Start of an interdisciplinary research project on discrimination based on perceived age as too young.
2024-10-01
Research on age discrimination in Germany has so far focused primarily on discrimination against older people, while discrimination against people perceived as “too young” has received less attention.
Against this background, the Federal Anti-Discrimination Agency has commissioned Prof. Dr. Lars Alberth and Prof. Dr. Birte Siem (both at the Institute for Social Work and Social Pedagogy) to conduct systematic and participatory research into adultism and discrimination on the basis of an age perceived as too young in Germany. The aim is to investigate how discrimination is experienced and perceived by adolescents and young adults in particular and how those affected deal with it in everyday life. The research team, which also includes Dr. Iniobong Essien and Verena Marke, addresses these questions as part of an interdisciplinary empirical study that integrates childhood sociological approaches to participatory research with young people and socio-psychological approaches to discrimination.