Centre for Prevention and Intervention in Childhood and Adolescence (CPI)
News from the CPI
Latest news
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06.05.2025 - Einladung zu den ersten Bourdieu-Lectures der Universität Bielefeld: Geschlecht, Herrschaft und Visualität
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29.04.2025 - Neues aus der Presse
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18.03.2025 - Neues aus der Presse
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18.02.2025 - Klausurtreffen: Forschungsinstitut Gesellschaftlicher Zusammenhalt
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14.02.2025 - Pädagogik-Olympiade Bielefeld – Identität
Events
Bourdieu Lectures 19. & 20.11.2025
- Conference announcement and registration
Call for Contributions and Call for Workshops
To the conference announcement
Bielefeld University will host the Bourdieu Lectures for the first time on 19 and 20 November 2025 in the Kunsthalle Bielefeld. The Bourdieu Lectures are a new academic event format organised in close cooperation with the Fondation Bourdieu. The aim of the conference is to systematically analyse Pierre Bourdieu's comprehensive work, to discuss its relevance for contemporary research and to stimulate current theoretical and methodological developments. The thematic focus of the first symposium will be on the concept of gendered domination, which will be discussed both from a theoretical perspective and in the context of empirical studies.
The conference programme will include keynotes (with Andrea Maihofer, Jens Kastner, Tomke König and Franz Schultheis, among others), panels and workshops. The conference will give young researchers the opportunity to present their work and engage in dialogue. In addition, the accompanying exhibition will open with thematically relevant photographs from Bourdieu's ethnographic research in Algeria, offering visual insights into his methodological approach (https://kunsthalle-bielefeld.de/programm/ausstellungen/die-visuelle-soziologie-pierre-bourdieus/) and focussing on Bourdieu's visual sociology, among other things.
Bourdieu's perspective on social gender relations has inspired intersectional gender research and contributed to empirical gender research through its connection to the perspective of power and inequality. The conference programme includes contributions on the theoretical development of Bourdieu's concepts such as symbolic violence, habitus and doxa as well as on the empirical analysis of gender-specific power structures. Contributions are invited that focus on or address the above-mentioned topics:
- Symbolic violence and gender doxa
- Reproduction of gender order through symbolic mechanisms
- Habitus and the embodiment of social hierarchies
- Deconstruction of gender doxa in different societies
- Capital, domination and heteronormativity
- Gender-specific distribution of economic, cultural and symbolic capital
- Hegemony of male domination and social reproduction
- Heteronormativity as a stabilising element of gender order
- Social space, rituals and materiality of the gender order
- Spatial structuring and gender-specific practice
- Significance of material culture for gender hierarchies
- Historical and intercultural perspectives on symbolic domination
- Current debates on gender theory and Bourdieu's relevance today
- Critical reflection and further development of Bourdieu's gender theory
- Intersectional perspectives on symbolic violence
- Gender policy implications and social transformation
- Feminist connections to Bourdieu in social theory and social movements
We hereby invite scholars of all career levels. Ideas can be formulated for individual contributions, poster presentations or workshops. We welcome theoretical, methodological and empirical work that criticises, develops or applies Bourdieu's concepts. Interdisciplinary perspectives are expressly encouraged.
Submissions:
- Abstracts of approx. 500 words (for individual papers) or approx. 1,000 words (workshops) are to be submitted by 31 May 2025.
- Please send your contributions to: bourdieu-lectures@uni-bielefeld.de
- Feedback will be provided by 30 June 2025 at the latest
We look forward to an exciting exchange on the Bourdieu Lectures in Bielefeld!
