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

  • International Journal of Social Pedagogy (IJSP)
  • Zeitschrift für Sozialpädagogik (ZfSP)

Advisory Work

  • 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 & 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)
  • Zeitschrift für Sozialpädagogik (ZfSP)

Boards and committees (sel.)

  • 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.

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Teaching