Research Units
- Sociological Theory, History of Sociology, and Philosophy of Science
- Empirical Social Research Methods
- Social Stratification, Social Inequality, and Education
- Microsociology, Social Psychology, and Culture
- Gender, Diversity, and Migration
- Sociology of Economics, Work, and Organizations
- Knowledge, Technology, and Environment
Gender, Diversity, and Migration
Profile
What do gender orders in the social world look like and how do they change? How are powerful distinctions created between ‘We’ and ‘Others’ in social institutions and organizations? How do identities and affiliations develop in the context of globalized societies and what role do migration processes play? What influence do biotechnologies have on gender relations and social diversity and how do handed down ideas of physicality and gender dualism change as a result? Our division deals with theories, concepts and empirical research which relate these questions to each other.
At the same time, a differentiation must be made between several specialized research fields, such as gender research, studies on the social production of difference(s) (i.e. ‘diversity’) and migration research, sociology of the body, technoscience and gender. The division brings these fields together and reconstructs the joint mechanisms of social differentiation. Intersectionality research, queer studies, theories of transnationalization, social epistemology, science and technology research as well as the resulting modern methodological approaches, such as ‘queer methodologies’, for example, form the central frame of reference for this task. The objective of this work is to understand marginalized, migrant and/or queer lifeworlds, uncover discursive hegemonies, symbolic violence and forms of definitional power and their effects as well as to examine specific performativities on the basis of empirical studies. The division’s empirical research predominantly follows the premises of qualitative social research.
Courses
Courses in the BA in Sociology comprise introductions to gender research, queer studies, migration research, theories of racism and transnationalization research as well as the history and theory of the women’s movement, sociology of the body and feminist science and technology research. Courses in the MA in Sociology offer in-depth study in gender and intersectionality research, theories of migration, queer studies, cultural studies, ethnicity and racism research as well as recent developments in feminist technoscience studies and social movement research. Alongside the theory-based courses, extensive insight is provided into the methodologies and methods of intersectionality research and transnationally-oriented migration research. Courses are also offered within the teaching degree programmes which address the topic of difference and diversity in the institution “school”. Courses are held in German and English.
spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Helma Lutz
Working Paper Series “Gender, Diversity and Migration”
The research unit “Gender, Diversity and Migration” (Institute of Sociology) introduces a new digital Working Paper Series to present the results of ongoing research by members of the units as well as by associated researchers.
For publication and editorial support, please, contact, Prof. Dr. Helma Lutz E-Mail: lutz@soz.uni-frankfurt.de
2020
- Stiegler, Paula (2020) Militärische Männlichkeit. Eine visuelle soziologische Analyse am Beispiel der 'Opération Sentinelle'
Working Paper Series 20/2020 "Gender, Diversity and Migration", Faculty of Social Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt
2018
- Jansen, M. (2018) Between Socialist Transformation and Capitalist Incorporation: A Feminist Critique on Work and Care in Polyamorous Relationships
Working Paper Series 19/2018 "Gender, Diversity and Migration", Faculty of Social Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt - Reich, M. (2018) Verunmöglichung von Zeugenschaft. Sexzwangsarbeit in den Häftlingsbordellen der NS-Konzentrationslager und ihre Tabuisierung nach 1945
Working Paper Series 18/2018 "Gender, Diversity and Migration", Faculty of Social Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt - Cirino, M. (2018) Zur sozialen Konstruktion von Illegalität: Eine diskurstheoretische Analyse des Europäischen Migrationsmanagements
Working Paper Series 17/2018 "Gender, Diversity and Migration", Faculty of Social Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt - Marusczyk, O. (2018) (Re)-locating antisemitism. Theoretische Grundlegung einer prozessorientierten Taxonomie antisemitischer Grenzziehungen
Working Paper Series 16/2018 "Gender, Diversity and Migration", Faculty of Social Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt - Hey, C. (2018) Zugehörigkeiten, Machtverhältnisse, Abgrenzungen: Wie queer ist die queere Szene?
Working Paper Series 15/2018 "Gender, Diversity and Migration", Faculty of Social Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt
2017
- Krauss, S. (2017) "Managing Gender?" Kleidung als Ausgangspunkt für empirische Forschung zum (Un)Doing Gender und (Un)Doing Difference im Feld des technischen Vertriebs
Working Paper Series 14/2017 "Gender, Diversity and Migration", Faculty of Social Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt -
Amelina A. (2017) After the Reflexive Turn in Migration Studies: Towards the Doing Migration Approach
Working Paper Series 13/2017 "Gender, Diversity and Migration", Faculty of Social Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt -
Bilecen B. and Amelina A. (2017) A Network Approach to Migrants’ Transnational Biographies
Working Paper Series 12/2017 "Gender, Diversity and Migration", Faculty of Social Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt
2016
- Render de Barros, L. (2016) Locken Rocken Bedeutung von Locken für die Identitätskonstruktion von Frauen of Color
Working Paper Series 11/2016 "Gender, Diversity and Migration", Faculty of Social Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt - Tissot, R. (2016) Highly-Skilled Labour Migration in Switzerland: Household Strategies and Professional Careers,
Working Paper Series 10/2016 "Gender, Diversity and Migration", Faculty of Social Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt - Kosnick, K. (2016) Sexual Citizenship and Migration in a Transnational Perspective,
Working Paper Series 9/2016 "Gender, Diversity and Migration", Faculty of Social Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt
2015
- Safuta, A. (2015): A Feminist Approach to Migrant Domestic Servises: Materialism or Post-Structuralism?",
Working Paper Series 8/2015 “Gender, Diversity and Migration”, Faculty of Social Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt. - Barglowski, K. (2015): The Symbolic Meaning of Mobility in Transnational Families",
Working Paper Series 7/2015 “Gender, Diversity and Migration”, Faculty of Social Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt. - Camargo Magalhães, B. (2015) Switching from informal to formal labor market in Brussels: What changes for live-out domestic workers?,
Working Paper Series 6/2015 “Gender, Diversity and Migration”, Faculty of Social Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt. - Pelayo Sañudo, E. (2015) Multiple inequalities in the age of transnationalization: the case of Italian Americans,
Working Paper Series 5/2015 “Gender, Diversity and Migration”, Faculty of Social Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt. - Martinez-Iglesias, M. (2015) Migration, gender and land inheritance shift: wives, mothers and sisters in the absence of men in indigenous rural Oaxaca (Mexico),
Working Paper Series 4/2015 Gender, Diversity and Migration”, Faculty of Social Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt
2014
- Supik, L. (2014): Making up Ethnicities in der amtlichen Statistik,
Working Paper Series 3/2014“Gender, Diversity and Migration”, Faculty of Social Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt. - Sänger, E. (2014) Obstetrical care as a matter of time: Ultrasound screening in anticipatory regimes of pregnancy,
Working Paper Series 2/2014 “Gender, Diversity and Migration”, Faculty of Social Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt. - Lutz, H. (2014) Intersectionality’s (brilliant) career – How to understand the attraction of the concept?,
Working Paper Series 1/2014 “Gender, Diversity and Migration”, Faculty of Social Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt.