Prof. Chantal Munsch, Ph.D.

• Engagement in Conflict: Experiences of Former Volunteers in Charitable Organizations, Church Congregations, Sports Clubs, and Environmental Initiatives (co-authored with Andreas Kewes and Moriz Müller). Weinheim: Beltz Juventa, 2025. https://doi.org/10.3262/978-3-7799-8410-8
• BMFSFJ (2024): Fourth Report on Volunteerism. Opportunities for Access to Volunteer Work (Chair of the Commission for the Federal Government’s Fourth Report on Volunteerism). Berlin (Bundestag Print, 20/14120). https://dserver.bundestag.de/btd/20/141/2014120.pdf
• Community Centers of Muslims of Turkish Origin as Architectural Testaments to German Migration History (in collaboration with Kathrin Herz and Marko Perels). Published by the Wüstenrot Foundation. Ludwigsburg: Wüstenrot, 2019. https://wuestenrot-stiftung.de/publikationen/gemeindezentren-tuerkeistaemmiger-muslime-als-baukulturelle-zeugnisse-deutscher-migrationsgeschichte/(Community Centers for Turkish-Origin Muslims), flyer available for download
• Engagement and Diversity. The Context of Dominance and Social Inequality: The Case of Migration. Weinheim, Munich: Juventa, 2010.
• The Effectiveness Trap. Civic Engagement and Community Work Between Results-Orientation and Coping with Life. Hohengehren: Schneider Verlag, 2005.
• Street Children in Tajikistan. A study conducted with Save the Children U.K. and the “Navras” Drop-in Center in Dushanbe. Dushanbe: Save the Children U.K., 2004.
• School Social Work. Goals, Tasks, Methods, Problems, and Opportunities in School Social Work. With Two Examples from Geneva and Lausanne. Köniz: Edition Soziothek, 1996 (2nd ed. 1997).

• Beyond Intention. Ethnographic Insights into Practices of Participation (co-authored with Falko Müller). Weinheim, Basel: Beltz Juventa, 2021.
• Consequences of Social Assistance. Theoretical and Empirical Approaches (with Hanna Weinbach, Thomas Coelen, Bernd Dollinger, and Albrecht Rohrmann). Weinheim: Beltz Juventa, 2017.
• Social Work and Gender. Challenges Beyond Universalization and Essentialization (with Birgit Bütow). Vol. 33 (1st edition; 2012) and Vol. 34 (2nd edition; 2017) in the series “Women’s and Gender Studies” published by the Women’s and Gender Studies Section of the German Sociological Association (DGS). Münster: Verlag Westfälisches Dampfboot.
• Youth Welfare in Transition. Contributions to Child and Youth Welfare Research (in collaboration with the “DFG Research Training Group ‘Youth Welfare in Transition’”). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag, 2011. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-531-93112-8
• Eva Is Emancipated—Mehmet Is a Macho. Attribution, Exclusion, Coping with Life, and Approaches to Action in the Context of Migration and Gender (co-authored with Marion Gemende and Steffi Weber-Unger-Rotino). Weinheim, Munich: Juventa, 2007.
• Socially Disadvantaged People Do Get Involved. On Local Engagement, Social Exclusion, and the Challenges of Community Work. Weinheim, Munich: Juventa, 2003.

• Fourth Report on Civic Engagement: Denied Opportunities for Participation, Barriers, and Privileges in an Unequal Society. In: Lilian Schwalb, Sebastian Kießig & Johanna Neuling: Civic Engagement and Inclusion: Yearbook on Engagement Policy 2026. Wochenschau Verlag, 2026, pp. 19–26. https://elibrary.utb.de/doi/epdf/10.46499/9783756617890
• Opportunities for Access to Volunteer Work in an Unequal Society—Perspectives from the Fourth Engagement Report. In: Andrea Walter, Benjamin Haas, Andreas Kewes, Katharina Mangold & Julia Schlicht (eds.): Upheaval, Pressure, Transformation? The Present and Future of Civic Engagement. Baden-Baden: Nomos, 2025, pp. 17–29. https://doi.org/10.5771/9783748960287-17
• Perspectives on the Consequences of Social Work—Researching Complex Interrelationships. In: Journal of Social Pedagogy 22(2), 2024, pp. 138–160.
