Management | Prof. Dr. Birgit Behrensen |
| Research Method | Explorative Interviews |
| Project duration | 2020 - 2021 |
| Funding | Own funds |
| Results | Results of the exploratory research were presented at the 15th Conference of the European Sociological Association (ESA). Together with Prof. Dr. Vasiliki Kantzara (Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Athens) and Dr. Martina Loos (Independent Researcher, Berlin) the research stream RS 15: "Teaching, Learning and Training under Covid-19 Lockdown Conditions" was designed there. |
Scientific support for the FMI – Centre of Excellence for Social Work in the fields of migration and integration Wissenschaftliche Begleitung des FMI - Fachzentrum für Soziale Arbeit in den Bereichen Migration und Integration
| Head of Research | Prof. Dr. Birgit Behrensen |
| Research collaboration | Kathrin Coobs |
| Research methods | Participant observation, expert interviews, content analysis, descriptive statistics |
| Project duration | 03.05.2017 - 31.12.2019 |
| Cooperation | ISA e.V. (to the website) |
| Financing | ISA e.V. |
| Results | The results of the scientific monitoring were used for the internal further development of the FMI. |
Evaluation "Art of Inclusion"
| Head of research | Prof. Dr. Birgit Behrensen |
| Research collaboration | Students of the MA Social Work program (teaching research project) |
| Research methods | participant observation, written and oral interviews |
| Project duration | 01.04.2019 – 31.03.2020 |
| Cooperation | Education Laboratory |
| Financing | Travel costs to international project meetings are financed by funds of the European Union (Erasmus+ Programme, Strategic Partnerships in Adult Education 2018-2020) via the project coordination Education Laboratory. |
| Note to students | The students of the MA teaching research project have published a summary of the project. view document |