- Symbolic violence and gender doxa
- Exhibition: The Visual Sociology of Pierre Bourdieu: Gender - Domination - Visuality
15.11.25-22.02.26; Kunsthalle Bielefeld
https://kunsthalle-bielefeld.de/programm/ausstellungen/die-visuelle-soziologie-pierre-bourdieus/
This exhibition presents selected photographs from the estate of French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu, which, according to him, visualised his most important theoretical concepts. Bourdieu is one of the most important sociologists in the world today. His main works, The Subtle Differences and The Misery of the World, are part of the canon of a broad reception in the humanities. However, Bourdieu's early ethnographic research in Algeria between 1957 and 1961 is virtually unknown. Here he is accompanied by the view through the viewfinder of his intensively used camera. In hundreds of photographs, he captured the traces of a traditional way of life that had been destroyed by colonial violence. He was particularly interested in the everyday behaviour of women and men. At work and in everyday activities, whether in private or public spaces. The visualisation of a gender-specific attitude is the direct basis of his later developed habitus theory and the later written study The Male Dominion. The exhibition works with a systematic combination of images and text. It is linked to the Pierre Bourdieu Lectures at Bielefeld University and the Fondation Bourdieu.
- Press releases on the Bourdieu Lectures
About us
The Centre for Prevention and Intervention in Childhood and Adolescence (CPI) focuses on promoting research activities in the fields of education and health that are crucial for children, adolescents and young adults growing up. The CPI sees itself not only as a centre of knowledge production, but also pursues the goal of knowledge transfer and application: it conducts studies, prepares the results and shares them with specialists and political decision-makers. These findings are applied in the living environments of children and young people in order to develop effective prevention and intervention measures.
The CPI addresses several thematic areas: One focus is on health promotion and prevention with a view to promoting well-being and preventing risks, including the mental health and health literacy of adolescents. Another area is the analysis of socialisation processes, especially in times of social transformations and crises, in order to better understand educational and health-related developments. Research into social inequality and vulnerability analyses the effects of disadvantage, poverty and crises on the development opportunities of young people. The CPI is also dedicated to current social challenges, such as dealing with anti-Semitism, the emergence of populist attitudes among young people and radicalisation tendencies. The aim is to use research to develop educational formats to strengthen democratic values and prevent marginalisation. Finally, the CPI is committed to promoting inclusive educational processes.
The CPI's work is aimed at children, adolescents and young adults, particularly those from socially vulnerable groups, as well as professionals and multipliers. The scientific community and political decision-makers are also integrated in order to build a bridge between science and practice and to sustainably improve the development conditions of young people.
Team
- Head
Prof. Dr. Ullrich Bauer
Head of the ZPI
ullrich.bauer@uni-bielefeld.de
- Telephone
- +49 521 106-6066
- Room
- Gebäude Z Z3-134
- Office
Veronica Horbach
Secretary to Prof. Ullrich Bauer - working group socialization
sekretariat-ag2-ba.ew@uni-bielefeld.de
- Telephone
- +49 521 106-6876
- Room
- Gebäude Z Z3-100
- Scientific staff
Dr. Baris Ertugrul
research associate
baris.ertugrul@uni-bielefeld.de
- Telephone
- +49 521 106-4190
- Room
- Gebäude Z Z3-131
Marc-Philip Hermann-Cohen
Academic co-worker in the "Empathia" (Empowering Police Officers and Teachers in Arguing Against Antisemitism) joint project
marc-philip.hermann-cohen@uni-bielefeld.de
Rania Kerk
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin im "Empathia" (Empowering Police Officers and Teachers in Arguing Against Antisemitism) Verbundprojekt
Juri Kreuz
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter im "Empathia" (Empowering Police Officers and Teachers in Arguing Against Antisemitism) Verbundprojekt
Dr. Saskia Müller
research associate
saskia.mueller@uni-bielefeld.de
- Telephone
- +49 521 106-3721
- Room
- Gebäude Z Z3-133
Dr. Paulo Pinheiro
research assistant
paulo.pinheiro@uni-bielefeld.de
- Telephone
- +49 521 106-67264
- Room
- Gebäude Z Z3-132
- Associate members
- Reseach assistants
- Former members
Projects
- "Youth as Generation Crisis? Socialisation in conflicts and transformations"
- Educational material on anti-Semitism and misogyny in German-language rap (BiMaRa)
Over the past 35 years, German-language rap has grown from a subculture to a mainstream culture and today represents a relevant socialisation context for many young people, consisting of songs, music videos, interviews with artists typical of the scene and social media appearances. The wider universe includes court hearings and artists' contacts with organised crime, which are fascinating for a youth-cultural, educated middle-class audience as well as an audience interested in gossip [...].
