Professur Völker

Methods of Education and Social Research with Specific Consideration of Gender Studies / Sociology

Department of Educational and Social Sciences

 

Academic degrees

  • 2010 Habilitation at the University of Potsdam, obtaining the permission for lecturing in Sociology
  • 2003 Promotion in Sociology at the Humboldt Universität of Berlin
  • Magistra degree in German Studies, History and Political Science at the University of Hannover

Academic education

  • 1985 - 1992 Study of German Studies, History and Political Science at the University of Hannover

Occupation and teaching activities

  • Since 03/11 Universityprofessor in Methods of Education and Social Research with Specific Consideration of Gender Studies / Sociology at the University of Cologne
  • 04/09 - 02/11 Visiting professor (Vertretungsprofessur) Methods and Gender Studies, Faculty of Human Sciences at the University of Cologne
  • 10/08 - 03/09 Visiting professor (Gastprofessur) Sociology at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus, Faculty 3
  • 02/03 - 09/08 Research associate (Wissenschaftliche Assistentin) at the Professorship for Women's Studies at the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences, University of Potsdam (Main areas: transformation processes in modern societies, sociology of work, sociology of gender, sociology of social inequalities, conducts of life and biographies during societal changes, methods of qualitative social research and praxeological sociology)
  • WS 01/02 Lecturer at the Otto Suhr Institute of Political Science, Free University of Berlin and for the Magister degree part Gender Studies, Humboldt University of Berlin
  • 02/96 - 05/01 Research associate (Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin) at the Sociology of Work and Gender Relations Department at the Institute for Social Sciences at the Humboldt University of Berlin (Main areas: Sociology of work and organisation, sociology of gender, transformation research)
  • WS 95/96 Lecturer (Lehrbeauftragte) at the Institute of Political Science, University of Hannover
  • 01/95 - 05/95 Research associate (Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin) at the Institute of Political Science, University of Hannover
  • 02/93 - 05/94 Research associate (Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin) for the pilot study 'Habitus und Geschlecht' (Habitus and Gender) (Leading role Michael Vester) of the working group Interdisciplinary Research of Social Structures (agis) at the University of Hannover
  • 01/92 - 12/92 Research assistant (Wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft) and thematic participation in the research project 'Der Wandel der Sozialstruktur und die Transformation sozialer Milieus in den neuen Bundesländern' (Changing social structures and the transformation of social environments in the 'new' federal states) (Leading role Michael Vester, Peter von Oertzen, Heiko Geiling)

Mitgliedschaft in akademischen Vereinigungen und Vereinen

  • German Sociological Association
  • (German) Gender Studies Association (02/14 - 09/17 chairperson, 10/17 - 09/18 Deputy chairperson)
  • Section Women's and Gender Studies in the Social Sciences in the German Sociological Association (Councillor 2002 - 2004)