Prof. Dr. Philipp Sandermann
Vita
Philipp Sandermann is a professor of social pedagogy at Leuphana University Lüneburg. His fields of interest include:
- (comparative) welfare systems research,
- theories of social pedagogy and social work,
- child and youth welfare research (with a special interest in ombuds offices and complaint services and social space approaches),
- refugee family studies,
- trust research.
CV
- 03/2017-today: Professor (W3) of Social Pedagogy
Leuphana University of Lüneburg (Germany)
Faculty of Education
Institute of Social Work and Social Pedagogy - 10/2011-02/2017: Professor (W2) of Pedagogy
Trier University (Germany)
Department No. I - Educational Science
Unit: Social Pedagogy II - 05/2011-09/2011: Parental leave
- 03/2010-05/2011: Research assistant
Free University of Berlin (Germany)
Department of Educational Sciences and Psychology
Unit: Social Pedagogy - 08/2009-02/2010: Visiting research associate
University of Chicago, IL (USA)
School of Social Service Administration - 10/2007-07/2009: Research assistant
Free University of Berlin (Germany)
Department of Educational Sciences and Psychology
Unit: Social Pedagogy - 04/2006-11/2007: Various freelance positions
E.g. at: Berliner Rechtshilfefonds Jugendhilfe e.V. (Germany) - 02/2005-04/2006: Research assistant
Free University of Berlin (Germany)
Department of Educational Sciences and Psychology
Unit: Social Pedagogy - 08/2004-04/2005: Social pedagogue
Zwischenzeit gGmbH Berlin (Germany)
Education and degrees
- 07/2008: PhD Thesis: Die neue Diskussion um Gemeinschaft. Ein Erklärungsansatz mit Blick auf die Reform des Wohlfahrtssystems" (Eng: "The New Debate on Community. An Explanatory Approach Considering the Transformation of the Welfare System.") (Grade: summa cum laude)
Free University of Berlin (Germany) - 08/2004: Diploma (Major Educational Sciences, Minor in Sociology and Psychology) (Grade: Passed with distinction)
Free University of Berlin (Germany)
Editorial Work
- Since 2017: International Journal of Social Pedagogy (IJSP)
- 2017-2024: Zeitschrift für Sozialpädagogik (ZfSP)
Advisory Work
- Migration und Soziale Arbeit
- Neue Praxis. Zeitschrift für Sozialarbeit, Sozialpädagogik und Sozialpolitik (np)
- Social Work & Society (SW&S)
Selected Review Activities
- Children and Youth Services Review (CJSR)
- Diskurs Kindheits- und Jugendforschung (Diskurs)
- Evangelisches Studienwerk Villigst
- German Academic Scholarship Foundation (DAAD)
- International Migration
- International Journal of Social Pedagogy (IJSP)
- Neue Praxis. Zeitschrift für Sozialarbeit, Sozialpädagogik und Sozialpolitik (np)
- Social Work Research
- Social Work & Society (SW&S)
- Soziale Arbeit. Zeitschrift für soziale und sozialverwandte Gebiete
- Soziale Passagen. Journal für Empirie und Theorie Sozialer Arbeit (SP)
- Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
- Transnational Social Revue. A Social Work Journal (TSR)
- Journal of Discourse Studies
Boards and committees (sel.)
- since 2024: Board member of the German Child and Youth Welfare Association (agj)
- 2022-2024: Member of the expert commission for the Federal Government's 17th Report on Children and Youth in Germany
- 2016-2018: Deputy chairman of the German Educational Research Association (GERA)`s subdivision of social pedagogy
- 2008-2010: Board member of the Berliner Rechtshilfefonds Jugendhilfe e.V.
Affiliations
- since 2019: German Network of Forced Migration Researchers
- since 2019: Leuphana Universitätsgesellschaft Lüneburg
- since 2017: Ombudsstelle Kinder- und Jugendhilfe RLP e.V.
- since 2008: German Educational Research Association (GERA)
- since 2004: Berliner Rechtshilfefonds Jugendhilfe (BRJ) e.V.
Teaching
- Theories and objects of Social Work
- Legal, organizational and financial patterns of child and youth welfare
- Qualitative Interviewing
- Communication and Trust in Social Work
Research Interests
- (Comparative) Welfare Systems Research
- Theories of Social Pedagogy and Social Work
- Child and Youth Welfare Services Research (Special interest: Ombuds Offices and Complaint Services)
- Refugee Family Studies,
- Trust Research.
