Prof. Dr. Gudrun Perko

Teaching

Since 2010, Gudrun Perko has been conducting seminars, teaching projects or reallabs and workshops at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam in the face-to-face and online degree programmes of the department of "Social and Educational Sciences" on the topics of gender, diversity and mediation as well as social sciences, ethics, and also repeatedly offers interdisciplinary projects (interflex projects). With regard to the various topics, her focus is always on the connection of theory, methods and competences as well as application possibilities in practice. Another focus in her teaching is the discrimination-critical educational concept "Social Justice and Diversity", which she co-developed, as well as the concept of discrimination-critical social work (see in detail: Institute Social Justice and Radical Diversity).

Research focus

• Basic research/theory building
• Gender/queer in social work
• Diversity in social work
• Critical competence research
• Diversity-oriented mediation
• Social justice and diversity
• Ethics
• Political Philosophy and Social Sciences

Further education: Scientific direction

• Certificate course: Social Justice and Diversity Training (Train-the-Trainer), ZEW of the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam in cooperation with the Institute Social Justice and Radical Diversity, Berlin (since 2012)
• Certificate course: Women in leadership and management positions (2016 to 2018)
• Social Justice and Diversity trainings in socio-pedagogical and social work institutions and social institutions in Germany and Austria.

Functions

• since 2022: Head of study programme BASA-online
• 2011 to 2014: Equal Opportunities Officer at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam.
• From 8 October 2014 to 1 April 2019: Deputy head of the BASA-online degree programme
• 8 July 2015 to 31 August 2019: Chairperson of the Departmental Council at the Department of Social and Educational Sciences at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam (two terms of office)
• 13 June 2018 to 9 December 2020: Anti-discrimination Officer at the Department of Social and Educational Sciences at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam
• 15. 8. 2017 to 15. 1. 2020: Appointed member of the Ethics Committee in the DBSH (Deutscher Berufsverband für Soziale Arbeit e.V.), elected by the Extended Federal Executive Board.
• Co-founder and co-director of the Institute for Social Justice and Radical Diversity https://institut-social-justice.org/
• Member of the Frieda Nadig Institute: Inclusion and Organisational Development https://www.hs-nb.de/fachbereich-soziale-arbeit-bildung-und-erziehung/forschungen-und-projekte/forschungen-institute/frieda-nadig-institut/das-institut/

Curriculum vitae

• Since 1 November 2017: Professor of social sciences with a focus on gender, diversity and mediation
• 2013 - 2017: Professor for Gender Mainstreaming and Diversity Managing at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam
• 2010 - 2013: Visiting Professor on Gender Mainstreaming and Diversity Managing at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam

Professional background

• Social worker
• Philosopher (Mag. Dr.)
• Science coach
• Social Justice and Diversity Trainer
• Mediator

Studies

• 1982 - 1985: Social work studies, Vienna
  05/06/1985: Graduation with diploma
• 1986 - 1992: Studies of Philosophy (major) at the University of Vienna
  29/10/1992: Graduation with a Master of Philosophy
  30/05/1996: Doctorate in Philosophy

Further education

• 2005: Training as a conflict mediator, Centre for Continuing Education, University Didactics and Professional Field Research, Alice-Salomon-Fachhochschule (University of Applied Sciences) (Director: Jürgen Schroeder-Banzhaf), Berlin
• 1985: Training of trainers for social projects, European Centre (Direction: Dr. Martin Hoffmann, DSA Doris Pleiger), Vienna
• 1983: Training for Course Leaders, Institute for Science and Art, IWK (Direction: Prof. Erika Stubenvoll), Vienna

Professional activities before the guest professorship or professorship, among others

• 1982 - 2000 Social worker (e.g. youth centre, psychosocial service, biography work with women)
• 1993 - 2010 Carrying out research projects (basic research, practice/action research, evaluation)
• 1993 - 2010 Project management
• 1996 - 2010 Foundation of "Profundus. Institut für Wissenschaftscoaching, philosophische Weiterbildung und Mediation"
• 1996 - 2010 Scientific writing workshops, scientific individual coaching (for students and teachers), e.g. University of Vienna, Graz University of Technology, Johann Goethe University Frankfurt am Main
• 1997 - 2010 Teaching/lecturer, a. o.: Institute of Philosophy and Educational Sciences; Institute of Sociology, University of Vienna; Alice-Salomon-Hochschule Berlin; Graz University of Technology, Technical University Berlin
• 1997 - 2010 Freelance trainer and consultant in adult education on the following topics, among others: Gender, Queer, Diversity, Social Justice, Dialogue, Communication.
• 2006 - 2010 Mediator in private practice