• Dropouts and Withdrawals (co-authored with Andreas Kewes & Moritz Müller). In: Christoph Gille, Hartmut Brombach, Andrea Walter, Benjamin Haas & Nicole Vetter (eds.): Civic Engagement and Volunteer Services. Baden-Baden: Nomos, 2024, pp. 885–893.
• Why Cooperation in Volunteer Work Can Fail Despite the Best Intentions: Conflicting Ideas in Narratives from Volunteers (with Andreas Kewes & Moritz Müller). In: Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1177/08997640241301767
• Cooperative Relationships in Volunteer Work (with Andreas Kewes & Moritz Müller). In: Christoph Gille & Katja Jepkens (eds.): Participation and Exclusion in Volunteer Work. Findings from Empirical Research Projects on Formal and Informal Volunteer Work. Baden-Baden: Nomos, 2022, pp. 67–84. https://doi.org/10.5771/9783748928942-67
• Dimensions of Diversity: New Perspectives on Community Centers for Muslims of Turkish Origin as Relational Spaces (co-authored with Kathrin Herz). In: Betül Karakoç & Harry Harun Behr (eds.): Mosque 2.0: International and Transdisciplinary Perspectives. Münster, New York: Waxmann Verlag, 2022, pp. 171–188.
• Perspectives on Mosques in the Research Process (co-authored with Kathrin Herz). In: Ömer Alkın, Mehmet Bayrak & Rauf Ceylan (eds.): Mosques in Motion. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Muslim Places of Worship in the Context of Migration (Studies on Modern Orient, 37). Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, 2022, pp. 113–145.
• Beyond Intention. Reconsidering Ambivalence, Disruptions, and Inequality in Relation to Participation (with Falko Müller). In: Falko Müller & Chantal Munsch (eds.): Beyond Intention—Ethnographic Insights into Practices of Participation. Weinheim, Basel: Beltz Juventa, 2021, pp. 10–36.
• Discovering Participation in Its Contexts: Research Questions for Ethnographic Observations (with Falko Müller). In: Falko Müller & Chantal Munsch (eds.): Beyond Intention—Ethnographic Insights into Practices of Participation. Weinheim, Basel: Beltz Juventa, 2021, pp. 37–50.
• No One Says Anything: How the Practice of the Friendly Question Masks Barriers to Participation. In: Falko Müller & Chantal Munsch (eds.): Beyond Intention—Ethnographic Insights into Practices of Participation. Weinheim, Basel: Beltz Juventa, 2021, pp. 200–211.
• Engagement in the Field of Welfare: Between Resonance and Contradiction (with Andreas Kewes). In: Forschungsjournal Soziale Bewegungen 33(1), pp. 37–50.
• Levels of Spatial Appropriation: The Creation of Community Centers by Muslims of Turkish Origin in Germany (co-authored with Kathrin Herz). In: Sabine Meier & Kathrin Schlenker (eds.): Space and Participation. Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Contributions to Social Space Research, Vol. 21. Opladen, Berlin & Toronto: Barbara Budrich, 2020, pp. 83–98.
• How to Research Community Centers of Muslims of Turkish Origin? (co-authored with Kathrin Herz). In: Wüstenrot Foundation (ed.): Community Centers of Muslims of Turkish Origin as Architectural Testimonies to German Migration History. Ludwigsburg: Wüstenrot, 2019, pp. 8–24.
• More Than Places of Worship: The Diversity of Functions and Meanings in Community Centers (co-authored with Kathrin Herz). In: Wüstenrot Foundation (ed.): Community Centers of Muslims of Turkish Origin as Architectural Testaments to German Migration History. Ludwigsburg: Wüstenrot, 2019, pp. 78–95.
