Presentation of the Helge Pross Prize 2025
The Helge Pross Prize is awarded by the University of Siegen for outstanding achievements in the field of family and gender research.
This year's winner is the German philosopher and sociologist Prof.' em. Dr.' Andrea Maihofer, former Professor of Gender Studies and Director of the Center for Gender Studies at the University of Basel.
Lorenz Bahr (State Secretary in the Ministry for Children, Youth, Family, Equality, Refugees and Integration of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia) will give the welcoming address. The laudatory speech will be given by Prof. Dr. Michael Meuser (TU Dortmund University). Georg Teichert (University of Hagen) will accompany you through the program of the award ceremony.
The Helge-Pross-Prize is awarded every three years by the University of Siegen, represented by the Vice-Rectorate responsible for diversity in cooperation with the Center for Political and Sociological Education in the Department of Social Sciences (POLIS), the Siegen Center for Gender Studies (Gestu_S), as well as the Equal Opportunities Officer and the Department of Social Sciences at the University of Siegen.
The prize, endowed with 5,000 euros, honors academics for outstanding achievements in the field of family and gender research.
The prize is dedicated to the memory of the Siegen sociologist Helge Pross, who died in 1984. Helge Pross taught as a professor at the University of Siegen from 1976 to 1984 and is considered a pioneer of family and gender research. She was interested in researching the reality of life for housewives, the educational opportunities of girls and the role models of men.
The first award ceremony took place in 1994.
Everything at a glance
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Event date
11.11.2025, 18:00 - 21:00 hrs -
Venue
University of Siegen
US-C 115
Unteres Schloss 3
57072Siegen -
Event format
Cultural event / award ceremony
