Prof. Dr. Lars Alberth

21335 Lüneburg, Universitätsallee 1, C1.319
Fon +49.4131.677-1636, lars.alberth@leuphana.de
Professor*in, Professorship of Theories and Methods of Childhood Studies

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Vita

CV

  • since October 2019: Professor for Theories and Methods of Childhood Studies, Institute of Social Work and Social Pedagogy, Leuphana University Lüneburg
  • 2015 -2019: Post-doc research associate, Institute of Sociology, Sociology of Work and Organization, Leibnitz University Hannover
  • 2014-2015: DAAD Research Fellow, Crimes against Children Research Center/Family Research Lab, University of New Hampshire
  • 2013-2014: Post-doc research associate, Institute of Sociology of Family, Youth and Education, University of Wuppertal
  • 2013: Guest researcher & lecturer, Department of Sociology, Umeå Universitet, Sweden
  • 2012-2013: Research assistent, Institute of Social Theory, University of Wuppertal
  • 2010-2013: Research assistent, DFG-Project "Professionelle Interventionen in den privaten Kindesraum", Institute of Sociology of Family, Youth and Education, University of Wuppertal

Education and degrees

  • 2013 Ph.D. (Sociology) Thesis: ‘Die Fabrikation europäischer Kultur’ [the fabrication of culture], Grade: summa cum laude
    University of Wuppertal
  • 2005 Diploma in Social Sciences
    University of Wuppertal

Memberships in academic organizations

  • Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie
    - Sociology of the body and sports
    - Sociology of Childhood, board member since 2016
  • European Sociological Association
    - RN 04: Sociology of Children and Childhood
    - RN 28: Society and Sports
  • International Sociological Association
    - RC 27 Sociology of Sport
    - RC 53 Sociology of Childhood - 2010-1018: Officer at Large
    - RC 54 The Body in the Social Sciences
    - TG 06 Institutional Ethnography
    - TG 07 Senses and Society

Reviewing activities

Journals

  • Zeitschrift für Soziologie der Erziehung und Sozialisation (ZSE)
  • Children and Youth Services Review
  • Gender. Zeitschrift für Geschlecht, Kultur und Gesellschaft
  • Human Studies. A Journal for Philosopy and the Social Sciences
  • Journal of Family Studies
  • Soziopolis

Projects

  1. Konzeption eines deutschlandweiten Begleitprogramms für Kommunen um eigene Jugendhaushalte zu etablieren - YLCG: Teilvorhaben: Vorbereitung der wissenschaftlichen Begleitung
    Lars Alberth (Project manager, academic) , Marián Kötz (Project staff)
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    Project: Research

  2. Adultismus und Diskriminierung entlang des jungen Alters
    Lars Alberth (Project manager, academic) , Birte Siem (Project manager, academic) , Iniobong Philip Bassey Essien (Project staff) , Verena Marke (Project staff)
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    Project: Research

  3. English in Occupational Socialization and Professional Culture
    Lars Alberth (Project manager, academic)
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    Project: Teaching

  4. Stipendien für Geflüchtete aus der Ukraine
    Claudia Equit (Project manager, academic) , Lars Alberth (Project manager, academic)
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    Project: Research

  5. Politiken der Kindheit: Jahrestagung der Sektion Soziologie der Kindheit in der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie
    Lars Alberth (Project manager, academic)
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    Project: Scientific event

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Publications

Books and anthologies

  1. Politiken der Kindheit
    Lars Alberth (Editor) , Christoph T. Burmeister (Editor) , Nicoletta Eunicke (Editor) , Markus Kluge (Editor) , 2024 1 ed. Weinheim , 244 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research

  2. Forschungsethik in der Kindheitsforschung
    Lars Alberth (Editor) , Magdalena Joos (Editor) , 2022 1 ed. Weinheim & Basel , 191 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research

  3. Materialitäten der Kindheit: Körper - Dinge - Räume
    Lars Alberth (Editor) , Sabine Bollig (Editor) , Larissa Schindler (Editor) , 2020 1 ed. Wiesbaden , 270 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research