• Dimensions of Multiplicity: New Perspectives on Turkish Muslim Community Centers in Germany as Relational Spaces (co-authored with Kathrin Herz). In: Journal of Muslims in Europe 8(2), 2019, pp. 159–177. https://doi.org/10.1163/22117954-12341391
• “Should I Stay or Should I Go? Engaging and Disengaging. Experiences in Welfare-Sector Volunteering” (co-authored with Andreas Kewes). In: *voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations* 30(6), 2019, pp. 1090–1103. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11266-019-00122-7
• Not as Expected. Migration-Specific Categorizations in Narratives about Discontinued Civic Engagement (with Andreas Kewes). In: Soziale Passagen, 11(1), 2019, pp. 99–118. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12592-019-00313-5
• “What beautiful, warm hands you have.” Experiences of resonance as a unique form of self-formation through and within the social sphere in welfare state engagement (with Andreas Kewes). In: Journal of Social Pedagogy 16(4), 2018, pp. 401–421.
• Discontinuation of Volunteer Work in Welfare Organizations: What Role Does a “Migration Background” Play? (co-authored with Andreas Kewes). In: Theresa Hilse-Carstensen, Sandra Meusel & Germo Zimmermann (eds.): Volunteer Engagement and Social Inclusion. Perspectives on Two Social Phenomena in Scholarship and Practice. Wiesbaden: Springer VS, 2018, pp. 27–40. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-23672-4_2
• (No) Contradiction in Engagement—Observations on the Critical Potential of Civic Volunteers in Welfare Organizations (co-authored with Andreas Kewes). In: Soziale Passagen 10(1), 2018, pp. 85–104. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12592-018-0284-7
• On the Relevance of Interview Contexts for Positioning in Narratives of Assistance (co-authored with Vesna Varga). In: Hanna Weinbach, Thomas Coelen, Bernd Dollinger & Albrecht Rohrmann (eds.): Consequences of Social Assistance. Theoretical and Empirical Approaches. Weinheim: Beltz Juventa, 2017, pp. 93–106.
• Successful and Unsuccessful Pathways to Civic Engagement—An Ethnographic Attempt to Link the Analysis of Social Practices and Affects (with Sophie Kröckel, Astrid Linke, Silvia Marinello, Jennifer Reinhardt, Katrin Sasserath, and Yeliz Yilmaz-Pfeifer). In: Lessenich, S. (Ed.): Closed Societies. Proceedings of the 38th Congress of the German Sociological Association in Bamberg 2016.http://publikationen.so-ziologie.de/index.php/kongressband_2016
• Public Sphere and Intervention—Social Work at the Intersection of Individualization and Politicization. In: Elke Kruse, Fabian Kessl, Sabine Stövesand & Werner Thole (Eds.): Social Work—Core Topics and Problem Areas. Social Work—The Fundamentals. Leverkusen: Barbara Budrich, 2017, pp. 160–170. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvnp0hpr.17
• Empowerment of Citizens?! On Differences and Compatibility Between Concepts of Social Space Orientation in Child and Youth Services and Community Work. In: Forum Erziehungshilfen (21)5, 2015, pp. 272–276.
• Subjective Experiences of Researchers Embedded in the Field. An Ethnographic Approach to the Study of Conceptions of Normality and Social Differentiations (Not Only) in Social Work. In: Zeitschrift für Sozialpädagogik (13)4, 2015.
• Street Corner Society. The description of “the others,” the perspectivity of the researcher becoming part of the field, and the co-production of research in the field. In: Soziale Passagen 7(1), 2015, pp. 151–171. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12592-015-0194-x
• Neighborhood Development—Exclusion. In: Judith Knabe, Anne van Rießen & Rolf Blandow (Eds.): Shaping Urban Neighborhoods. Municipal Challenges and Opportunities in the Transformed Welfare State. Bielefeld: Transkript, 2015, pp. 41–54. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839427033-003
• Diversity and Civic Engagement. In: sozialmagazin 9–10, 2015, pp. 70–77.