Projects
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Konstruktiver Diversity Talk für angehende Lehrkräfte
Birte Siem (Project manager, academic) , Philipp Sandermann (Project manager, academic) , Iniobong Essien (Project manager, academic) , Laura Wenzel (Project staff) , Vanessa Sophia Schwenker (Project staff) , Vera Maren Straßburger (Project staff)
→Project: Teaching
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Softwarebasierte Erfassung und Dokumentation sozialraumorientierter Beratung im Landkreis Lüneburg
Philipp Sandermann (Project manager, academic)
→Project: Transfer (R&D project)
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Vertrauen als Grundlage gesellschaftlicher Zukunft (Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur)
Philipp Sandermann (Project manager, academic) , Vanessa Sophia Schwenker (Project staff)
→Project: Research
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Integration Through Trust
Philipp Sandermann (Project manager, academic) , Vanessa Sophia Schwenker (Project staff) , Laura Wenzel (Project staff) , Marek Winkel (Project staff) , Henrike Friedrichs-Liesenkötter (Project manager, academic) , Sybille Münch (Project manager, academic) , Onno Husen (Project manager, academic) , Hila Kakar (Project staff) , Anna Siede (Project staff) , (Project manager, academic)
→Project: Research
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Sozialraumorientierte Analyse subjektiver Lebenslagen von Familien in Trier-West/Pallien“
Philipp Sandermann (Project manager, academic) , (Project staff) , (Project staff) , Vanessa Lambers (Project staff)
→Project: Research
Publications
Books and anthologies
- Trust Issues!? - Vertrauen in modernen Gesellschaften
Philipp Sandermann (Editor) , Vanessa Sophia Schwenker (Editor) , 2025 Bielefeld , 285 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
- Grundkurs Theorien der Sozialen Arbeit: Mit Online-Zusatzmaterial
Philipp Sandermann (Author) , Sascha Neumann (Author) , 2022 2., aktualisierte Auflage ed. München , 235 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Compendium/lecture notes › Education
- Teilhabe durch*in*trotz Sozialpädagogik
Philipp Sandermann (Editor) , Margret Dörr (Editor) , Barbara Lochner (Editor) , Martina Richter (Editor) , Kim-Patrick Sabla (Editor) , 2019 1 ed. Weinheim/Basel , 192 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Conference proceedings › Research
- Grundkurs Theorien der Sozialen Arbeit
Philipp Sandermann (Author) , Sascha Neumann (Author) , 2018 1 ed. München , 238 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Compendium/lecture notes › Education
- The end of welfare as we know it?: Continuity and change in western welfare state settings and practices
Philipp Sandermann (Editor) , 2014 1 ed. Leverkusen, Opladen, Berlin , 140 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
Journal contributions
- Vulnerabilität und Vertrauen: Theoretische und methodische Überlegungen zur empirischen Untersuchung des Verhältnisses zweier konstitutiver Elemente der Pädagogik
Philipp Sandermann (Author) , Inka Bormann (Author) , Veronika Magyar-Haas (Author) , 01.01.2025 , in: Zeitschrift für Soziologie der Erziehung und Sozialisation, 45, 3 , p. 121-136 , 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Editorial: Vulnerabilität und Vertrauen.: Zum Verhältnis zweier konstitutiver Elemente pädagogischer Kontexte (nicht nur) in Zeiten gesellschaftlicher Transformation
Philipp Sandermann (Author) , Inka Bormann (Author) , 01.01.2025 , in: Zeitschrift für Soziologie der Erziehung und Sozialisation, 45, 3 , p. 117-120 , 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research › peer-review
- Wie kann gesellschaftliche Diversität einen stärkeren Widerhall in den Trägerstrukturen der Kinder- und Jugendhilfe finden?
