Doctoral Dissertations 2026

Sarah Zimmermann (Psychology)
“‘Wow, I had a life!’ Interventions in Geriatric Psychotherapy with a Focus on Life Review Therapy for Holocaust Survivors.”
Advisors: Prof. Dr. Simon Forstmeier, Prof. Dr. Julia Haberstroh

Ariane Schmidt (Education)
“Professionalization Networks in Pre-Service Teacher Training: A Qualitative, Network-Analytical Longitudinal Study on the Social Relationships of Prospective Teachers.”
Advisors: Prof. Dr. Daniel Scholl, PD Dr. Markus Gamper

Lena Bertelmann (Education)
“The Implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at the Local Level—A Challenge for Local Government.”
Advisors: Prof. Dr. Albrecht Rohrmann, Prof. Dr. Johannes Schädler

Lars Wissenbach (Education)
“Disability and Social Protection in Ghana – Perspectives on Livelihood Patterns and Individual Resource Arrangements of Persons with Disabilities.”
Advisors: Prof. Dr. Johannes Schädler, Prof. Dr. Albrecht Rohrmann

Anne Hildebrand (Psychology)
“Advancing Digital Approaches to Anxiety Disorders: From Mechanism and Assessment in Spider Phobia to Clinical Applications in Social Anxiety Disorder.”
Advisors: Prof. Dr. Tim Klucken, Prof. Dr. Andreas Kastenmüller

Jari Planert (Psychology)
“Blended mobile-based treatment using virtual reality exposure therapy for panic disorder and agoraphobia: Efficacy, patient perspectives, and stress vulnerability.”
Advisors: Prof. Dr. Tim Klucken, Prof. Dr. Andreas Kastenmüller

Francesco Ciociola (Educational Science)
“MYNEEDZ – Basic Psychological Needs of Adolescents. An International Questionnaire Study on Subjective Need Satisfaction in Different Life Contexts.”
Advisors: Prof. Dr. Stefanie Roos, Prof. Dr. Michael Borg-Laufs

Rasa Soufi Amlashi (Psychology)
“Acculturative Stress Among International Students in Germany: From Evidence Review to Conceptual Modeling and Theoretical Insight.”
Advisors: Prof. Dr. Simon Forstmeier, Prof. Dr. Tobias Stalder

Moritz Hermann Schumacher (Education)
“Setting Boundaries, Opening Boundaries: Consequences of Educational and Enabling Practices in Open Child and Youth Work.”
Advisors: Prof. Dr. Thomas Coelen, Prof. Dr. Chantal Munsch

Selina Heppchen (Educational Science)
“Identity Work in Juvenile Criminal Proceedings: A Recipient-Oriented Analysis of Narrative Practices Between Constructions of Criminality and Assistance.”
Advisors: Prof. Dr. Bernd Dollinger, Prof. Dr. Zoe Clark

Doctoral Candidates 2025

Hans-Peter Höhn (Architecture)
“The Role of Beauty in the Sustainability of Architecture.”
Advisors: Prof. Dr. Petra Lohmann, Prof. Ulrich Exner

Teresa Vielstädte (Education)
“Between Optionality and Fixity—An Ethnography of the Practice of ‘Free Play’ in Childcare Centers.”
Advisors: Prof. Dr. Alexandra Flügel, Prof. Dr. Peter Cloos

Julia Tierbach (Educational Science)
“The Struggle for Participation—Reconstructions from the Field of Autism Therapy.”
Advisors: Prof. Dr. Benedikt Hopmann, Prof. Dr. Peter Rödler

Lena Maria Rupp (Psychology)
“Intervention- and Implementation-Related Aspects of the Anticipatory Grief Experience of Dementia Caregivers.”
Advisors: Prof. Dr. Simon Forstmeier, Prof. Dr. Julia Haberstroh

Anna Exner (Psychology)
“Psychophysiological and Subjective Correlates of Aversive and Appetitive Stimulus Processing in Humans and the Role of Interindividual Differences.”
Advisors: Prof. Dr. Tim Klucken, Prof. Dr. Simon Forstmeier

Teresa Frank (Education)
“Veiled Leadership Practices—Coping Strategies for the Dual Leadership Dilemma in Organizational Cultures of Child and Youth Welfare.”
Advisors: Prof. Dr. Thomas Coelen, Prof. Dr. Werner Schönig

Yalda Yazdani (Musicology)
“The Politics of Musical Participation: An Ethnographic Study of the Situation of Female Singers in Post-Revolutionary Iran.”
Advisors: Prof. Dr. Florian Heesch, Prof. Dr. Raimund Vogels

Mirja Beck (Art History)
“Translated Art: The Popularization of Art and Art History through Photomechanical Reproduction around 1900, Using El Greco as an Example.”
Advisors: Prof. Dr. Christian Berger, Prof. Dr. Joseph Imorde

