Prof. Dr. Veronika Hammer
Fields of Teaching
- Social work science
- Social science basics
- Methods of empirical social research
Fields of Research
- Cultural capital
- Social space
- Single parents
Activities
University Activities
- Member of the Ethic Commission of Coburg University
- Member of the departmental board
Professional Activities
- Contact person German Society for Social Work
- Consultant for research programmes
Professional Memberships
- Confidential professor of the „Hans-Böckler-Stiftung“
- German Association for Public and Private Welfare e.V.
- VSOP Association for social planning e.V.
- Section age (aging) and Society of the German Society for Sociology
- Section Family Sociology of the German Society for Sociology
- A.B.S. e.V. - Graduates of the Bamberg Sociology
Curriculum Vitae
- Since 2006: Professor of sociology, empirical social studies and social work science
- 2005 – 2006: Head and field moderator of age management projects; coordinator of the demografic forum in the Research Institute for Vocational Education and Training, Nürnberg
- 2004: Promotion on the topic of “transformation of cultural capital – professional development concerning risk groups of single mothers”; Faculty of Law and Political Science Erfurt
- 2002 – 2005: Social work excursions to South America and South Africa; evaluation of a vocational skill acquisition for single mothers, Erfurt; Expertise to develop processes of situational approach, Frankfurt; Coaching and project management in the area of the Federal and State Programme “Social City”, Kronach; Project management of a virtual teaching project “Social Space and Social Work”, Bamberg; Market analysis of the situation of health clinics, Nürnberg
- 1999 – 2001:Empirical analyses in the practice network of the University Erfurt, Faculty Social Work, field single parent: “risks and chances on the labour market”
- 1998 – 1999: Research assistant at the State Institute for Family Research at the University of Bamberg
- 1993 – 1998: studied sociology at the University of Bamberg and at the University of Vienna, Johann-Kaspar-Zeuss-prize for excellent scientific work
- 1988 – 1993: studied social pedagogy at the University of Bamberg
- 1977 – 1986: training for industrial clerk and commercial occupation