Dr. Jessica Schwittek - Presentations
09/2025: "Ein Beispiel gelungener Wissenschaftskommunikation? Eine kindheitssoziologische Einordnung von und ein Diskussionsforum zum Buch 'Kinder – Minderheit ohne Schutz.'" 42. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie, University of Duisburg-Essen.
09/2025: "Freundschaften in der Transition, Transitionen der Freundschaft: Einführung und zusammenfassende Diskussion der Beiträge." 42. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie, University of Duisburg-Essen.
06/2025: "Transnational Life - Imposition or Gain for Children?" 5th ISA Forum of Sociology, University of Rabat.
06/2025: "Young People As Addressees of Vietnamese Migrant Organisations in Germany." 5th ISA Forum of Sociology, University of Rabat.
09/2023: Commentary on Machteld Venken's presentation "Order(s) of difference for borderland children: education and welfare." Conference "Orders of Difference in childhood and education," University of Frankfurt.
07/2023: "Perspectives of Young Viet-Germans on Growing Up in Germany in the Post-Reunification Years." 20th Annual IMISCOE Conference, Warsaw.
07/2023: "Reflexive Considerations as Knowledge Producers in Migration (Society) Research." 20th Annual IMISCOE Conference, Warsaw.
01/2023: "Perspektiven junger Viet-Deutscher auf ihr Aufwachsen im Deutschland der Nachwendejahre." Magdeburg-Stendal University.
10/2022: "Children’s views on transnational family arrangements." DeZIM Annual Conference, HU Berlin.
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 in the lecture series "Troubling childhoods? Generational perspectives on a marginalized group," Leuphana University of Lüneburg/online.
11/2020: "Erfahrungskomplexe und soziale (Neu-)Positionierungen junger Geflüchteter." Conference Kindheit und Adoleszenz in Bewegung - Aufwachsen unter Bedingungen von Fluchtmigration, University of Zürich.
01/2020: "Familie, Schule und Peers bei jungen Geflüchteten in Deutschland." Social Work colloquium "Kindheit als sozialer Raum: Kinder in Bezug auf Erwachsene (Eltern, Fachleute, Behörden, Wissenschaftler) und Gleichaltrige," TU Dortmund.
Before 2020
08/2019: "Challenges of making and maintaining friendships in the context of flight and forced migration." ESA-Conference, University of Manchester.
08/2019: "Childhood in Germany – the view of Refugee Children." ESA-Conference, University of Manchester.
06/2019: "Generationale und räumliche Ordnungsarrangements in Deutschland und Kirgistan." TU Dortmund.
12/2018: "Ordnungswissen und Selbstpositionierungen geflüchteter Kinder im Spiegel von Mahlzeiten und Ernährung." Das Essen der Kinder. Zwischen Pädagogisierung, Konsum und Kinderkultur, University of Bielefeld.
09/2017: "Herausforderung 'Flüchtlingskind' – Beratungsbedarf, Problemdefinitionen und Lösungsstrategien von Grundschullehrkräften im Umgang mit neu zugewanderten Schülerinnen und Schülern." 26. Jahrestagung der Sektion Schulpädagogik, Kommission Grundschulforschung und Pädagogik der Primarstufe, University of Koblenz-Landau.
09/2016: "Flüchtlingskindheit in Deutschland. Methodologischer Rahmen und erste Arbeitshypothesen aus einem Forschungsprojekt in der Pilotphase." 38. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie, University of Bamberg.
07/2016: "Negotiating Transition into Adulthood in Kyrgyzstan." ISA World Forum, University of Vienna.
02/2016: "Children's well-being and ideas of 'good childhood' in Kyrgyzstan and Pakistan." Winter-School International perspectives on stages of life: Well-being of Children and Youth around the world, University of Bielefeld.
08/2015: "Young children’s favorite places – a comparison between Kyrgyzstan and Germany." 12th Conference of the European Sociological Association (ESA), University of Prague.
07/2015: "Urban and Rural Childhoods in Kyrgyzstan." International and Interdisciplinary Conference 2015: Exploring the global well-being of children, TU Berlin.
07/2014: "Submit, exit or change: Strategies of coping with generational order(s) in a transition society." XVIII ISA World Congress of Sociology, Yokohama.
07/2014: "Generational Orders in Azerbaijan and Kyrgyzstan - Young Adults Between In-dependence and Interdependence." XVIII ISA World Congress of Sociology, Yokohama.
08/2013: "Relations, norms and contradictions – Lifeworlds of Kyrgyz youth." 11th ESA Conference "Crisis, Critique and Change," University of Turin.
08/2013: "Agency in a 'collectivist' society." 11th ESA Conference "Crisis, Critique and Change," University of Turin.
08/2012: "Youth in Kyrgyzstan - structures, orientations, tensions." Second ISA Forum of Sociology, Buenos Aires.
08/2012: "Childhood in Kyrgyzstan - social practices in private and public spheres and their relation with democratic values." Second ISA Forum of Sociology, Buenos Aires.
05/2012: "Educational ideologies, parents' goals and family practices in Kyrgyzstan." 3rd International Conference in Early Childhood, University of Ioannina.
06/2011: "Children’s Experiences in Protected and ‘Unprotected’ Childhoods." 4th Finnish Childhood Studies Conference: "Unprotected Childhood?", University of Helsinki.
07/2010: "Growing up in Kyrgyzstan – Children’s issues and how to define and measure 'Good Childhood.'" XVII ISA World Congress of Sociology, Gothenburg.
06/2010: "Preschool children’s lifeworlds in Kyrgyzstan - Practicing participatory re-search with 2-7 year olds in an intercultural approach." International Conference in Childhood Studies: The 3rd Finnish Childhood Studies Conference, University of Jyväskylä.
06/2010: "Familiale Sozialisation und kindliche Lebenswelten in Kirgistan." Lectures series, Interdisziplinäres Forschungszentrums Kindheiten.Gesellschaften, University of Wuppertal.