- Empathia collaborative research project
The project ending date consists of the development, implementation and evaluation
- a core curriculum on anti-Semitism prevention and repression (KAP) for the training of future police officers and teachers
- a psychometrically validated digital large-scale test to record knowledge and attitudes, initially in NRW and
- an intervention for the target groups [...]
- The genesis of populist dispositions in youth milieus
The study "The genesis of populist dispositions in youth milieus" focusses on the question of how the next generations of voters and political actors perceive the diverse political, economic and social crises in Europe. The study will provide data on the dispositions of children and young people, which are particularly relevant for living democracy [...]
- The susceptibility of young people to anti-Semitism in gangsta rap and possibilities for prevention
Hip-hop culture is currently the largest and most important youth culture. In gangsta rap, it has been evident for some time that a hyper-masculine body cult, authoritarian power fantasies and ideas of heroisation and martiality are also central motifs in the self-presentation of the mostly male artists. In their songs, music videos and statements on social networks, these artists have also been conveying sexist and anti-feminist role models, authoritarian moral and social concepts as well as conspiracy ideological and anti-Semitic interpretations of global power relations [...].
- Scientific monitoring of an educational format against anti-Semitic conspiracy myths
In the pilot project "Conspiracy Myths - Educational Materials for the Prevention of Anti-Semitism", funded by the Bavarian State Ministry for Family, Labour and Social Affairs, the Max Mannheimer Study Centre in Dachau (MMSZ) and the Centre for Prevention and Intervention in Childhood and Adolescence (ZPI) at Bielefeld University are working together to develop an educational programme aimed at adolescents and young adults that provides information about anti-Semitism and conspiracy myths [...].
- Scientific feasibility study - ZADA project
As part of the federal programme Demokratie leben!, the ZPI is conducting a scientific feasibility study for the (prospective) establishment of a German Centre for a Society without Anti-Semitism, Discrimination and Exclusion (ZADA). The project ending date of the Hamburg association ZADA e.V. is based in particular on socio-psychological findings from the field of anti-Semitism research. The centre will focus on jointly addressing the cognitive and affective dimensions of anti-Semitism [...]
- Health-literate school: organisational development to strengthen health literacy in the school setting (GeKoOrg-Schule)
The aim of the pilot project "Health-literate school: organisational development to strengthen health literacy in the school setting (GeKoOrg-Schule)" is to transfer the concept of the "health-competent organisation" to school educational institutions in Germany. The holistic organisational approach in the school setting is intended to optimise school structures and school-related networks with regard to health literacy and at the same time address the strengthening of health literacy in different population groups [...].
- Health Literacy in Childhood and Adolescence (HLCA)
The BMBF-funded collaborative project "Health Literacy in Childhood and Adolescence (HLCA) as a Goal of Health Promotion and Primary Prevention" will work on this desideratum both theoretically and empirically in a multidisciplinary and international approach from March 2015 to February 2018. HL basic research (WB1), mental HL (WB2) and eHL (WB3) will be researched in three work blocks (WB), each with three sub-projects. The focus is on the development of a theoretical framework for the promotion of HL in childhood and adolescence [...]
- HL-Kids-NRW: Representative health literacy survey of children in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW)
In the second HLCA funding phase, the research work of the predecessor project "MoMChild" will be continued directly in the HL-Kids-NRW sub-project. In the first funding phase, a version of the European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire (HLS-EU-Q) adapted for 9- to 10-year-old children was developed and validated, the HLS-Child-Q15, which is now (1) being used in a representative survey of children aged 9 to 10 in North Rhine-Westphalia. The questionnaire is also (2) being translated and (3) further developed for children aged 11 to 13 [...]