Institute for Social Justice and Radical Diversity

• Co-founder of the Institute Social Justice and Radical Diversity
• Co-development of the anti-discrimination educational concept "Social Justice and Diversity" (an anti-discrimination concept in favour of inclusion and participation)

Research results: Projects with students

• Konfliktbearbeitung in der Sozialen Arbeit: Diversity orientierte Mediation, 2023
• Antiromaismus und Antisintiismus. Diskriminierungsrealitäten und Handlungsempfehlungen Expert*innen im Gespräch, Weinheim/Basel: Beltz/Juventa 2023 (als Buch erhältlich im Beltz/Juventa Verlag 2023) https://www.beltz.de/fachmedien/sozialpaedagogik_soziale_arbeit/produkte/details/49746-antiromaismus-und-antisintiismus.html
• Klassismus in Corona-Zeiten und Herausforderungen für die Soziale Arbeit, 2021
• Antisemitismus als Aufgabe für die Schulsoziarbeit. Expert*innen im Gespräch, Beltz/Juventa, Weinheim/Basel (als Buch erhältlich im Beltz/Juventa Verlag 2021)
• Antisemitismus in der Schule. Handlungsmöglichkeiten der Schulsozialarbeit (als Buch erhältlich im Beltz/Juventa Verlag 2020)
• Inwiefern wird in der Praxis der Sozialen Arbeit mit Diversity umgegangen und welche Diversitykonzepte werden herangezogen?
• Geschlechtliche und sexuelle Vielfalt in Einrichtungen der Sozialen Arbeit in Berlin und Brandenburg
• Sozialraumorientierte Beteiligung von Jugendlichen und Erwachsenen bei der Gestaltung kommunaler Dienst im Amt Gransee und Gemeinden
• Kritische Soziale Arbeit: Widerständigkeit im Spannungsfeld von Selbstsorge und politischer Selbstbestimmung
• Wie gestaltet sich der Umgang mit sexueller Vielfalt in der Gesellschaft in Einrichtungen der Jugendsozialarbeit?
• Facebook, Twitter, Blogs und Co: Konzepte und Kompetenzen in der Sozialen Jugendarbeit. Welche Konzepte braucht die Soziale Jugendarbeit, welche Kompetenzen brauchen Sozialarbeiter_innen für eine professionelle Unterstützung der Partizipation von Jugendlichen in Social Media?
• Antiromaismus und Antisintiismus. Diskriminierungsrealitäten und Handlungsempfehlungen Expert*innen im Gespräch, Weinheim/Basel: Beltz/Juventa 2023 (als Buch erhältlich im Beltz/Juventa Verlag 2023)  https://www.beltz.de/fachmedien/sozialpaedagogik_soziale_arbeit/produkte/details/49746-antiromaismus-und-antisintiismus.html

Educational materials:

• 2021, 68 Trainingskarten. Social Justice und Diversity. Für eine Gesellschaft der Radikalen Vielfalt, gem. mit Jonathan Czollek, Naemi Eifler, Leah Carola Czollek, Corinne Kaszner, Max Czollek, Beltz/Juventa, Weinheim/Basel
• 2019 – 2021, Mediation als Methode in der Sozialen Arbeit, gem. mit Leah Carola Czollek, Johanna Pohland und Student*innen der FHP
• Mediationslehrfilm: Klassische Mediation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2mWtFH5jEE
• Mediationslehrfilm: Diversity orientierte Mediation: Der Fall Sahid und die Machloketsche Mediation
  www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouw2NNABhc8
• Mediationslehrfilm: Diversity orientierte Mediation: Ethisch-dialogische Haltung der Mediatior*innen in der Machloketschen Mediation
  www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pvw2fqPDm4w
• Mediationslehrfilm: "Maxi in der Schule": Eine systemische und Diversity orientierte Onlinemediation
  www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3US2oLDmao
• Mediationsreader 2020
• Mediationsreader 2021
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