Vita

Claudia Equit is a pro­fes­sor of Educational Science, in particular Social Pedagogy / Child and Youth Welfare Services at University of Münster and Visititing Professor at the Leuphana University Lüneburg. Her fields of interest include:

  • Participation, Children´s Rights and Protection in Child and Youth Welfare
  • Inclusion and Diversity
  • Family Education and Family Research
  • Violence - Trajectories and Prevention
  • Qualitative Methods

 

Academic education, employment, and positions

  • since 11/2024 Visiting Professor Faculty of Education, Institute of Social Work and Social Pedagogy at the Leuphana University Lüneburg

  • since 09/2024 Professor of Educational Science, in particular Social Pedagogy / Child and Youth Welfare Services, AG Social Pedagogocy, University of Münster

  • 10/2021-08/2024 Professor of Social Pedagogy, in particular Comparative Youth Welfare Services Research, Faculty of Education, Institute of Social Work and Social Pedagogy at the Leuphana University Lüneburg

  • 10/2018-09/2021 Research Assistant at the Institute of Social Pedagogy, TU Dortmund University

  • 04/2017-09/2018 Interim Professor for Socialization and Education, Osnabrück University

  • 10/2015-09/2017 Deputizing Professor for Early Childhood Education, TU Dortmund University

  • 04/2014-03/2015 Deputizing Professor for Educational Studies, University Hagen

  • 06/2013-03/2014 Research Associate at the Institute of Social Pedagogy, TU Dortmund University

  • 06/2005-05/2013 Research Associate at the Institute of Educational Studies, TU Dortmund University

  • 2005-2010 doctoral thesis: The Struggle for Recognition in Girls´ Trajectories of Violence, TU Dortmund University
    Advisors: Prof. Dr. Wigger (TU Dortmund University), Prof. Dr. Bettmer (University Bamberg)
    Grade: summa cum laude

  • 2000-2005 Study of Educational Science, Major: Social pedagogy, TU Dortmund University

 

 

Publications

Books and anthologies

  1. Participation in Residential Childcare.: Safeguarding children´s rights through participation and complaint procedures.
    Claudia Equit (Editor) , 2024 Opladen , 255 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  2. Children's Rights to Participate in Out-of-Home Care: International Social Work Contexts
    Claudia Equit (Editor) , Jade Purtell (Editor) , 2022 London , 214 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  3. Bewältigung von Nicht-Anerkennung: Modi von Ausgrenzung, Anerkennung und Zugehörigkeit
    Claudia Equit (Editor) , Christine Burmeister (Editor) , Mechthild Bereswill (Editor) , 2018 1 ed. , 212 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  4. Beteiligung und Beschwerde in der Heimerziehung: Grundlagen, Anforderungen und Perspektiven
    Claudia Equit (Editor) , Gaby Flößer (Editor) , Marc Witzel (Editor) , 2017 Frankfurt am Main , 264 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  5. Situationen der Gewalt
    Claudia Equit (Editor) , Holger Schmidt (Author) , Axel Groenemeyer (Editor) , 2016 , 410 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearchpeer-review

Journal contributions

  1. Participation at the margins–participation practices from the viewpoint of young people in residential care
    Claudia Equit (Author) , Melanie Warpaul (Author) , Samuel Keller (Author) , Julia Rohrbach (Author) , Stefan Eberitzsch (Author) , Julia Ganterer (Author) , 04.07.2025 , in: European Journal of Social Work, 28, 4 , p. 687-700 , 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. Beschwerdemanagement in stationären Wohngruppen zwischen Partizipation und Schutz
    Claudia Equit (Author) , Elisabeth Kerstin Thomas (Author) , Melanie Warpaul (Author) , Antonia Finckh (Author) , 23.06.2024 , in: Dialog Erziehungshilfe, 2 , p. 15-20

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. "Crisis are looming all around". Viewpoints of young people in residential group care during the COVID-19 pandemic
    Elisabeth Kerstin Thomas (Author) , Claudia Equit (Author) , 01.04.2024 , in: Österreichisches Jahrbuch für Soziale Arbeit (ÖJS), 6 , p. 98-116 , 19 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransferpeer-review

  4. Single mothers figuring out their future family life – understanding family development after separation and divorce drawing upon the concept of configuration
    Claudia Equit (Author) , Matthias Euteneuer (Author) , Uwe Uhlendorff (Author) , 29.12.2022 , in: Social Work and Society, 20, 1 , 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Bildung und Beteiligung oder doch Teilhabe?: Chancen und Grenzen der Beteiligung von Kindern in Kindertageseinrichtungen
    Claudia Equit (Author) , 01.01.2018 , in: Diskurs Kindheits- und Jugendforschung, 13, 1 , p. 87-97 , 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

Contributions to collected editions/anthologies

  1. Organizational Power Dynamics in Residential Group Care as Key Drivers for Safeguarding Children’s Rights
    Claudia Equit (Editor) , 15.07.2024 Opladen , p. 93-114 , 22 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologiesContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  2. Safeguarding Children’s Rights in Residential Child Care: Introduction
    Claudia Equit (Author) , Elisabeth Kerstin Thomas (Author) , Antonia Finckh (Author) , Julia Ganterer (Author) , 15.07.2024 Levekusen Opladen , p. 7-20 , 14 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologiesContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  3. Organizational Idiocultures in Residential Group Care: Key Results from the Study
    Claudia Equit (Author) , Elisabeth Kerstin Thomas (Author) , Antonia Finckh (Author) , 15.07.2024 Opladen , p. 21-40 , 20 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologiesContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  4. "This is your home, that's what it's supposed to be": Participation in Residential Care
    Claudia Equit (Editor) , 15.07.2024 Opladen , p. 41-66 , 26 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologiesContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  5. Conclusions
    Claudia Equit (Author) , Elisabeth Kerstin Thomas (Author) , Antonia Finckh (Author) , 15.07.2024 , p. 243-253 , 11 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologiesContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

Prizes

  1. Dissertationspreis Kulturwissenschaften 2012
    Claudia Equit (Recipient) ,

    Prize: external Prizes, scholarships, distinctions, appointmentsResearch

Teaching