Prof. Dr. Alexandra König - Curriculum Vitae
Curriculum Vitae
Personal Data
| Title | Univ.-Prof. Dr. phil. |
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First name |
Alexandra |
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Name |
König |
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Current position |
Full Professor of Research on Socialisation (until 2039) |
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Current institution(s) /site(s), country |
Department of Education, University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE), Germany |
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Identifiers/ORCID |
ORCID-ID: 0000-0003-1439-1156 |
Qualifications and Career
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Stages |
Periods and Details |
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Degree programme |
11/1997, Dipl. Social Sciences, University of Wuppertal, Germany (10/1992-3/1997) |
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Doctorate |
3/2006, Dr. phil., Supervisors: Fuchs-Heinritz, Bühler-Niederberger, Subject: “Kleider schaffen Ordnung. Mythen und Regeln jugendlicher Selbst-Präsentation”, FernUniversität Hagen, Germany |
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Habilitation |
10/2017, Subject: “Spielfelder des Selbst – Eine Längsschnittstudie zu jungen Erwachsenen in Handwerksbetrieben, Hochschulen und Kunstakademien”, University of Wuppertal |
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Stages of academic/ professional career |
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| Since 2017 | Full Professor of Research on Socialisation, University of Duisburg-Essen |
| 09/11-09/17 | 'Akademische Rätin' for empirical social research with a focus on the sociology of life stages and social inequality, BU Wuppertal |
| 04/08-08/11 | Research Associate, BU Wuppertal (DFG-project: 'Between self-project and limited chances') |
| 04/07 – 04/08 | Research Associate, TU Dortmund (Institute of Sociology) |
| 10/06 – 04/07 | Research Associate, FU Hagen (Institute of Sociology) |
| 02/05 – 10/06 | Research Associate, BU Wuppertal (research project: 'Apprenticeship paths in the skilled trades') |
| 02/04 – 02/05 | PhD Scholarship, FU Hagen |
| 05/01 – 01/04 | Research Associate, FU Hagen (BMBF-project: 'ILSO – Integrated teaching sociology’) |
| 12/98 – 05/01 | Research Associate, FU Hagen (Institute of Sociology) |
Supplementary Career Information
Funded Research Projects and Conferences (last ten years, only grants >20,000€)
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2022-2024 |
DFG-Beethoven/PI: 'Growing up in transnational families. Children’s perspectives on ‘good childhood’' [with colleagues at the University of Wrocław and UDE] (personal share: 156.230€) |
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2011-2014 |
BMBF: 'Self-orientation and self-directed learning – An analysis of socialization- and learning environments of primary school children' [with Prof. Dr. Gräsel/Prof. Dr. Bühler-Niederberger] (~500.000€; no personal share attributable) |
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2009-2012 |
DAAD: Cooperation between the University of Wuppertal and three universities in Bishkek. Subject: 'Growing up in Kyrgyzstan [with Prof. Dr. Bühler-Niederberger] (~95.000€; no personal share attributable) |
Supplementary Career Information
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Parenting |
One child, born 2018 |
Engagement in the Research System (since 2018 – a selection)
| 2021–present | Co-Editor 'Zeitschrift für Soziologie der Erziehung und Sozialisation' |
| 2021–present | Member of the institute board of the Institute of Education, UDE |
| 2020–present | Co-Speaker DGS-Sektion 'Bildung und Erziehung' (with C. Imdorf) |
| WS 2021/22 | German-Vietnamese virtual teaching cooperation, UDE (https://lehrwerkstatt.zhqe.uni-due.de/childhood_youth) |
| 2020–present | Member of the central Equal Opportunities Commission (UDE) |
| 2020–present | Deputy Chair of the Audit Committee BA/MA Erziehungswissenschaft (UDE) |
| 2018–2021 | Member of the Equal Opportunities Commission at the faculty of Education |
Supervision of Researchers in Early Career Phases (first supervisor)
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Name |
Period |
Subject (qualification) |
Current position |
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Dr. Schwittek, Jessica |
2019–present |
Transnational families (working title) |
Postdoc, University of Duisburg-Essen |
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Jendrzey, Katarzyna |
2019–present |
Migration as a subject in children’s books |
Doctoral Student, University of Duisburg-Essen |