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Dr. Barbara Laubenthal

Dr. Barbara LaubenthalRoom: GB 04/47
Phone: +49 (0)234-32-22580
E-Mail: barbara.laubenthal@ruhr-uni-bochum.de


Research Interests and Fields of Expertise

  • Immigration in Western Europe
  • Social movement research
  • Comparative perspectives on European political systems and policy fields

Education

1975-1987 European School Luxemburg, European Baccalaureate

Academic Qualification

since 02/2006 Researcher at the Chair Sociology of Organisations and Participation Studies

02/2006 PhD (Dr. rer.soc.) at the Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen

06/2004 - 09/2004 Visiting researcher at the Swiss Forum for Migration Studies (SFM), Neuchâtel

01/2004 - 04/2004 Visiting researcher at the Laboratorio de Estudios Interculturales, Departamento de Antropología y Trabajo Social, Universidad de Granada

05/2003 - 07/2003 Visiting researcher at the Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Internationales (CERI), Paris

07/2002 - 02/2006 PhD student at the Institut für Politikwissenschaft of Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Germany; PhD thesis on "Social Movements of Illegal Migrants in Western Europe"; Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Claus Leggewie

04/1999 - 09/2000 Researcher at the Chair for Social Policy and Comparative Political Science and project coordinator of the research project "Career prospects of women in the European Union" at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany

08/1998-03/1999 Researcher at the Chair for Women's Studies, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany

11/1997-02/1998 Research assistant of the research project "The university - a professional field for women" at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany

10/1997 Magister Artium (M.A.) in Political Science, Sociology and English Philology

10/1987-10/1997 Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, student of political science, sociology and English Philology

10/1992-07/1993 Student in the Faculty of Social Sciences at Goldsmiths' College, London, UK Work Experience outside University

02/2001-08/2001 Project manager at the Medical Aid Organisation action medeor, Tönisvorst, Germany

03/1998-07/1998 Internship at the European Community Humanitarian Office (ECHO), Brussels

Language skills

English: fluent
French: fluent
Spanish: good knowledge