- IMPRES / STABIEL project - promoting mental health literacy in schools
The IMPRES project is a sub-project of the HLCA network. The core of the project is a teaching programme by the name of "Mental Health and School" to promote mental health literacy and destigmatise mental illness. In Bielefeld, the project is being implemented in Bielefeld schools under the name STABIEL project (Stigma Defence Bielefeld) [...].
- National Health Literacy Action Plan
- Bem-vindo - Implementation of an interdisciplinary network to improve opportunities for refugee children and their families in primary schools
Bem-vindo is a project of the AWO OWL. e.V. Pinheiro and funded by the Stiftung für Wohlfahrtspflege NRW. On the one hand, the project aims to improve and evaluate the networking of primary schools with existing support systems. The aim is to improve the visibility of the various actors from the fields of education, healthcare and cultural programmes in the city in order to enable support at an individual level and integration in the social space for children with refugee experience and their families [...].
- HaBil - Action and educational competences of functional illiterates
Research activities focus on analysing the life situations, mentalities and motivations of educationally disadvantaged groups, people with little formal educational capital and the functionally illiterate. Available resources and competences as well as barriers to successful educational attainment are identified. The research focus is concentrated on analysing the initial conditions, mentalities and motivational structures along the social structure analysis milieu concept [...]
- IGEL - Development, implementation and evaluation of a school-based group programme for the prevention of sexualised violence in primary schools
The aim of the IGEL prevention programme is, on the one hand, to strengthen the self-protection skills of third-grade pupils by increasing their knowledge about sexualised violence and by teaching them practical skills and enabling them to recognise and better defend themselves against sexuality-related situations. The project also aims to increase teachers' awareness of sexual abuse and improve their ability to recognise and respond appropriately to assaults [...].
- KANU - A prevention programme for children of mentally ill parents
The overall project aims to develop a concept for the primary prevention of mental disorders and behavioural problems in children (6-14 years) of mentally ill parents (schizophrenic and affective disorders), to test it in the Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Bielefeld-Bethel (intervention group) and the LWL Clinic Gütersloh (control group) and to evaluate its expected effectiveness [...].
- PID - Prevention and intervention in the Duisburg network for children of mentally ill parents
The overall aim of the project is to evaluate the network in terms of target group accessibility, utilisation and effectiveness of the existing support services for families in which at least one parent suffers from a mental disorder. This is intended to contribute to the review and quality assurance of the network work of the Psychosocial Working Group (PSAG) for affected families. The project is also intended to contribute to optimising the use of prevention potential in psychosocial care [...]
- Sozialgenial - Pupils get involved
In November 2012, Aktive Bürgerschaft e.V. (aktive-buergerschaft.de) and AG Sozialisationsforschung agreed on a qualitative research project to be carried out at ZPI in Essen. The subject is the investigation of service learning projects at member schools of the initiative "sozialgenial - Schüler engagieren sich" (www.sozialgenial.de), which is supported by Aktive Bürgerschaft. This initiative has been enabling pupils from all schools and school types in North Rhine-Westphalia to participate in service learning for several years. Sozialgenial reports on examples of the commitment, supports and networks schools and project partners and presents an award to the pupils [...].
- StieL - A truly inclusive school
In the application-related research and development project "Schule tatsächlich inklusiv- Evidenzbasierte modulare Weiterbildung für praktizierende Lehr- und andere pädagogische Fachkräfte" (StiEL), evidence-based modules for inclusion-oriented further education and training for teachers and other educational staff at general and vocational schools are being developed. These modules are used in school practice by trained teachers and evaluated using quantitative and qualitative methods [...].
