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Dr. Kristina Seidelsohn

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Department of Education and Psychology

Division Qualitative Social and Education Research

Research Associate, Project Coordinator

Address
Habelschwerdter Allee 45
Room KL 23/206
14195 Berlin
Telephone
+49 30 838 62933
Email
Kristina.Seidelsohn@fu-berlin.de

Education and Academic Positions

  • Since 10/2017 Research Assistant of the Project "Integration and Participation of Refugees", Free University of Berlin, Department of Education and Psychology, Division Qualitative Social and Education Research.
  • 09/2014-09/2017 Research associate at the Disaster Research Unit, Free University Berlin, BMBF-Project “Vulnerability and Safety in the just City (VERSS)”.
  • 04/2017 Conferal of Doctorate (Promotion) as Dr. phil. at the University of Bielefeld, the title of doctoral thesis (Promotionsarbeit) being „Prekäre Arbeitsräume. Soziale Konflikte und Gruppenbezogene Menschenfeindlichkeit in aufgewerteten Stadtquartieren.“
  • 10/2012-04/2017 Phd-candidate, Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence, University of Bielefeld.
  • 11/2008-11/2012 Dissertation-fellowship, German Science Foundation, Graduate school “Group focused enmity: Causes, phenomenology, consequences”, Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence, University of Bielefeld.
  • 02/2012 Visiting Scholar, Department of Geography and Institute of Urban and Regional Planning, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
  • 04/2003-02/2008 Studies in Sociology, Political Science, Cultural Science (HU), Free University Berlin. Degree: Diploma in Sociology.
  • 08/2005-01/2006 Semester Abroad (Erasmus), Studies in Sociology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • 10/2001-03/2003 Studies in Sociology, History, Pedagogy, University of Cologne. Pre-degree examination.
WiSe 2019/20
  • Colloquium 121103: "Bildungsbiographien und Arbeitsmarktintegration von
    geflüchteten Frauen"
    (Master's degree program: "Bildungswissenschaft")  
                                      
SoSe 2019
  • Course I 121042: "Qualitative Forschungsmethoden" 
    (Master's degree program: "Bildungswissenschaft")  
                                
  • Course II 121052: "Qualitative Forschungsmethoden"
    (Master's degree program: "Bildungswissenschaft") 

WiSe 2018/19
  • Colloquium 121103: "Bildungsbiographien und Arbeitsmarktintegration von
    geflüchteten Frauen"
    (Master's degree program: "Bildungswissenschaft")                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
  • Colloquium 121104: "Bildungsprozesse und Interaktionen Geflüchteter am
    Arbeits-/ Ausbildungsplatz"  
    (Master's degree program: "Bildungswissenschaft")                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
  • Colloquium 121105: "Bildungs- und Berufsberatung Geflüchteter zwischen
    Jobcenter und (ehrenamtlichen) Geflüchteteninitiativen"    
    (Master's degree program: "Bildungswissenschaft")
         
  • Colloquium 121106: "Was bedeutet Arbeit? Die Rolle von Glaube, Religiösität  
    und Wertvorstellungen Geflüchteter bei der Arbeitsmarktintegration"   
    (Master's degree program: "Bildungswissenschaft")     

Research Interests:

  • Human Behavior and Social Inequality
  • Integration and Migration
  • Residential Segregation and Environmental Conditioning
  • Research on Conflicts and Violence


Project work and field research:

since 2017 Research Project "Integration and Participation of Refugees"
Research Assistant - Free University of Berlin

2007 Research Assistant, EU-Projekt ‚IntegraRef – Local Community & Refugees. Fostering Social Integration‘, founded by the European Commission and the European Refugee Fond, Institute for Comparative Social Sciences (NGO), Berlin, Germany.

2006/07 EU-Project Equal – “EU Community Initiative' against inequality within the labour market”. Councelling service and diverse professional seminars. Founded by der European Social Fond, ‚Respect‘: Integration for Migrants (NGO), Berlin.

2006 Project assistant, Workshop „The Jews, the Arabs and the Others“ (Lyon): Methods for mediation in intercultural conflicts, funded by the “German-French Youth-Foundation“ (DFJW), carried out by ‘Respect’: Integration for Migrants (NGO, Berlin), CCO Villeurbanne (NGO, Lyon), Beit Hagefen (NGO, Haifa).

2005 Research assistant, Study „Neukölln – Troubles and Potentials of an Berlin Borough. An Outline“, funded by the Freudenberg-Foundation, carried out by ‘Society for Democratic Culture’ (NGO), Berlin.