• Who Are “People with a Migration Background”? On the Necessity of a Reflexive Concept of Migration. In: Forum Erziehungshilfen 20(2), 2014, pp. 68–72. Download
• Context-Specific Positionings: Presentation of a Research Approach and an Analytical Strategy Using the Case Study of a Teacher “with a Migration Background” (co-authored with Vesna Varga). In: Forum: Qualitative Sozialforschung 15(3), 2014. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs140330
• Migration. In: Diana Düring, Friedhelm Peters, Hans-Ullrich Krause, Matthias Vollhase & Nicole Rosenbauer (eds.): Critical Glossary of Child Welfare Services. Frankfurt am Main: IGFH, 2014, pp. 227–233.
• Where Do Migrants “Come From”? Context-Based Perspectives in Migration Research: The Example of Two Research Projects (with Andreas Kewes and Vesna Varga). In: Si:So Siegen Sozial 1/2014, pp. 20–31.
• Support Plan under Section 36 of SGB VIII: Developments and Challenges (co-authored with Andreas Matzner). In: Klaus Esser, Stephan Hiller, Michael Macsenaere & Eckhart Knab (eds.): Fundamentals of Educational Assistance. Lambertus Verlag, 2014, 211–216.
• Intersectionality: A Plea for Modesty and the Valuation of Limited Perspectives. In: Erwägen Wissen Ethik (EWE) 23/2013, pp. 437–439.
• Civic Engagement Between Integration and Exclusion—A Critical Analysis from the Perspective of Diversity Theories. In: Thomas Geisen, Fabian Kessl, Thomas Olk & Stefan Schnurr (eds.): Social Work and Democracy. Weinheim, Munich: Juventa, 2013, pp. 189–204.
• Social Work and Gender. Challenges Beyond Universalization and Essentialization (co-authored with Birgit Bütow). In: Birgit Bütow & Chantal Munsch (Eds.): Social Work and Gender. Challenges Beyond Universalization and Essentialization. Forum for Women’s and Gender Studies, Vol. 34, 2012, pp. 7–19.
• Active Citizenship as a (Social) Pedagogical Educational Goal? Arguments Against an Individualizing View of “Disengaged” Groups. In: Benedikt Widmaier & Frank Nonnenmacher (eds.): Under Difficult Conditions. Political Education with Educationally Disadvantaged Target Groups. Schwalbach: Wochenschau Verlag, 2012, pp. 42–51.
• The Roundtable on Residential Care from the Perspective of Those Affected. In: Forum Erziehungshilfen 5/2011. Download
• Engagement and Exclusion—Theoretical Approaches to Clarifying an Ambivalent Relationship. In: Forschungsjournal Soziale Bewegungen 3/2011, pp. 48–55. Download
• Disadvantage and Exclusion. In: Thomas Olk & Birger Hartnuß (Eds.): Handbook of Civic Engagement. Weinheim, Munich: Juventa, 2011, pp. 747–757.
• Engagement as a Culture of Dominance—A Draft Concept of Social and Political Engagement Reflective of Diversity. In: DGfE Commission on Social Pedagogy (eds.): Educating the Effective Citizen—Social Pedagogy on the Path to a New Social Model? Weinheim, Munich: Juventa, 2011.
• How Can Interculturality Be Taught?—An Interview on Different Perspectives on Culture (co-authored with David Post). In: Si:So Siegen Sozial 1/2011, pp. 76–83.
• Political Participation of Ethnic Minorities. In: Bettina Lösch & Andreas Thimmel (eds.): Critical Political Education—A Handbook. Schwalbach: Wochenschau Verlag, 2010, pp. 327–338.
• Diversity. In: Karin Bock & Ingrid Miethe (eds.): Handbook of Qualitative Methods in Social Work. Opladen: Barbara Budrich, 2010, pp. 152–162.https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvhktjdr.16
• Street Children in Tajikistan. In: Christine Hunner-Kreisel & Sabine Andresen (eds.): Childhood and Adolescence in Muslim Societies. Growing Up and Education from German and International Perspectives. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag, 2010, pp. 289–303.
