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- Prof. Dr. Stefan Thomas
Prof. Dr. Stefan Thomas
During the research semester, please contact by e-mail (see above)
Main fields of activity (research, teaching)
Research
- 2018 Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport of the State of Brandenburg: Unaccompanied minor refugees: case analysis and care-leaving (applicant)
- 2017 Federal Ministry of Education and Research: Funding of a research symposium in the "Rahmenprogramm zur Förderung der empirischen Bildungsforschung" for educational scientists (together with Prof. Dr Frauke Hildebrandt)
- 2017 Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport of the State of Brandenburg: Needs analysis of professionals in inpatient family-analogue educational support services in the State of Brandenburg (together with Dr Tanja Ehmann)
- 2016 Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport of the State of Brandenburg: Evaluation study on the situation and care of unaccompanied refugee minors (applicant)
- 2016 Federal Ministry of Education and Research: Mehrgenerationenwohnen: Community and intergenerational transfer for a self-determined lifestyle in old age (applicant)
- 2016 Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport of the State of Brandenburg: Preliminary study on case histories of unaccompanied refugee minors (applicant with Dr Timo Ackermann)
- 2016 Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth: EQUIP Development of Quality and Interaction in Everyday Pedagogical Practice: Responsible for Module 1c: Children's Perspective in the Quality Development of Daycare Centres (module leader)
- 2013 Fliedners, Behinderternhilfe Brandenburg: Participatory development of a questionnaire on resident satisfaction in inpatient facilities (applicant)
- 2009 Caritas, Diocese of Freiburg: Research project: "Partizipations- und Empowermentprozessen bei wohnungslosen Menschen" (co-applicant)
- 2009 Baumgart Foundation, Berlin: Research project: "Biographien wohnungsloser Menschen" (co-applicant)
- 2007 - 2012 Free University of Berlin: Participatory research project on participation and empowerment in homelessness services
- 2007 German Research Foundation: Funding of travel and conference costs
- 2004 Hans Böckler Foundation: Research internship at UCSD: Poverty in the USA
- 2003 - 2006 Hans Böckler Foundation: Graduate funding: "Armut und Exklusion unter jungen Menschen"
- 2000 - 2002 Free University of Berlin: Research grant "Berlin-Forschung": Ethnographic study at Bahnhof Zoo
CV
- since 2016 FH Potsdam: Head of the Master in Childhood Studies and Children's Rights programme
- 2012 - 2013 UC Berkeley: Visiting Scholar at the Center for Urban Ethnography
- since 2012 FH Potsdam: Professor for Empirical Social Research and Social Work
- 2009 - 2012 Alice Salomon University of Applied Sciences Berlin: Visiting Professor for Empirical Research Methods
- 2005 - 2009 Alice Salomon University of Applied Sciences Berlin: Lecturer for research methods, scientific work and theories and methods of social work
- since 2008 Freie Universität Berlin: Lecturer for research methods in the European Master in Children's Rights programme
- 2004 - 2005 University of California, San Diego: Visiting Scholar at the Department of Sociology with Aaron Cicourel and Hugh Mehan
- 2004 - 2008 Free University of Berlin: Doctorate: "Exklusion und Selbstbehauptung unter jungen Erwachsenen" (summa cum laude)
- 2000 - 2003 Free University of Berlin: Research project "Lebenssituation junger Menschen am Berliner Szenetreffpunkt ‚Bahnhof Zoo‘"
- 1993 - 1999 Free University of Berlin: Degree in Psychology
Publications
Literature (selection)
- Thomas, S., Schröder, S., & Scheller, D. (2018/in Druck). Citizen Social Science – Das Research Forum als partizipative Forschungsmethodik. In S. Eck (Hrsg.), Forschendes Lernen – Lernendes Forschen. Partizipative Empirie in Erziehungs- und Sozialwissenschaften. Weinheim: Beltz/Juventa.
- Thomas, S. (2018). Ethnografie. Eine Einführung (Reihe Qualitative Sozialforschung, Hrsg.: Flick, Lüders & Reichertz). Wiesbaden: Springer.
- Thomas, S., Sauer, M., & Zalewski, I. (2018). Unbegleitete minderjährige Geflüchtete. Ihre Lebenssituationen und Perspektiven in Deutschland. Bielefeld: Transcript.
- Sauer, M., Thomas, S., & Zalewski, I. (2018). Potentiale und Fallstricke von Peer-Research-Groups im Rahmen partizipativer Forschung mit unbegleiteten minderjährigen Geflüchteten. In C. Frank, M. Jooß-Weinbach, S. L. Molina & G. Schoyerer (Hrsg.), Auf dem Weg zum Gegenstand im Forschungsfeld der Kinder- und Jugendhilfe: Methodologische Herausforderungen in der qualitativen Forschung (S. 222-244). Weinheim: Beltz/Juventa.
- Thomas, S. (2018). Ethnografie in der Psychologie. In G. Mey & K. Mruck (Hrsg.). Handbuch Qualitative Forschung in der Psychologie (aktualisierte und erweiterte Fassung). Wiesbaden: VS-Verlag, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-18387-5_35-1.