2004/05 Short-Movie"Das Leben klappert wie eine Draisine" (26min): Field Research in Berlin und St. Petersburg, funded by the Free University Berlin, Institute for Sociology, Research-Internship durch die Freie Universität Berlin, Institut für Soziologie.

Monograph:

  • Seidelsohn, Kristina (2018). Prekäre Arbeitsräume. Soziale Konflikte und Gruppenbezogene Menschenfeindlichkeit in aufgewerteten Stadtquartieren (Quartiersforschung). Dissertation. Wiesbaden: Springer VS.
     

Chapters in Books:

  • Katja Schulze, Daniel F. Lorenz, Cordula Dittmer, Till Büser, Julia Schander, Jessica Reiter, Andrea Jungmann, Kristina Seidelsohn, Martin Voss, Bettina Wenzel (2019): Angst vor Katastrophen? Ergebnisse quantitativer Befragungen in Deutschland zu Katastrophenvorsorge und –bewältigung. In: Bernd Rieken (Hrsg.) Angst in der Katastrophenforschung,  Interdisziplinäre Zugänge 2019,  Psychotherapiewissenschaft in Forschung, Profession und Kultur,  Band 27. Waxmann Verlag, S. 171-190.
                             

  • Seidelsohn, Kristina / Voss, Martin / Krüger, Daniela (2018): Researching Milieu-Specific Perceptions of Risk, (in)Security, and Vulnerability - A Conceptual Approach for Understanding the Inequality and Segregation Nexus in Urban Spaces. In: Fekete A., Fiedrich F. (eds), Urban Disaster Resilience and Security. The Urban Book Series. Springer, Cham: 361-381.

  • Krüger, Daniela / Voss, Martin / Seidelsohn, Kristina (2017): Fragmentierte Sicherheit–Zur Produktion und Reproduktion von (Un‑) Sicherheitsräumen in Städten. Fragmented Security–On the Production and Reproduction of (Un‑) Safe Spaces in Cities. Soziale Probleme, 28(2), 285-299.

  • Freiheit, Manuela / Seidelsohn, Kristina (2016): Perspectives on conflicts and potentials in a changing neighbourhood: Berlin-Neukölln and the role of urban governance (Chapter 7). In: Sirkeci, Ibrahim; Cohen, Jeffrey H.; Yazgan, Pinar (Eds.): Conflict, Insecurity and Mobility. Transnational Press London: 77-88.

  • Kraft (Seidelsohn), Kristina / Freiheit, Manuela / Spaiser, Viktoria (2012): Young Muslims in Germany, the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and anti-Semitism – a knowledge-sociological perspective (German). In: Botsch, Gideon / Glöckner, Olaf / Kopke, Christoph / Spieker, Michael (eds): Islamophobia and Anti-Semitism: a Controversial Comparison, De Gruyter, Potsdam: 227-254 (German).

  • Kraft (Seidelsohn), Kristina / Freiheit, Manuela (2011): Group-focused Enmity in the Locality. Perspectives on Conflicts in a changing neighborhood, in Frey, O. / Koch, F. (eds), Positions for Urbanism. Society, Governance, Arrangement, Lit Verlag, Vienna: 147-163 (German).

  • Bretl, Carolin / Kraft (Seidelsohn), Kristina (2008): Local Integration of Refugees in Munich, in Aumüller, J. / Bretl, C. (eds), Local Societies and Refugees: Advancement of Social Integration. The Communal Integration of Refugees in Germany, editionParabolis, Berlin: 61-93 (German).

Articel in Journals

Policy Reports

  • Voss, M., Krüger, D., & Seidelsohn, K. (2017). State of the Art-Planung und Gestaltung von kommunalen Beteiligungsverfahren: Reihe „Bürger* innenbeteiligung im Teilprojekt Vulnerabilität und Sicherheit in der gerechten Stadt (VERSS)“.

  • Voss, Martin; Seidelsohn, Kristina; Krüger, Daniela (2016): Risiko- und Vulnerabilitätsbewertungen. Zur Sicherheits- und Vulnerabilitätswahrnehmung der Bevölkerung. Working Paper VERSS (3) – Katastrophenforschungsstelle (KFS).

  • Voss, Martin; Krüger, Daniela; Seidelsohn, Kristina (2016): Risiko- und Vulnerabilitätsbewertungen. Zur Perspektive und Einsatzplanung der Behörden und Organisationen mit Sicherheitsaufgaben. Working Paper VERSS (2) – Katastrophenforschungsstelle

  • Dantschke, Claudia / Freiheit, Manuela / Kraft (Seidelsohn), Kristina: Neukoelln: Trouble and Potentials of a Berlin Borough. An Outline. Ed.: Society for Democratic Culture, Berlin (NGO). 2005, Berlin, Germany. (German)

Online Publications

Peer-reviews in Journals

  • International Journal of Conflict and Violence (IJCV)

Papers in edited Volumes

  • Freiheit, Manuela / Seidelsohn, Kristina (2014): Conflicts on Gentrification in multi-ethnic Neighbourhoods. Berlin-Neukölln and the Role of Urban Governance. Turkish Migration Conference, May 2014, London, UK. (forthcoming December 2014).