• Practical Research in Social Work. In: Werner Thole (ed.): An Outline of Social Work. Opladen: Leske und Budrich, 2002, pp. 1177–1189 (3rd fully revised edition, 2010).
• Civic Engagement of “Migrants” from the Perspective of Migrant Self-Help Organizations. In: Volunteer Services for All Generations, Mobile Team North Rhine-Westphalia & Günter Rütz-Lewerenz: Documentation of Expert Discussions with the Integration Agencies in Cologne in 2009 and with Migrant Organizations in Bochum in 2010. Cologne, 2010, pp. 13–19.
• Which Model of the Citizen and Civil Society for Contemporary Social Pedagogy? In: Wolfgang Schröer & Sven Stiehler (Eds.): Life Stages and Social Work. Volume 5: Adulthood. Hohengehren: Schneider Verlag, 2009, pp. 114–130.
• The Effects of Educational Support from the User’s Perspective. In: Impact-Oriented Youth Services. An ISA series on the quality of educational support, Vol. 01, 2007, pp. 41–47.
• Migration and Gender: Between Attribution, Exclusion, and Coping with Life (co-authored with Marion Gemende and Steffi Weber-Unger-Rotino). In: Ibid. (Eds.): Eva Is Emancipated—Mehmet Is a Macho. Attribution, Exclusion, Coping with Life, and Approaches to Action in the Context of Migration and Gender. Weinheim, Munich: Juventa, 2007, pp. 7–48, 2007.
• Civic Engagement and Social Exclusion. In: Manfred Lallinger & Günter Rieger (eds.): Repoliticizing Social Work. Committed and Professional. Hohenheim Protocols. Stuttgart, 2007.
• How Do Service Recipients Experience Assistance? In: Friedhelm Peters, Josef Koch, Matthias Hamberger, René Deutschendorf & Stefan Lenz (Eds.): INTEGRA Workbook. Fundamentals, Suggestions, and Resources for Integrated, Flexible, and Socially Oriented Educational Support. Weinheim, Munich: Juventa, 2006, pp. 52–59.
• The Effects of Educational Support from the Perspective of Recipients. In: Forum Jugendhilfe 3/2006, pp. 62–67.
• Civic Engagement in the Transformation Process. From the Organizational Society to the Crisis of the Market Society. In: Birgit Bütow, Karl August Chassé & Susanne Maurer (eds.): Social Work Between Construction and Dismantling. Transformation Processes in Child and Youth Welfare in Eastern Germany. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag, 2006, pp. 193–205.
• How Civic Engagement Reproduces Social Exclusion. In: Research Journal on New Social Movements 3/2005, pp. 108–114.
• The Significance of the Neighborhood for Youth. A Reconstructive Approach to Revitalizing the Discourse on Social-Space-Oriented Educational Support (with Maren Zeller). In: Project Group “Neighborhood Networks—Scientific Support for E&C” (eds.): Boundaries of the Social Space—People and “Social Hotspots.” Wiesbaden: VS Verlag, 2005, pp. 277–288.
• School and Community Work. Structurally Incompatible or a Necessary Challenge? In: Anke Spies & Gerd Stecklina (eds.): The All-Day School. Vol. 2. No Chance Without Cooperation. Forms of Action and Institutional Conditions. Bad Heilbrunn, Upper Bavaria: Klinkhardt, 2005, pp. 134–149.
• Civic Engagement: An Opportunity for Integration or a Reproduction of Social Exclusion Processes? In: Ronald Lutz (ed.): Liberating Social Work. Sketches of a Vision. Oldenburg: Paulo Freire Verlag, 2005, pp. 129–138.
• Client-Centered Approach as Reliable and Holistic Support in Difficult Life Situations. In: Friedhelm Peters & Josef Koch (eds.): Integrated Educational Support. Weinheim, Munich: Juventa, 2004, pp. 219–246.
• Practice Development and Multi-Stage Evaluation in Real-World Change Processes (with Heiko Hoettermann, Josef Koch, Friedhelm Peters, and Maren Zeller). In: Friedhelm Peters & Josef Koch (Eds.): Integrated Educational Support. Weinheim, Munich: Juventa, 2004, pp. 149–193.
