Welcome to the Institute for Social Pedagogy
Social pedagogy at the University of Siegen is significant with over 1,300 students in the Bachelor's and Master's programs. The Institute of Social Pedagogy, linked to important research institutions, focuses on social issues such as poverty, education and educational spaces, gender and diversity, child and youth welfare, criminalization and crime, social differentiation and inequalities, participation and inclusion. Students benefit from interdisciplinary approaches and practical networking.
Research facilities of the Institute for Social Pedagogy
We conduct research in the region and (inter)nationally.
Center for interdisciplinary Crime Studies (CiCS)
The "Center for
interdisciplinary Crime Studies"
(CiCS), founded in 2022, is an interdisciplinary association of people who conduct research on crime at the University of Siegen. The fields represented include the sociology of law, social sciences, education, literature and cultural studies.
DFG Research Training Group 'Consequences of Social Assistance'
The Research Training Group, which was established in 2020, researches the 'consequences of social assistance' in various fields of work and with different methodological perspectives. In particular, the interdisciplinary research training group uses open research approaches in order to focus on unanticipated dimensions of consequences.
Interdisciplinary Center for Educational Spaces (IZBR)
The Interdisciplinary Center for Educational Spaces (IZBR) is an academic institution of Schools II. The members of the IZBR are researchers and practitioners from the fields of architecture, educational science, art, music, psychology and social pedagogy and deal with educational spaces from different methodological and content-related perspectives.
Center for Planning and Development of Social Services (ZPE)
The ZPE sees itself as a bridge between theory and practice development in the fields of social work, extracurricular education and training as well as health and social policy. It is networked regionally, nationally and internationally and cooperates with social and health care organizations, administrations and ministries as well as with German, European and non-European universities.
Support for doctoral and post-doctoral students
The opportunity to do a doctorate in the field of social pedagogy is rare in Germany and therefore particularly attractive for students and young academics.
Contact the Institute for Social Pedagogy
Postal address
University of Siegen
Faculty II - Institute for Social Pedagogy
Social Work Study Program Office
Room AR-K 108
Adolf-Reichwein-Str. 2
57076 Siegen
Secretariat
Please contact Ellen Stein,
Phone: 0271/ 740-4755
E-mail: studiengangsbuero@biso.uni-siegen.de