Distributed Conference Papers

  • Kristina Seidelsohn, Andreas Hirseland: “"For the Africans, the skin color is still there" - The Influence of Origin, Ethnicity and Ethnic Networks on the Labor Market Integration of Refugees in Germany”. European Sociological Association – ESA Conference, 21.08.2019 in Manchester, UK.

  • Kristina Seidelsohn , Andreas Hirseland, Uwe Flick: Transitions of refugees into gainful employment - Between employment integration policies, administrative acts and individual biographies. EAN RN 35 Midterm Conference. Belongings and Borders - Biographies, Mobilites and the Politics of Migration, 24.01.2019 in Strasbourg, Frankreich
                          
  • Kristina Seidelsohn, Anna Lena Schilling: Prozesse und soziale Mechanismen gelingender Integration in den Arbeitsmarkt. NRW-Dialogforum 2018, Track "Neuer Zusammenhalt oder neue Konflikte? - Integration Zugewanderter auf dem Arbeitsmarkt", 30.10.2018 in Düsseldorf
          
  • Kristina Seidelsohn, Thomas Verlage, Andreas Hirseland: Heute Flüchtling - morgen Prekariat? (Erwerbs-)Integration von Geflüchteten. 2. Konferenz Netzwerk Flüchtlingsforschung, 05.10.2018, Zentrum Flucht und Migration, Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
        
  • Kristina Seidelsohn, Thomas Verlage: Panelverantwortliche für das Panel "Gesellschaftliche Teilhabe Geflüchteter: Integration in Arbeit". 2. Konferenz Netzwerk Flüchtlingsforschung, 05.10.2018, Zentrum Flucht und Migration, Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
        
  • Kristina Seidelsohn: (In-)security in urban areas - Residential segregation, milieu-specific „Perception Patterns“ and Adaptive Planning. Abschlusskonferenz EU-Projekt MARGIN-Tackling insecurities in marginalized areas, 05.04.2017 in Budapest, Ungarn.

  • Kristina Seidelsohn, Martin Voss, Daniela Krüger: On ‘Perception Patterns': Framing Subjective and Objectified Risks in the Planning Process for (more) Resilient Cities. 3rd ISA Forum of Sociology, 12.07.2016 in Wien, Österreich.

  • Kristina Seidelsohn, Daniela Krüger und Martin Voss, „Subjective Vulnerability and the Discursive Production of (Un-) safety in Urban Spaces”. 12th Conference of the European Sociological Association 2015, Prague 25.‐28. August 2015.

  • Kristina Seidelsohn, Martin Voss und Daniela Krüger, "The Distribution of Vulnerability in Urban Spaces: Residential Segregation and the Subjective Dimension of (Un-) safety “. Deutscher Kongress für Geographie, Berlin 1.‐6. October 2015. (German)

  • Daniela Krüger, Martin Voss und Kristina Seidelsohn “Who defines what is at stake? Safety Production and Civil Participation in Urban Space”. Deutscher Kongress für Geographie, Berlin 1.‐6. October 2015. (German)

  • Kristina Seidelsohn / Manuela Freiheit: "Perspektives on conflict in a changing neighborhood: Berlin-Neukölln and the Role of Urban Governance”, zusammen mit Manuela Freiheit Internat. Konferenz Turkish Migration, Comparative Perspectives and Continuities Regents University, 20.05.-01.06.2014 in London, UK
                       

  • Freiheit, Manuela / Seidelsohn, Kristina (2013): Group‐focused Enmity in the Locality: Perspectives on Conflicts in a Changing Neighborhood. RC21 Resourceful Cities Conference, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Institut für Sozialwissenschaften, Stadt- und Regionalwissenschaften, Berlin. Distributed-Conference-Paper: http://www.rc21.org/conferences/berlin2013/RC21-Berlin-Papers-3/13-Freiheit-Seidelsohn.pdf.
         

  • Kristina Seidelsohn: Mechanisms of Social Change at the neighborhood-level, Internat. Konferenz Study of Nationalities, Association for the Study of Nationalities, 17th Annual World Convention Colombia University, 19.04.-21-04.2012 in New York.