Prof. Dr. Philipp Sandermann

Phil­ipp San­der­mann is a pro­fes­sor of so­cial pedagogy at Leuphana University Lüneburg. His fields of interest include:

• (comparative) welfare systems research,
• theories of social pedagogy and social work,
• child and youth welfare research (with a special interest in ombuds offices and complaint services and social space approaches),
• refugee family studies,
• trust research.

CV

• 03/2017-today: Professor (W3) of Social Pedagogy
  Leuphana University of Lüneburg (Germany)
  Faculty of Education
  Institute of Social Work and Social Pedagogy                                                               
• 10/2011-02/2017: Professor (W2) of Pedagogy 
  Trier University (Germany)
  Department No. I - Educational Science 
  Unit: Social Pedagogy II
• 05/2011-09/2011: Parental leave
• 03/2010-05/2011: Research assistant
  Free University of Berlin (Germany) 
  Department of Educational Sciences and Psychology 
  Unit: Social Pedagogy
• 08/2009-02/2010: Visiting research associate 
  University of Chicago, IL (USA) 
  School of Social Service Administration
• 10/2007-07/2009: Research assistant
  Free University of Berlin (Germany) 
  Department of Educational Sciences and Psychology 
  Unit: Social Pedagogy 
• 04/2006-11/2007: Various freelance positions 
  E.g. at: Berliner Rechtshilfefonds Jugendhilfe e.V. (Germany)
• 02/2005-04/2006: Research assistant
  Free University of Berlin (Germany) 
  Department of Educational Sciences and Psychology 
  Unit: Social Pedagogy
• 08/2004-04/2005: Social pedagogue 
  Zwischenzeit gGmbH Berlin (Germany)

Education and degrees

• 07/2008: PhD Thesis: Die neue Diskussion um Gemeinschaft. Ein Erklärungsansatz mit Blick auf die Reform des Wohlfahrtssystems" (Eng: "The New Debate on Community. An Explanatory Approach Considering the Transformation of the Welfare System.") (Grade: summa cum laude) 
  Free University of Berlin (Germany)
• 08/2004: Diploma (Major Educational Sciences, Minor in Sociology and Psychology) (Grade: Passed with distinction)
  Free University of Berlin (Germany)

Editorial Work

• Since 2017: International Journal of Social Pedagogy (IJSP)
• 2017-2024: Zeitschrift für Sozialpädagogik (ZfSP)

Advisory Work

• Migration und Soziale Arbeit
• Neue Praxis. Zeitschrift für Sozialarbeit, Sozialpädagogik und Sozialpolitik (np)
• Social Work & Society (SW&S)

Selected Review Activities

• Children and Youth Services Review (CJSR)
• Diskurs Kindheits- und Jugendforschung (Diskurs)
• Evangelisches Studienwerk Villigst
• German Academic Scholarship Foundation (DAAD)
• International Migration
• International Journal of Social Pedagogy (IJSP)
• Neue Praxis. Zeitschrift für Sozialarbeit, Sozialpädagogik und Sozialpolitik (np)
• Social Work & Society (SW&S)
• Soziale Arbeit. Zeitschrift für soziale und sozialverwandte Gebiete
• Soziale Passagen. Journal für Empirie und Theorie Sozialer Arbeit (SP)
• Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
• Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
• Transnational Social Revue. A Social Work Journal (TSR)

Boards and committees (sel.)

• since 2024: Board member of the German Child and Youth Welfare Association (agj)
• 2022-2024: Member of the expert commission for the Federal Government's 17th Report on Children and Youth in Germany
• 2016-2018: Deputy chairman of the German Educational Research Association (GERA)`s subdivision of social pedagogy
• 2008-2010: Board member of the Berliner Rechtshilfefonds Jugendhilfe e.V.

Affiliations

• since 2019: German Network of Forced Migration Researchers
• since 2019: Leuphana Universitätsgesellschaft Lüneburg
• since 2017: Ombudsstelle Kinder- und Jugendhilfe RLP e.V.
• since 2008: German Educational Research Association (GERA)
• since 2004: Berliner Rechtshilfefonds Jugendhilfe (BRJ) e.V.