- Teaching programme: Mental health and school
About the teaching programme
The "Mental health and school" teaching programme promotes awareness and education on mental health issues and helps to destigmatise mental illness. The teaching programme can thus strengthen mental health literacy in schools. The programme is based on a teaching programme from Canada, "The Teen Mental Health & High School Curriculum Guide" by teenmentalhealth.org, which was adapted for schools in Germany as part of the "IMPRES" research project at the Centre for Prevention in Childhood and Adolescence (ZPI).
You can download the German version of the programme, which can be used nationwide, here. A profile of the programme and a description of the contents can be found here.
For further information or enquiries about the programme, please contact us:
- Alexandra Fretian(fretian@uni-bielefeld.de)
- Sandra Kirchhoff(sandra.kirchhoff@uni-bielefeld.de)
- Prof. Dr Ullrich Bauer(ullrich.bauer@uni-bielefeld.de)
Manual and collection of materials for download
- Handbook "Mental health and school" (2020) [PDF]
- Digital collection of materials (PowerPoint presentations, learning videos etc.) [ZIP]
Note: If you have problems downloading or have any questions about the content of the materials, please contact us by email: Alexandra Fretian and Sandra Kirchhoff(fretian@uni-bielefeld.de / sandra.kirchhoff@uni-bielefeld.de). [Entry from 17.10.2022]
- Document repository HABIL
Information Material
- HABIL - Chancen erarbeiten
- HABIL - Projektplakat (Druckfähige DIN A0-Qualität)
- HABIL - Projektplakat Idealtypologie (Druckfähige DIN A0-Qualität)
- HABIL - Chancen erarbeiten - IW Köln
- Leo. - Level-One Studie - Literalität von Erwachsenen auf den unteren Kompetenzniveaus
- Wer ist Bildungsarm? Idealtypologie des funktionalen Analphabetismus
Reports
- Methodenbericht - Das Instrument der Schülerbefragung (2009)
- Methodenbericht - Schülerbefragung zum Projekt "HABIL – Handlungs- und Bildungskompetenzen" (2010)
- Endbericht - Schülerbefragung (2012)
- Zwischenbericht - Idealtypologie (2011)
- Zwischenbericht - Bildungsbiographie (2011)
- Zwischenbericht - Lerner/innen an Volkshochschulen (2010)
- Zwischenbericht - Screening internationaler Best Practice-Modelle der Alphabetisierungsarbeit und -forschung (2009)
- Zwischenbericht - Hamburger Schreibprobe (2011)
- Zwischenbericht - Unternehmensbefragung (2012)
- Document repository KANU
Information material & reports
- KANU-Flyer
- Kinder psychisch kranker Eltern – Präventive Angebote im psychiatrischen Versorgungssetting als zukünftige konzeptionelle Herausforderung
- Special needs of children with mentally ill parents (EN)
- Griepenstroh & Schmuhl (2010): Zur Lebenssituation von Kindern psychisch erkrankter Elterns
- Heitmann & Bauer (2007): Kinder psychisch erkrankter Eltern – Forschungsdesiderata und psychiatrischer Interventionsbedarf
- Evaluationsdesign: KANU – Gemeinsam weiterkommen
- KANU - Projektbeschreibung
- Publikationen (Auswahl)
- Kooperation für Nachhaltige Präventionsforschung - Newsletter März 2011
- Heitmeyer, Schmul, Reinisch & Bauer (2012): Primary prevention for children of mentally ill parents: the Kanu-program (EN)
Press reviews
- "Wenn Kinder zu früh erwachsen werden" (Neue Westfaelische - 27.02.2010)
- "Damit die Kinderseele nicht krank wird" (Westfalenblatt - 26.02.2010)
- "Vernetzung ist notwendig" (Fachtagung Caritas-Verband - 1.07.2010)
- "Vernetzung ist notwendig" ("Ängste und Schuldgefühle stören Familienleben" (Mindener Tageblatt - 18.03.2010)
- IGEL document repository
- Talks
- KANU KipE Duisburg [PDF]
- Kindertagung KANU (Bielefeld - 02.11.2009) [PDF]
- Kleine Helden in Not (Bielefeld - 28.01.2010) [PDF]
- Tagung Landesjugendamt JALTA (Westfalen-Lippe - 27.09.2010) [PDF]
- Kinder psychisch kranker Eltern im Fokus der psychiatrischen Pflege, 6. Dreiländerkongress Pflege in der Psychiatrie (Wien - 19. – 20.11.2009) [PDF]
- Socialisation in families with mentally ill parents: Children‘s perspective on illness related burden and the need of health promoting interventions - ISAPP (Berlin 14. - 18.09.2011) [PDF, EN]
