Press release
Inaugural lecture by Prof Dr Franziska Geib
On the occasion of her appointment as Professor of Inclusive Work with People with Disabilities and Diversity at the Department of Social and Educational Sciences, Prof. Dr Franziska Geib will give her inaugural lecture on 4 November 2024 entitled "What understanding of inclusion does social work need?".
The term "inclusion" is not a dusty, everyday technical term - on the contrary: it is - whether positively or negatively connoted - on everyone's lips (or hands) and is usually used when it comes to whether people with disabilities are also included and allowed to participate.
In the lecture, the complexity of this fashionable term will be shown and then a concrete and multifaceted picture of a critical-reflective understanding of inclusion will be drawn along the definition of the subject and function of social work, which invites constructive inclusion development. Using a current research project and a real-life laboratory as a seminar format for research-based learning, Prof. Dr Geib will also illustrate this understanding and provide an insight into her main areas of work.
Personal details
Prof. Dr Franziska Geib was born in Alfeld an der Leine and grew up in Gerlingen near Stuttgart. She completed her degree in Social Work at Esslingen University of Applied Sciences. She then gained extensive professional experience in career counselling for young people and in vocational counselling and support for people with hearing impairments. She continued her academic career with a doctorate at the University of Paderborn, where she worked intensively on the topic of "Inclusion in Early Excellence Centres".
From 2021 to 2024, she was Professor of Counselling in Social Work at Kempten University of Applied Sciences. In April 2024, she was appointed Professor of Inclusive Work with People with Disabilities and Diversity at the Potsdam University of Applied Sciences. Prof Dr Geib is also the university's anti-discrimination officer
Inaugural lecture
When: 04.11.2024, 18:00
Where: House D / 011
Online: Zoom link to the inaugural lecture
The inaugural lecture is open to the public, will take place on site in presence and will be broadcast live in parallel. Interested parties are welcome to attend. Following the lecture, there will be a small reception in the foyer of House D.