• Engagement Excludes: A Critical Examination of the Debate on Civic Engagement Against the Background of Social Disadvantage. In: Forum Sozial 1/2004, pp. 16–18.
• Is Everyone Really Needed? On Civic Engagement and Social Disadvantage. In: SPI Foundation’s E&C Coordination Office (ed.): Strengthening Civil Society—Promoting Civic Engagement in E&C Areas. Berlin, 2004, pp. 54–58.
• Street Children in Tajikistan. In: Forum Erziehungshilfen 5/2004, pp. 295–298.
• Local Engagement and Social Disadvantage. In: Chantal Munsch (ed.): Socially Disadvantaged People Do Get Involved. On Local Engagement, Social Exclusion, and the Challenges of Community Work. Weinheim, Munich: Juventa, 2003, pp. 7–28.
• “They’ve Already Planned Everything.” An Ethnographic Example of Engagement Among Different Population Groups. In: Chantal Munsch (ed.): Socially Disadvantaged People Do Get Involved. On Local Engagement, Social Exclusion, and the Challenges of Community Work. Weinheim, Munich: Juventa, 2003, pp. 239–269.
• Case studies within the framework of the federal model project INTEGRA (in collaboration with Maren Zeller). In: Forum Erziehungshilfen 2/2003, pp. 94–96.
• Is Neighborhood Engagement Only for “Good Citizens”? Some Reflections from a Neighborhood Center Where Many Different Residents Are Involved. In: Konrad Maier & Gerd Michelsen (Eds.): Sustainable Urban Development. A Challenge for Environmental Communication and Social Work. Frankfurt am Main: VAS, 2003, pp. 266–276.
• Practical Research in Social Work. In: Werner Thole (ed.): An Introduction to Social Work. Opladen: Leske und Budrich, 2002, pp. 911–921 (2nd ed. 2005, 3rd ed. 2010).
• The Development of Outpatient, Flexible Educational Support Services and Girls’ Programs in the Plauen Neighborhood of Dresden (in collaboration with Ines Pokern, Ines Becker, and Angela Schott). In: Forum Erziehungshilfen 3/2002, pp. 140–145.
• Social Integration and Participation Through Community Work? An Ethnographic Example of the Engagement of Different Population Groups. In: Stefan Gillich (ed.): Community Work. An Opportunity for Social Urban Development. Gelnhausen: Triga, 2002, pp. 95–111.
• A Social Pedagogy Project Recruits Stakeholders. An Example from Riesa. In: Forum Erziehungshilfen 5/2001, pp. 279–282.
• Civic Engagement and Social Disadvantage? In: Forum Erziehungshilfen 3/2001, pp. 158–159.
• Activating Practice-Based Research to Promote Civic Engagement in the Neighborhood. A Plea for the Repoliticization of Social Pedagogical Research. In: Hans Günther-Homfeldt & Jörgen Schulze-Krüdener (eds.): Knowledge and Ignorance. Challenges for Social Work in the Knowledge Society. Weinheim, Munich: Juventa, 2000, pp. 237–248.
• Development and Networking of Social Projects in the Neighborhood—The Example of “Sprungbrett” in Riesa. In: Youth Welfare in the Social Context.  Lip Service or New Responsibility for Social Administration and Independent Youth Welfare Organizations? EREV Series 1/2000. Hanover: Linden-Druck, pp. 95–103.
• The Magic Word “Civic Engagement”? A Critical Reflection and an Example from Riesa. In: PS. The Saxon Social Magazine for Higher Education and Practice 4/1999, pp. 63–67.
• Empowering Research within the Framework of a Community and Employment Project. In: Forum Erziehungshilfen 5/1999, pp. 291–292.
• A Delphi Study to Support the Implementation of the Youth Welfare Facility “Denkmalpflegehof des CVJM Schneeberg-Neustädt.” In: Network for Practice-Oriented Youth Welfare Research, Issue 4/1998, pp. 26–54.

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