Franziska Ute Leissenberger

Since March 2024

Research assistant at the Technical University of Dortmund, Institute for Social Pedagogy, Adult Education and Pedagogy of Early Childhood, working area of social pedagogy, taking into account its fields of action and institutions

Since March 2023

Member of the Graduate Academy at the Technical University of Dresden

05/2016-05/2023

Research assistant at the Technical University of Dresden, Faculty of Education, Chair of Counseling and Social Relationships

02/2014-05/2016

Research assistant at the Institute for Educational Science at the Karl-Franzens-University Graz

10/2012-06/2013

Research-oriented practice at the Institute of Education and Educational Science at the University of Graz, Department of Elementary Education

03/2010-06/2010 and 10/2011-02/2014

Student assistant at the Institute for Educational Science at the University of Graz

Currently ongoing

Doctorate with Prof. Dr. Cornelia Wustmann. Working title: "Die Frage nach der Professionalisierung in der Sozialen Arbeit. Professionalisierungstheoretische Überlegungen und empirische Spurensuche". Accepted as a doctoral candidate at the Faculty of Education at the Technical University of Dresden on 01.03.2023.

08/2006-01/2014

Bachelor's degree in Pedagogy and consecutive Master's degree in Social Pedagogy at the Karl-Franzens-University Graz

Christ, Mirjam/Engelbracht, Mischa/Leissenberger, Franziska/Schubert, Justus (2023): Krise – Bewältigung – Professionalisierung. In: Kommission Sozialpädagogik (Hrsg.): Sozialpädagogische Professionalisierung in der Krise. Weinheim: Beltz Juventa, S. 113–126.

Engelbracht, Mischa/Leissenberger, Franziska/Marks, Svenja (2021): Relationierungen zu Familie in Einrichtungen der Kinder- und Jugendhilfe zwischen Anschlussfähigkeit und Abgrenzung. In: Sektion Sozialpädagogik und Pädagogik der frühen Kindheit (Hrsg.): Familie im Kontext kindheits- und sozialpädagogischer Institutionen. Weinheim: Beltz Juventa, S. 100–112.

Engelbracht, Mischa/Leissenberger, Franziska (2019): Teilhabe trotz Sozialpädagogik? Partizipation und freiheitsentziehende Maßnahmen. In: Kommission Sozialpädagogik (Hrsg.): Teilhabe durch*in*trotz Sozialpädagogik. Weinheim: Beltz Juventa, S. 132–145.

Leissenberger, Franziska/Wrentschur, Michael (2016): Von der reflexiven Auseinandersetzung mit der eigenen Lebenslage bis zur politischen Beteiligung. Die Gestaltung partizipativer Prozesse in der Sozialen Arbeit am Beispiel des Projekts „Stopp: Jetzt reden wir!“. In: Heimgartner, Arno/Lauermann, Karin/Sting, Stefan (Hrsg.): Fachliche Orientierungen und Realisierungsmöglichkeiten in der Sozialen Arbeit. Wien: Lit Verlag, S. 213–229.

Coordination of the working group "Empirical reconstructions of (self-)relations to family/familiality in social and early childhood education institutions" with presentations by Mischa Engelbracht, Sarah Henn, Barbara Lochner and Svenja Marks at the section conference of the DGfE section Social Pedagogy and Pedagogy of Early Childhood. Lüneburg 2019.

Poster "Bildungsräume in der Kinderkrippe elementarpädagogisch gedacht!". Joint poster by Claudia Geißler, Christina Gimplinger, Franziska Leissenberger, Lea Mittischek and Christina Pernsteiner. Klagenfurt 2015.

Organization of the conference of the network "Junge Wissenschaft in der Sozialen Arbeit". Joint conference organization by Mischa Engelbracht and Franziska Leissenberger in Dresden (2018) and Erfurt (2019).

Organization of research workshops at the Institute for Educational Science at the Karl-Franzens-University Graz. Joint organization of workshops by Franziska Leissenberger and Christina Pernsteiner with Karin Bock (2014) and Margrit Schreier (2015).

Current courses at the Technical University of Dortmund

Introduction: "Social Policy and Social Services" in the Bachelor of Arts in Educational Science

Introductory seminar "Social Services and Social Policy" in the Bachelor of Social Pedagogy

Previous courses offered

Courses offered in the Bachelor's degree program "Social Pedagogy, Social Work and Welfare Sciences", in the Master's degree program "Social Pedagogy", in the degree program "Higher Teaching Qualification at Vocational Schools" (subject area Social Pedagogy) and in the Bachelor's degree program "Sociology" (supplementary area Educational Sciences/Social Pedagogy) at the Technical University of Dresden

Seminar (two semesters) "Introduction to social pedagogy, social work and welfare sciences" (together with Kirsten Sander and together with Kathrin Schramm)

Excursion (2 days) as part of the module "Introduction to Social Pedagogy, Social Work and Welfare Sciences" (together with Kirsten Sander: Berlin 2017; together with Kathrin Schramm: Halle 2018)

Seminar "Participation in socio-educational fields of action"

Seminar "Participation in measures involving deprivation of liberty" (together with Mischa Engelbracht)

Seminar "Institutional and organizational forms in educational assistance"

Seminar "Social pedagogical action under what conditions?"

Seminar "Education as professional help"

Seminar "Educational counseling"

Seminar "Youth work" (focus on open child and youth work)

Seminar "Biography and social pedagogy"

Seminar "Biography work and coping with transitions and critical life situations"

Seminar "Practical seminar/practical seminar"

"Case and field analysis", "Case analyses" and "Field analyses" seminars

Seminar and colloquium "Social pedagogy as a profession" (together with Conny Wustmann)

Colloquium "Presentation of science: trans- and intradisciplinary approaches"

Film lecture "Sozialpädagogische Flimmerstunde - Sozialpädagogik im Film" (jointly organized and realized format by Marlen Gnerlich, Henriette Grapentin, Martin Grosse, Annett Kupfer, Franziska Leissenberger, Kathrin Schramm, Julia Seidel and Sandra Walter)

Course offered in the university course for "Elementary Education - Focus on Leadership, Mentoring and Counseling" at the Paris Lodron University of Salzburg (Austria)

Lecture with exercise "Childhood in new living environments" (together with Christina Gimplinger)

Course offered in the Bachelor's degree program in Pedagogy at the Karl-Franzens-University Graz (Austria)

Proseminar "Introduction to scientific work"

Seminar "Organization and management in pedagogical fields of action and professions"

Associate member of the Austrian Society for Research and Development in Education (ÖFEB)

Associate member of the German Society for Educational Science (DGfE)

Member of the Netzwerk Junge Wissenschaft Soziale Arbeit (JuWiSozA)

Member of the Guild of Social Work