- Schulformspezifische Körperlichkeit? (Freiburg - 7. & 8.10.2011) [PDF]
- Wege in die Regelversorgung am Beispiel des Präventionsprojekts für Kinder psychisch erkrankter Eltern „Kanu – Gemeinsam weiterkommen“. 17. Kongress Armut und Gesundheit „Prävention wirkt!“ (Berlin - 09. & 10.03.2012) [PDF]
- Stephan Drucks: Förderbedingungen bei Bildungsarmut, Fachtag Literalität (Frankfurt - 07.05.2012) [PDF]
- Methodological orientation
The ZPI uses empirical research instruments from the entire spectrum of methods. In quantitative terms, all standard study designs and statistical analysis methods are used. The spectrum ranges from research methods that are prioritised in the educational sciences to quantitative approaches that dominate in health/health care research. The selection of research methods depends on the research question and can be both confirmatory and exploratory. A special feature is that structural equation modelling was used for complex evaluations in the field of educational research, which is now also being used in the field of health research at the ZPI. There is extensive experience with evaluation studies for two- and three-point measurements (pre-/post/follow-up) with possible randomised allocation as well as different treatments with and without control groups.
Qualitative research projects are also carried out on the basis of a broad methodological orientation. Against this background, available methods are used in a specific orientation (explorative vs. more precisely delimited) and in consideration of available resources. This includes the following survey and evaluation methods in particular:
- Participatory observations of varying degrees of structuring
- qualitative interview forms of varying degrees of openness (e.g. guided interviews, expert interviews, problem-centred interviews, ero-epic interviews, group discussions)
- categorising and supplementary hermeneutic-reconstructive evaluation methods in the interpretation group
- qualitative type-forming content analyses
- grounded theory
- integrative text hermeneutic analyses
- ethnographic research reports.
- Our concept of education
With the founding of the ZPI, a four-year third-party funded project on the behavioural and educational skills of functionally illiterate people (HaBil) was completed. The project's extensive empirical and theoretical-conceptual work opens up various connections between literacy research and educational sociological perspectives, which will help determine the upcoming focal points of the ZPI's research field of education. In particular, the significance of educational poverty for life and participation opportunities in social practice will be analysed.
The research work is based in particular on theoretical traditions of inequality-related social analysis and socialisation research. This is complemented by perspectives from the sociology of age(ing), generational and community research. The analysis of the emergence of social inequality and its effects on educational opportunities and options for the utilisation of educational capital is at the heart of the work.
The research field of education is orientated towards practical relevance and transfer in accordance with the ZPI concept. Concepts for teacher training are developed that focus on the "fit" between the background and educational habitus of educationally disadvantaged pupils and the school requirements and demands of teachers. Education about the relevant assessment mechanisms and their practical significance for the social gradient of educational opportunities (PISA) is seen as a contribution to educational equity. There are plans to establish and expand an interdisciplinary training programme with the ZPI research field of health.
- Our concept of health
Both in public perception and in the scientific debate, health is now understood as a multidimensional concept that is orientated towards individual well-being. A person's state of health and health development are influenced by the interplay of physical, psychological and social factors, which can act as risk or protective factors.
