Curriculum

Since September 2022 research associate at the Faculty of Education at the Institute for Social Work and Social Pedagogy at Leuphana University Lüneburg.

Work and research interests:

• Refugee research (focus: humanitarian refugee protection, gender, unaccompanied and accompanied minors)
• Child and youth welfare research

Work Experience:

• 02/2019 - 05/2022 Research Associate in the project "Integration through Trust" at the Faculty of Education, Institute of Social Work/Social Pedagogy, Leuphana University Lüneburg
• 09/2016 - 01/2019: Teacher for young people at the Berufsförderungsinstitut (BFI) (independent provider of vocational and school education), Braunau
• 11/2016 - 12/2018: Teacher in the transition class (class mainly for refugees between 15 - 20 years) in high school, Braunau
• 09/2017 - 12/2018: Interpreter (freelance) at the Federal Office for Immigration and Asylum, Linz
• 05/2016 - 12/2017: Interpreter (freelance) at Volkshilfe (social support and aid organization), Braunau
• 09/2016 - 12/2017: German as a foreign language teachter for basic education at the Berufsförderungsinstitut (BFI), Braunau
• 06/2015 - 12/2017: volunteer researcher in the scientific accompanying research of the pilot project "open heart - families and godparents for unaccompanied minor refugees" of the Child and Youth Advocacy Office Salzburg (project management: Ass.prof. Dr. Eberhard Raithelhuber, University of Salzburg)
• 09/2015 - 07/2016: Traineeship at the high school (Subjects: Psychology and Philosophy, Biology), Ried

Education and degrees:

06/2015: Teacher training at the University of Salzburg (Subjects: Psychology and Philosophy, Biology)