Philipp Sandermann (Author) , 01.01.2025 , in: Forum Jugendhilfe, 73, 2 , p. 4-9Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer
- Zuversicht und Vertrauen als Ressource des Aufwachsens junger Menschen: Die Perspektive des 17. Kinder- und Jugendberichts
Philipp Sandermann (Author) , 01.01.2025 , in: Außerschulische Bildung : Materialien zur politischen Jugend- und Erwachsenenbildung ; Mitteilungen des Arbeitskreises Deutscher Bildungsstätten, 57, 3 , p. 28-33 , 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
- Deconstructing and reconstructing diversity in client-provider-relationships of social work
Lars Alberth (Author) , Ellen Kollender (Author) , Anke Karber (Author) , Philipp Sandermann (Author) , Birte Siem (Author) , 24.04.2024 , in: Social Work & Society, 22, 2 , p. 1-8Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Contributions to collected editions/anthologies
- Vertrauen als Thema von Wissenschaftskommunikation und Praxistransfer
Philipp Sandermann (Author) , Vanessa Sophia Schwenker (Author) , 31.08.2025 Bielefeld , p. 265-273 , 9 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
- Sozialisation und Jugend
Philipp Sandermann (Author) , Hermann Veith (Author) , 20.01.2025 Bad Heilbrunn , p. 173 - 192 , 20 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Education › peer-review
- Einleitung
Philipp Sandermann (Author) , Vanessa Sophia Schwenker (Author) , 01.01.2025 Bielefeld , p. 7-14 , 8 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Other › Research › peer-review
- The making and doing of migrant (m)others in Germany - Subjectivation in the context of early childhood education and care
Vanessa Sophia Schwenker (Author) , Philipp Sandermann (Author) , 01.01.2024 Bielefeld , p. 175-191 , 17 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
- Vertrauensaufbau mit geflüchteten Eltern
Philipp Sandermann (Author) , 01.07.2023 1. Überarbeitete Ausgabe, revidierte Ausgabe ed. Freiburg im Breisgau , p. 89-99Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
Activities
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Welche Fragen stellt uns das Vertrauen? 3 x 10 Minuten mit Philipp Sandermann, Dana-Kristin Mah und Jelena Bäumler
Philipp Sandermann (Speaker) , Dana-Kristin Mah (Speaker) , Jelena Bäumler (Speaker)
Activity: Conference Presentations › Transfer
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Vertrauen und Interaktion – Ausgewählte Perspektiven für den gemeinsamen Auftakt des Symposiums.
Philipp Sandermann (Speaker) , Birte Siem (Speaker) , Hila Kakar (Speaker) , Vanessa Sophia Schwenker (Speaker)
Activity: Conference Presentations › Research
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Subjektivierungen fluchterfahrener Frauen im Rahmen zielgruppenspezifischer Elternbildungsprogramme
Vanessa Sophia Schwenker (Speaker) , Philipp Sandermann (Speaker)
Activity: Conference Presentations › Research
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Transorganisationale Perspektiven auf Integration und Vertrauen
Vanessa Sophia Schwenker (Speaker) , Hila Kakar (Speaker) , Philipp Sandermann (Speaker)
Activity: Conference Presentations › Research
Press / Media
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Trust Issues?! Vertrauen als Grundlage gesellschaftlicher Zukunft
1 Media contributionPress/Media: Press/Media
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"Ich muss vertrauen, sonst geht gar nichts"
Interviewed oncePress/Media: Press/Media
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"Wer nicht vertraut, kann nur im Bett bleiben"
Interviewed oncePress/Media: Press/Media
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Integration durch Vertrauen
1 Media contributionPress/Media: Press/Media
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Rechtsbruch ist kein Ausweg aus der Kostensteigerung: Kämmerer stehen im Bereich der Hilfen zur Erziehung vor einem Dilemma
1 Media contributionPress/Media: Press/Media
Prizes
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Guest Lecturer an der University West/Sweden
Philipp Sandermann (Recipient) ,Prize: external Prizes, scholarships, distinctions, appointments › Education
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Preis für beste Lehre
Philipp Sandermann (Recipient) ,Prize: external Prizes, scholarships, distinctions, appointments › Education
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Visiting Research Associate an der University of Chicago
Philipp Sandermann (Recipient) ,Prize: external Prizes, scholarships, distinctions, appointments › Research
Courses
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The class will focus on processes of bordering, migration, and its relations to social work theory and practice. We will look at four dimensions of boundary work to better understand these relations.
First, we will talk about national boundaries and how nation states and the global Southern border affect migration procedures worldwide, but in particular in the U.S. and Germany. For the incoming students from the U.S., this reflection will be combined with an autoethnographic exercise on crossing the border between Germany and the U.S. A corresponding exercise will be required for Leuphana students.
In a second part of our class, we will talk about identity boundaries (based on differences and diversities of class, age, gender, sexual orientation, skin color, dis/ability, and religion/worldview).
Thirdly, we will focus on professional boundaries, particularly in social work. We will now talk about how professional agendas can sometimes be different from what clients want, and how that can lead to contradictions and power struggles.
In the last part of the class, we will talk about organizational boundaries. This means we will discuss how the goals of an organization, legal rules, and money affect the way people are limited to being "clients."
Another important part of our work in class will be site visits. To connect our thoughts and self-awareness exercises with practices and discourses of social work in Hamburg and Lüneburg, we will visit social work institutions there.
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Die Studierenden setzen sich dazu vertieft mit einzelnen Bereichen der Kinder- und Jugendhilfe auseinander. Dies wird wie bereits im Wintersemester im Stile einer reflektierenden Zusammenführung von rechtlichen, organisationalen und finanzierungstechnischen Strukturen der einzelnen Bereiche geschehen.
Der Modulabschluss unter Bezugnahme auf Inhalte beider Veranstaltungen erfolgt zum Ende des Sommersemesters.