Christiane Schnell
Sociology of Professions, Sociology of Work, Labor and Social Policy, Political Participation, Gender of Diversity Studies (research areas: Financial Services Sector, Pharmaceutical Industry, Cultural Industry, Journalism, Police, International Organizations)
2001 to 2006 PhD at the Center for Social Policy Research at University of Bremen. 2003 to 2006 head of the administrative unit Equal Opportunities at the University of the Arts Bremen. 2006 to 2009 research associate at the Institute Labour and Economy at the University of Bremen, there coordination of a BMBF Research Network. Since 2009 research associate at the Institute for Social Research. During this time various teaching positions. Since 2020 Deputy Professorship for Inklusion und Arbeit: Gender und Diversity at TU Dortmund. Acting spokesperson of the section Professionssoziologie in the German Sociological Association. Coordination of the research network Sociology of Professions in the European Sociological Association. Board member of the research committee Sociology of Professional Groups in the International Sociological Association.
Schnell, Christiane, Sabine Pfeiffer, and Roland Hardenberg (eds.) 2021: Gutes Arbeiten im Zeitalter der Digitalisierung, Campus Wissenschaft.
Mieg, Harald. A., Christiane Schnell and Rainer E. Zimmermann, R. (eds.) 2021: Wissenschaft als Beruf: Wissenschaftsforschung Jahrbuch 2020 (GeWiF, Gesellschaft für Wissenschaftsforschung). Berlin: vdw Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
Schnell, Christiane 2019: Automatenverkauf. Vom Wandel der Bankberatung in Zeichen der Digitalisierung. In Dröge, Kai and Andrea Glauser (Hrsg.) Digitalisierung der Wissensarbeit. Interdisziplinäre Analysen und Fallstudien. Springer, Frankfurt and New York, 250–265.
Schnell, Christiane 2019: Journalismus – Zeitgenössische Paradoxien der Professionalisierung. In Christiane Schnell and Michaela Pfadenhauer (eds.) Handbuch Professionssoziologie. Springer Reference Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-13154-8_24
Schnell, Christiane and Christian Schäfer 2019: Professionell (statt) repressiv? Akademisierung der Polizei zwischen Reflexivitätsgewinn und Sicherheitsillusionen. In Die Hochschule. Journal für Wissenschaft und Bildung, 02/2019, 78–90.
Schnell, Christiane 2018: Starving at the laid table? Journalism, digitalization and corporate capitalism. In Professions and Professionalism, Special Issue 8, 3/2018.
Schnell, Christiane: Zum Strukturwandel der Medizin am Beispiel der Krebsforschung. In Klinke, Sebastian and Martina Kadmon (eds.): Ärztliche Tätigkeit im 21. Jhd. Profession oder Dienstleistung. Springer 2018, Berlin: 175–190.
Manske, Alexandra and Christiane Schnell 2018: Arbeit und Beschäftigung in der Kultur- und Kreativwirtschaft. In Böhle, Fritz; Voß, Günter and Günther Wachtler (eds.): Handbuch Arbeitssoziologie. Vol. 1 Arbeit, Strukturen und Prozesse. Springer VS, Wiesbaden, 423–450.
Schnell, Christiane 2017: Bringing theory back in. Considering professionalism from German traditions. Editorial, in Professions and Professionalism, Special Issue 7,1/2017.
Schnell, Christiane 2017: About Proliferations and Vulnerabilities. The Hybridization of professionalism in the field of cancer medicine, in Professions & Professionalism 7, 1/ 2017.
Beyond mono-professional jurisdiction? Revisiting the concept of epistemic communities. 15th conference of the European Sociological Association, 31 August – 3 September 2021 (online), 31.08- 3.09 2021
On systems, sequences and the missing meso-level. Traditions and future perspectives of the sociology of professions. Plenary lecture to the Swiss Sociological Association congress in Neuchâtel, Switzerland 10.-12.09.2019
Politicizing Hybridisation – On professional values and employees” interests in contemporary professionalism. Paper to the ISA RC52 Interim meeting, Florence, Italy, 4-6.07.2019
Representing European Public Servants? Why Professionalism is a matter of unionism – lessons from the ECB. Keynote to the Expert-Workshop “Challenges for Employee Representation in Supranational Institutions and Bodies – the Example of the ECB,” 11.10.2018 European Central Bank, Frankfurt, Germany
Professional authority and corporate capitalism. Paper to the XIX.ISA World Congress of Sociology Toronto, Canada, 15-21.07.2018
Programme coordination for the Research Network Sociology of Professions at the 15th conference of the European Sociological Association, 31 August – 3 September 2021 Barcelona / Spain (held online)
Scientific coordination of the conference: “Gutes Arbeiten und Gutes Arbeitsleben im digitalen Zeitalter.” House of Labor/Goethe University Frankfurt, January 16, 2020 https://www.house-of-labour.de/tagung-zukunft-der-arbeit-22.html
Program coordination for the Research Network Sociology of Professions at the 14th Conference of the European Sociological Association 20-23 August 2019, Manchester, UK
Organizer of the Panel “Professionalism beyond the closed store” at the XIX. ISA World Congress of Sociology Toronto/Canada, 15-21.07.2018
Organizer of the European Sociological Association Research Network 19 Summer School “Theoretical Views on Professional Groups” at the University Aveiro/Portugal 16-18.05.2018 (with Teresa Carvalho; Helena Hirovnen and Taru Siekkinen)
Since 9/2021: Sexuality and Intimacy as Quality of Life. On the Professionalization of Sexual Assistance [Sexistence] (in cooperation with the Department of Social Work at the full University of Applied Sciences). Funded by the Gender- und Frauenforschungszentrum der hessischen Hochschulen (gffz) and TU Dortmund
2017-2020 “Challenges for the representatives of employees” interests in the ECB in the context of labor relations within European Institutions” at the Institute for Social Research at Goethe University Frankfurt (with Hermann Kocyba). Funded by the European Workers’ Participation Competence Centre (EWPCC) of the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI)
2013-2016: “Zwischen Moral und Effizienz. Zum professionellen Selbstverständnis von Mediziner/innern in der industriellen Krebsforschung” at the Institute for Social Research at the Goethe University Frankfurt. Funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG)
2009-2012: “Wertschöpfung durch Anerkennung? Zum Wandel von Arbeit im Finanzdienstleistungssektor” at the Institute for Social Research at Goethe University Frankfurt (with Hermann Kocyba and Axel Honneth). Funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
2006-2009: Coordination of the research network: “Institutionellen Praktiken der Existenzgründungsförderung in Deutschland” (with Günter Warsewa and Jenna Voss) at the Institute of Work and Business, University of Bremen. Funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
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