- Bergold, J. & Thomas, S. (2017). Partizipative Forschung in der Psychologie. In G. Mey & K. Mruck (Hrsg.). Handbuch Qualitative Forschung in der Psychologie (aktualisierte und erweiterte Fassung). Wiesbaden: VS-Verlag, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-18387-5_25-1.
- Bergold, Jarg & Thomas, Stefan (Hrsg.) (2012). Participatory Qualitative Research: What? Who? How? In Whose Interests? (Special Issue). Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung/Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 13 (1) .
- Thomas, Stefan & Bergold, Jarg (2011). Lebenswelt, Persönlichkeitsentwicklung und Gesundheit – Zur Gestaltung gesundheitsfördernder Umwelten. In Gesundheit Berlin-Brandenburg (Hrsg.); Dokumentation 16. bundesweiter Kongress Armut und Gesundheit. Berlin: Gesundheit Berlin-Brandenburg.
- Thomas, Stefan (2011). Identität und Exklusion unter Postadoleszenten. „Die Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo“. Psychologie und Gesellschaftskritik, 35(2), S. 93-112.
- Thomas, Stefan, Bergold, Jarg & Dege, Martin (Hrsg.) (2011). Partizipative Forschung in psychosozialen Arbeitsfeldern (Schwerpunktausgabe). Journal für Psychologie, 19 (2).
- Thomas, Stefan (2010). Normierung und Normalisierung. Funktionsformen sozialer Arbeit im Spiegel der Ethnografie. Zeitschrift für Sozialpädagogik, 4, S. 416-440.
- Thomas, Stefan (2010). Ethnografie. In Günter Mey & Katja Mruck (Hrsg.). Handbuch Qualitative Forschung in der Psychologie (S. 462-475). Wiesbaden: VS-Verlag.
- Bergold, Jarg & Thomas, Stefan (2010). Partizipative Forschung. In Günter Mey & Katja Mruck (Hrsg.). Handbuch Qualitative Forschung in der Psychologie (S. 333-344). Wiesbaden: VS-Verlag.
- Thomas, Stefan (2010). Professionalisierung im Verhältnis zu Partizipation, Empowerment und Selbstorganisation. Wohnungslos, 52(2), S. 49-52.
- Bergold, Jarg & Thomas, Stefan (2010). Gemeinsam forschen - Partizipative Forschung im St. Ursulaheim in Offenburg. Wohnungslos, 52(2), S. 52-57.
- Thomas, Stefan (2010). Exklusion und Selbstbehauptung. Wie junge Menschen Armut erleben. Frankfurt/M.: Campus.
- Thomas, Stefan (2010). Rezension: Giampietro Gobo (2008). Doing Ethnography [32 Absätze]. Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung/Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 11(2). Retrieved from nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs1002234
- Thomas, Stefan (2009). Grundbegriffe einer Psychologie des Alltags: Eine Wiederannährung an die Sozialwissenschaften. Journal für Psychologie, 17 (3).
- Thomas, Stefan (2007). Exklusion und Embodiment: Formen sozialen Ausschlusses im modernen Kapitalismus. In Carsten Würmann Martina Schuegraf, Sandra Smykalla & Angela Poppitz (Hrsg.), Welt.Raum.Körper. Transformationen und Entgrenzungen von Körper und Raum (S. 37-56). Bielefeld: transcript.
- Thomas, Stefan (2005). Berliner Szenetreffpunkt „Bahnhof Zoo”. Alltag junger Menschen auf der Straße. Wiesbaden: VS-Verlag.
Selected projects
CoAct – Co-designing Citizen Social Science for Collective Action
The EU research project "CoAct" pursues an innovative approach to participatory citizen research. The focus is on the further development of a Citizen Social Science (CSS) and its research methods. CoAct is funded by the European Commission's Horizon 2020 program under the call "SwafS-15-2018-2019 - Exploring and supporting citizen science"
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Resident Satisfaction in Disability Care
Participatory development of a survey instrument to determine the satisfaction of residents in assisted living projects for people with disabilities
laeneAS: The Rural Educational Environments of Young Refugees in Vocational Training
laeneAs identifies educational barriers and develops innovative educational offers for refugees in two rural real labs in Bavaria and Brandenburg.
MeGeWoPo: Multi-generational living in the "Platte"
Community and intergenerational transfer for a self-determined lifestyle in old age
Children in Crisis. Family Reunification after the Holocaust, War and Genocide
On 21 January 2019, the international workshop "Children in Crisis. Family Reunification after the Holocaust, War and Genocide" took place with participants from Germany, Israel and Poland.
EQUIP – Development of Quality and Interaction in Pedagogical Everyday Life
A cooperative practice research programme by University of Applied Sciences Potsdam and the University of Potsdam on quality development in early education
Evaluation of the Accommodation Situation of Unaccompanied Underaged Refugees in the State of Brandenburg
The evaluation study on the situation of unaccompanied minor refugees in Brandenburg builds on the findings of an explorative preliminary study and focuses on the subjective view of the young people.
Preliminary Study: Unaccompanied Underaged Refugees in Brandenburg
Preliminary study "Evaluation der Unterbringungssituation unbegleiteter minderjähriger Geflüchteter im Land Brandenburg"