Elisabeth Thomas

Vita
Elisabeth Thomas is research assistant in the project 'JuPa - Enabling social participation of young people in out-of-home care in times of pandemics' and is doing a PhD on school challenges of young people in residential care.
Field of interest
- Out-of-Home Care in Child Welfare Services
- Educational disadvantage of young people in out-of-home care
- implications of the COVID-19 pandemic
CV
since 02/2023: Research assistant in the project 'Enabling social participation of young people in alternative care in times of pandemics (JuPa)' I Leuphana University Lüneburg
10/2022-01/2023: Research assistant at the chair of Prof. Dr. Claudia Equit I Leuphana University Lüneburg
10/2018-09/2022: Student assistant at the chair of Prof. Dr. Philipp Sandermann I Leuphana University Lüneburg
12/2017-09/2018: Educator in after-school care I Montessori Bildungshaus Lüneburg
06/2014-09/2017: Educator in early childhood centre I Ev. Kindertagesstätte St. Peter-Ording, Tating und Tümlauer Koog
Education and Degrees
2022: Master of Education - Teacher Training at Vocational Schools - Specialisation Social Pedagogy, Subject German I Leuphana University Lüneburg (graduated with distinction)
2020: Bachelor of Arts - Teacher Training at Vocational Schools - Specialisations Social Pedagogy, subject German I Leuphana University Lüneburg
2014: State-certified educator I Vocational Training Centre Dithmarschen
2011: State-certified social pedagogical assistant I Vocational School of the District of Nordfriesland
Affiliations
since 2023: German Society for Educational Science (DGfE), Section Social Pedagogy and Pedagogy of Early Childhood
since 2022: International Network on Participation in Alternative Care (INPAC)
since 2022: Alumni Association of Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
since 2022: Network Educational Family Research