Prof. Dr. Alexandra König - Presentations

Presentations (a selection)

08/2026: "Spatial Mobility From An Immobility Perspective: Stayer Children’s Reflections And Imaginaries." 17th ESA Conference 2026, "Strengthening Democracies: Social Action, Solidarity, and Sustainable Futures," Warsaw, Poland. 

08/2026: "Growing Up Transnationally: Children’s Self-Positioning in Transnational Spaces - Constructions of “Abroad” and (Un)Safe Places." 17th ESA Conference 2026, „Strengthening Democracies: Social Action, Solidarity, and Sustainable Futures," Warsaw, Poland. 

08/2026: "The Interactive Production of “Good Parents”: Meaning-Making in German Adoption Assessments." 17th ESA Conference 2026, "Strengthening Democracies: Social Action, Solidarity, and Sustainable Futures," Warsaw, Poland. 

08/2026: "Becoming “Good Parents” – Organizational Assessment and Preparation of Applicant Couples in German Adoption Processes." 17th ESA Conference 2026, „Strengthening Democracies: Social Action, Solidarity, and Sustainable Futures," Warsaw, Poland. 

06/2025: "Transnational Life - Imposition or Gain for Children?" 5th ISA Forum of Sociology, University of Rabat.

09/2023: "Die Suche nach den besten Eltern." Opening presentation at the annual conference of the Gemeinsamen Zentralen Adoptionsstelle Rheinland-Pfalz und Hessen (GZA), Mainz.

07/2023: "Temporäre Arbeitsmigration als Herausforderung generationaler Arrangements." Kritische Zeiten: Kongress der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Soziologie, Vienna.

07/2023: "Elternschaft qua Vermittlung – Adoptionsfamilien als alternative Form der Familiengründung." Kritische Zeiten: Kongress der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Soziologie, Vienna.

12/2021: "Childhood and Youth in the Vietnamese Diaspora of Germany." International Conference on Innovations in the Social Sciences & Humanities, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam/online.

06/2021: "Making friends in Germany: Challenges encountered by young refugees." Presentation at the lecture series "Troubling childhoods? Generational perspectives on a marginalized group," Leuphana University of Lüneburg/online.

09/2019: "Von Menschen und Tieren in der Moderne – Zur Professionalisierung von Tieren." 4. Mainzer Symposium der Sozial- und Kulturwissenschaften „Jenseits des Menschen?“, University of Mainz.