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Institute of Sociology

Our teaching at the Chair of Sociology of Work

The concept behind our teaching

We appreciate the complexity of the sociology of work research area and design courses for students to help work out these complexities and their consequences with an eye on the open questions that contemporary changes may bring.

We teach in two primary domains:

  • The sociology of work in context, and
  • courses aiding students' movement into and out of university studies, in particular the Introductory and concluding courses for the study of Sociology.

What we want to teach our students

Our goal is that students can become creative problem-solvers addressing these complex challenges in their future, personally and professionally. We teach them how to:

  • analyze evidence,
  • understand contextual effects, and
  • develop critical thinking skills to develop nuanced understandings of the variety of processes that influence the current and past social structures in a variety of societies for a variety of social groups.

Sociology of Work in Context

Our starting point is that work is not only paid work. To see it as such devalues vast quantities of human resourcefulness and investment in keeping individuals, families, communities, and societies from deteriorating. To truly understand the sociology of work, domains of unpaid work must be considered together with paid work. These are both heavily influenced by gender norms and discriminatory practices. The entire situation of paid work, unpaid work, gender relations, and family and demography are changing over time together with changing economic and labor market conditions. We appreciate the complexity of this research area and base our courses on students working out these complexities and their consequences with an eye on the open questions that contemporary changes may bring.
The courses we offer can be grouped in three general areas:
  • The sociology of work
  • Work and Gender
  • Work and Family (Here we focus on both international comparative policy elements and life course stratification processes)

Responsible

Prof. Heather Hofmeister, Ph.D.

Professur für Soziologie mit Schwerpunkt Arbeitssoziologie

PEG 3G 118
+49 69/798-36509
arbeitssoziologie@em.uni-frankfurt.de

Website
CLBO Frankfurt

Responsible

Dr. habil. akad. Silvia Krömmelbein

Akademische Oberrätin
kroemmelbein@em.uni-frankfurt.de

Dr. habil. Silvia Krömmelbein

PEG 2.G 171

Sprechstunden
Anmeldung per E-Mail
Dienstag 15:00

Sommersemester 2019

Dr. habl. akad. Silvia Krömmelbein

Wintersemester 2018/2019

Dr. habl. akad. Silvia Krömmelbein

Wintersemester 2017/2018

Dr. habl. akad. Silvia Krömmelbein

Sommersemester 2017

Dr. habl. akad. Silvia Krömmelbein

Sommersemester 2015

Prof. Heather Hofmeister

Dr. habl. akad. Silvia Krömmelbein


Wintersemester 2014/2015

Prof. Heather Hofmeister

Dr. habl. akad. Silvia Krömmelbein


Courses assisting students' transitions into and out of University

Courses for entering and exiting university studies are important to us because a good start and a good finish in the university experience can have lasting consequences for students' intellectual curiosity, development, sense of self, and their ease of progress through these important and intense years.

We have taught the Sociology Propädeutikum series since 2012 and refine it to meet students' needs over time. The focus is on academic preparation: how to write, read, cite, and construct an argument.

The Colloquia at the end of studies help students refine their research topics, choose and use appropriate methods and theories, and successfully complete their bachelor's and master's degrees.

Responsible

Prof. Heather Hofmeister, Ph.D.

Professur für Soziologie mit Schwerpunkt Arbeitssoziologie

PEG 3G 118
+49 69/798-36509
arbeitssoziologie@em.uni-frankfurt.de

Website
CLBO Frankfurt

Responsible

Dr. habil. akad. Silvia Krömmelbein

Akademische Oberrätin
kroemmelbein@em.uni-frankfurt.de

Dr. habil. Silvia Krömmelbein

PEG 2.G 171

Sprechstunden
Anmeldung per E-Mail
Dienstag 15:00