  4. Victim, Perpetrator, or What Else?: Generational and Gender Perspectives on Children, Youth, and Violence
    Lars Alberth (Editor) , Doris Bühler-Niederberger (Editor) , 2019 1 ed. Bingley , 232 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research

  5. Kinderschutz: Wie kindzentriert sind Programme, Praktiken, Perspektiven?
    Lars Alberth (Editor) , Doris Bühler-Niederberger (Editor) , Steffen Eisentraut (Editor) , 2014 1 ed. Weinheim , 226 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research

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Journal contributions

  1. Kindliches Schweigen oder taube Institutionen?: Zur organisationalen Herstellung institutioneller Unsichtbarkeit im Kinderschutz
    Lars Alberth (Author) , 01.02.2025 , in: Sozial Extra, 49, 1 , p. 35–39 , 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  2. Kinderrechte und Kinderschutz: Ein Plädoyer
    Doris Bühler-Niederberger (Author) , Lars Alberth (Author) , 01.01.2025 , in: Sozial Extra, 49, 3 , p. 194–198 , 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  3. Deconstructing and reconstructing diversity in client-provider-relationships of social work
    Lars Alberth (Author) , Ellen Kollender (Author) , Anke Karber (Author) , Philipp Daniel Sandermann (Author) , Birte Siem (Author) , 24.04.2024 , in: Social Work & Society, 22, 2 , p. 1-8

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  4. Struggling for open awareness – Trajectories of violence against children from a sociological perspective
    Lars Alberth (Author) , Doris Bühler-Niederberger (Author) , 01.02.2023 , in: Children and Youth Services Review, 145 , 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research

  5. Neue Regierungstechnologien und alte Ordnungsmuster der Familie: Edwards, Rosalind & Ugwudike, Pamela. Governing Families. Problematising Technologies in Social Welfare and Criminal Justice. London & New York: Routledge: 2023
    Lars Alberth (Author) , 01.01.2023 , in: ZSE - Zeitschrift für Soziologie der Erziehung und Socialisation, 43, 4 , p. 443-445 , 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research

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Contributions to collected editions/anthologies

  1. Forschungsethik in der Kindheitsforschung
    Lars Alberth (Author) , Magdalena Joos (Author) , 01.01.2025 3. Auflage ed. Weinheim & Basel , p. 90-106 , 17 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research

  2. Politiken der Kindheit und das Politische der Kindheitsforschung
    Lars Alberth (Author) , Nicoletta Eunicke (Author) , Christoph T. Burmeister (Author) , Markus Kluge (Author) , 19.06.2024 Weinheim , p. 7-20 , 14 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Other › Research

  3. Die Unsichtbarkeit der Kinder im Kinderschutz: Zur sozialwissenschaftlichen Rezeption eines kindheitssoziologischen Befundes
    Lars Alberth (Author) , 19.04.2024 Wiesbaden , p. 209-224 , 16 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research

  4. Unequal paths to clienthood: Child protection and domestic bliss.
    Lars Alberth (Author) , Doris Bühler-Niederberger (Author) , 01.01.2024 Cham , p. 315-330 , 16 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research

  5. Gewalt gegen Kinder während der COVID-19-Pandemie
    Lars Alberth (Author) , Verena Marke (Author) , 01.06.2022 Hamburg , 32 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Contributions in collection of commentaries › Transfer

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Activities

  1. Das Private im Fokus der Sozialarbeit: Ein kindheitssoziologischer Blick auf Elternschaft
    Lars Alberth (Speaker)

    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

  2. Die Institutionalisierung der Kindzentrierung als sozialpolitische Orientierung und professioneller Wissensbestand
    Lars Alberth (Speaker)

    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

  3. Verschweigen, Beschwichtigen, Rechtfertigen. Zu den institutionellen Reaktionen auf die Stimme der Kinder im Kinderschutz
    Lars Alberth (Speaker)

    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

  4. Aus der Perspektive von Kindern (forschen)?!
    Lars Alberth (Speaker)

    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

  5. Forschungsethik in der Kindheitsforschung: Problematisierungen, Standards und Strategien
    Lars Alberth (Speaker)

    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

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Courses