Recent socio-epidemiological studies have revealed health inequalities along the socio-economic spectrum at population level. Better socioeconomic status is generally associated with better health. These consistent research findings suggest that individual health behaviour can be viewed as the result of a person's interaction with their social and economic environment. The influence of social structures on individual life paths becomes clear when health-related behaviours are understood as embedded in social structures. Therefore, not only the individual himself is considered, but also the socio-cultural context in which he lives.
This insight serves as a starting point for incorporating inequality-oriented social analysis and socialisation research into the study of health and exploiting their potential for describing and explaining the health situation of population groups. The combination of health topics with socialisation research also creates opportunities to clarify and integrate the significance of health aspects in the field of education.
There are numerous links between socialisation research and the topic of health. These range from the relationship between health-related behaviour and social structure, to psychological aspects such as vulnerability and resilience, to questions of acquiring social skills, social participation and individual future prospects.
- The socialisation paradigm
The basic theoretical framework is based on the paradigm of inequality-oriented socialisation research, i.e. it examines the course of socialisation processes under socially unequal initial conditions. This orientation is also understood to be problem-orientated. This means that the focus is on social problems: The social reproduction of inequalities, hindrances, but also the possibilities of democratising opportunities for participation, the conditions under which risk biographies arise in the education and health sectors, as well as the possibilities of prevention and intervention in childhood and adolescence.
The overarching theoretical orientation is not just about collating individual findings that provide information about the interaction effect between environmental conditions and processes of personality development. The project goes much further in creating an interdisciplinary theoretical basis in socialisation research, thus expanding the possibilities of bringing together the many individual strands of the discussion on the structures of personality development. This primarily addresses the merging of psychological, sociological and Educational Science research, which in turn, as a project ending date of socialisation research, already led to great progress in research internationally in the 1960s and 70s. Today, the aim is to describe the special features of the socialisation process with a unifying theory. We distinguish between a total of three task areas that theorisation aims to address:
1. the mediation process in which social influences interact with the developing personality.
This is the actual centre of socialisation research: the interaction process between the acting individual and the surrounding social and material structures that initiate processes of individual development and change socialisation environments.
2. the emergence of personality traits that are adapted to environmental conditions and thus lead to the reproduction of traits that are considered typical in a particular socialisation arrangement.
This aspect focuses on social reproduction aspects and is indispensable for analysing socially unequal opportunities for participation. The aim is to concentrate on bringing together findings that are now widely available both in social and developmental psychology (e.g. in agency research) and in social science research (habitus research). The aim of this consolidation is to create a theory of socialisation that can incorporate these reproductive effects. The working group's preliminary work on a theory of dispositions or a dispositional theory of socialisation represents an approach to this.
3. the emergence of atypical personality traits that interrupt reproductive processes, i.e. that do not mean adaptation to a socialisation arrangement, but lead to a reflection of one's own developmental processes in order to increase the potential for autonomy and emancipation.
This aspect ties in with a long line of discussion in socialisation research, which since the 1960s has asked which individual and social autonomy potentials are opened up by socialisation processes. This aspect of reversing the effects of mere social reproduction is undoubtedly indispensable for socialisation research. On the one hand, because the expansion of room for manoeuvre and the reflection of one's own development is a structural feature of personality development (although not necessarily always visible as a structural feature). Secondly, because this places the focus on changing social starting conditions, which in turn can be understood as a function of utilising individual autonomy potential.
Study and teaching
- Courses offered by the CPI
- Current courses
- Theses and qualification work
The CPI offers students comprehensive support and advice in the preparation of Bachelor's, Master's and doctoral theses that are in line with the CPI's research focus and content of teaching. The following staff members are currently available to support you in the development and realisation of your final project:
- Bauer, Ullrich, Prof. (BA/MA theses/doctorates)
- Ertugrul, Baris, Dr (BA/MA theses)
- Müller, Saskia, Dr (BA/MA theses)
- Pinheiro, Paulo, Dr (BA/MA theses)