Research projects

06/2024 - 12/2024
Pilot survey on outpatient socio-educational services for young offenders (ASA), Project Leader: Prof. Dr. Theresia Höynck, Department of Childhood and Youth Law, University of Kassel.
Third-party funding: Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMFSFJ). Cooperation partners: German Association for Juvenile Courts and Juvenile Court Assistance and the specialist group for child and youth welfare services and target groups at the German Youth Institute, Bernd Holthusen
Brief description of the research project:https://www.uni-kassel.de/fb01/institute/institut-fuer-sozialwesen/fachgebiete/recht-der-kindheit-und-der-jugend/forschungsprojekte



06/2021 - 05/2022
"Care Leaver Statistics - Social Participation in the Life Course of Young Adults - A Long-Term Study" (CLS). Duration 2021 - 2024 (1st funding phase), third-party funding: Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMFSFJ)
Cooperation partners: Hildesheim University Foundation (Institute for Social and Organizational Education), German Youth Institute (DJI Munich), International Association for Educational Assistance (IGfH), Society for Innovative Social Research and Social Planning (GISS)



10/2020 - 05/2022
"Leaving Care - Advice and infrastructure development in the community". Duration 2020 - 2022, third-party funding: Stiftung Deutsche Jugendmarke e.V.
Cooperation partners: University of Hildesheim Foundation (Institute for Social and Organizational Pedagogy), International Association for Educational Assistance (IGfH)



04/2020 - 02/2022
"JuCo" studies I and II (nationwide quantitative survey of children and young people on their experiences and needs in the Corona period)
Cooperation partners: Hildesheim University Foundation (Institute for Social and Organizational Pedagogy), Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Faculty of Social Pedagogy and Family Research



04/2020 - 02/2021
"Lower Saxony's participation of children and young people in numbers (NiBiZ)". Duration 2019-2020, third-party funding: Lower Saxony State Office for Social Affairs, Youth and Family - State Youth Welfare Office, Children and Youth Commission
Cooperation partners: Hildesheim University Foundation (Institute for Social and Organizational Education), Lower Saxony State Office for Social Affairs, Youth and Family - State Youth Welfare Office, Children and Youth Commission



07/2017 - 06/2020
"Multi-professionalism in educational infrastructure and social services". Duration 2017 - 2021 Funded by: Ministry of Science and Culture of Lower Saxony (MWK)
Cooperation partners: University of Hildesheim Foundation: Institute of Social and Organizational Education, Institute of Educational Science, Institute of Sports Science, Institute of Psychology); HAWK Hildesheim/Holzminden

Third-party funds raised independently

05/2020 - 10/2021"race - class - gender: Sensitization and competence development for racism-critical action in organizations". Duration 2020 - 2021, third-party funder: Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony (MWK), funding program "Innovative Teaching and Learning Concepts: Innovation Plus".