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Chair of Sociology for Social Work Prof. Dr. Birgit Behrensen

Detailed Academic Background

Since 2026Visiting researcher and lecturer at the Chair of Political Theory at the University of Potsdam, and lecturer at the University of Bremen
2022–2025Staff Member at the Socium – Research Centre for Social Policy and Inequality, and academic coordinator of the Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS) at the University of Bremen
2012–2022Visiting researcher and project leader at the Centre for Technology and Society at the Technical University of Berlin (from 2020, head of the ‘Social Movements, Technology, Conflicts’ division)
2013Doctoral studies (Dr. Phil), Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (Prof. Dr Alex Demirovic and Prof. Dr Ulrich Brand)
2008–2013Member of the “Democracy and Capitalism” doctoral programme at the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation
2002–2007Studied sociology (Diplom degree) with political science and Psychology as minor subjects at the Free University of Berlin and Lund University, Sweden