Nink, Theresa (Music)
“Popular, Sentimental, Trivial? Ballads in German, British, and U.S. Music Criticism.”
Advisors: Prof. Dr. Florian Heesch, Prof. Dr. Katharina Inhetveen

Mischa Kraus (Education)
“The Selection Process for Service Providers in Social-Pedagogical Family Assistance. An Empirical Study on the Social, Person-Centered Organization of Services.”
Advisors: Prof. Dr. Albrecht Rohrmann, Prof. Dr. Klaus Wolf

Christina Keßler (Educational Science)
“Social Services in Medical Rehabilitation: An Empirical Study on Documentation in Practice.”
Advisors: Prof. Dr. Albrecht Rohrmann, Prof. Dr. Johannes Schädler

Mohammadreza Majzoobi (Psychology)
“The Role of Marital Reminiscence in Marital Relationships: From Theory to Measurement and Application.”
Advisors: Prof. Dr. Simon Forstmeier, Prof. Dr. Andreas Kastenmüller

Irina Landrock (Education)
“Containing Thematic Contingency: An Ethnography of Memorial Education Practice with Children.”
Advisors: Prof. Dr. Alexandra Flügel, Prof. Dr. Jochen Lange

Judith Wolf (Music Education)
“Moments of Music-Related Empowerment. A Qualitative Study on Reactive and Analytical Perspectives on Empowering Music Instruction.”
Advisors: Prof. Dr. Bernd Clausen, Prof. Dr. Annette Ziegenmeyer

Benjamin Schroth (Educational Science)
“Aftercare in SPFH from the Users’ Perspective—A Qualitative Study.”*
Advisors: Prof. Dr. Albrecht Rohrmann, Prof. Dr. Klaus Wolf

Janina Florack (Psychology)
“People with Dementia at Home: The Significance of Housing and Decision-Making Support.”
Advisors: Prof. Dr. Kai Horstmann, Prof. Dr. Frank Oswald

Ulrike Stahl-Matena (Educational Science)
“The Narcissistic Social Character as a Driving Force for the Professionalization of Teachers—A Contribution to Demonstrating the Mismatch Between Pedagogical Requirements and Pedagogical Professionalism.”
Advisors: Prof. Dr. Ulrike Buchmann, Prof. Dr. Richard Huisinga

Zijad Naddaf (Education)
“Flight Without Arrival: Forms of Assistance as Political Moments in Encounters.”
Advisors: Prof. Dr. Chantal Munsch, Prof. Dr. Zoe Clark

Simon Hemmerich (Education)
“The Principle of ‘Voluntariness’ in Open Youth Work—An Institutional Education in Abundance in Late Modern Society.”
Advisors: Prof. Dr. Thomas Coelen, Prof. Dr. Benedikt Sturzenhecker

Doctoral Dissertations 2024
 

Anna Baldsiefen (Educational Science)
“Consequences of Probation Services for the Social Networks of Their Recipients”
Advisors: Prof. Dr. Bernd Dollinger, Prof. Dr. Albrecht Rohrmann

Christina Enders (Education)
“How and with What Consequences Subject-Oriented Research on Outcomes Is Conducted—Experiential Reports in Dialogue.”
Advisors: Prof. Dr. Chantal Munsch, Prof. Dr. Albrecht Rohrmann

Hendrik Möller (Education)
“Consequences of Resocialization Measures—Young Inmates Between the Right to Reintegration and Society’s Interest in Protection.”
Advisors: Prof. Dr. Bernd Dollinger, Prof. Dr. Tobias Fröschle

Christian Dittmann (Education)
“The Teacher-Student Relationship as the Key to Regulating Externalizing Behavioral Disorders.”
Advisors: Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Kißgen, Prof. Dr. Simon Forstmeier

Annalena Danner (Education)
“Staff in All-Day Schools: A Prescriptive Systematization in the Context of Professionalism.”
Advisors: Prof. Dr. Thomas Coelen, Prof. Dr. Markus Sauerwein

Sabine Dhom-Zimmermann (Education)
“The Threefold Struggle of Working Breast Cancer Patients.”
Advisors: Prof. Dr. Albrecht Rohrmann, Prof. Dr. Johannes Schädler

Simon Küth (Education)
“Decision-Making in Lesson Planning: Understanding Lesson Planning from an Integrative Perspective, Identifying Influences, and Evaluating Support Options.”
Advisors: Prof. Dr. Daniel Scholl, Prof. Dr. Kathrin Racherbäumer

Paula-Marie Kanefendt (Art Education)
“A Discourse-Analytical Study of Art Education Narratives on Processes of Practical Work.”
Advisors: Prof. Dr. Magdalena Eckes, Prof. Dr. Nadia Bader

Astrid Vogelpohl (Educational Science)
“That’s Me”—Camera-ethnographic observations on practices of subjectivation in the digital family life of young children.
Advisors: Prof. Dr. Jutta Wiesemann, Prof. Dr. Claus Stieve