Helge-Pross-Preis
Der Helge-Pross-Preis wird alle drei Jahre von der Universität Siegen verliehen, vertreten durch das für Diversity zuständige Prorektorat in Kooperation mit dem Zentrum für politische und soziologische Bildung im Seminar für Sozialwissenschaften (POLIS), dem Siegener Zentrum für Gender Studies (Gestu_S), sowie der Gleichstellungsbeauftragten und dem Seminar für Sozialwissenschaften der Universität Siegen.
The prize, endowed with 5,000 euros, honors scientists 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. The prize for 2022 goes to the sociologist Prof.' Dr.' Paula-Irene Villa Braslavsky.
Here you can find the guidelines for awarding the Helge-Pross-Prize of the University of Siegen
Award winners
- 2022: Prof. Dr. Paula-Irene Villa Braslavsky.
Read the article on the award ceremony here. - 2017: Prof. Dr. h.c. Jutta Allmendinger Ph.D.
(Social Science Research Center Berlin). Read the article on the award ceremony here. - 2007: Prof. em. Dr. Cornelia Helfferich
(Protestant University of Applied Sciences Freiburg) - 2004: Prof. Dr. Michael Meuser
(Dortmund University of Technology) - 2000: Prof. Dr. Margaret Maruani
(Institut de recherche sur les sociétés contemporaines, Paris) - 1997: Prof. Dr. Maria Rerrich
(Munich University of Applied Sciences) - 1994: Prof. Dr. Hildegard Maria Nickel
(Humboldt University of Berlin)
