Doctorate at the Department of Applied Social Sciences
Doctoral Research Center
Shaping transformation processes through social and health sciences
The Doctoral Research Center facilitates quality-assured doctorates in the field of social and health sciences, promotes interdisciplinary research and provides ideal conditions for innovative research with high potential for transfer.
The PZSGT brings together the research strengths of the three largest Universities of Applied Sciences in Bavaria. It is one of six joint doctoral centres run by OTH Regensburg, Hochschule München and Nuremberg Tech, and is based at OTH Regensburg. The overarching aim of the cooperating universities is to develop distinctive research priorities in fields of strength, to establish comprehensive quality assurance in the doctoral procedure, and to provide doctoral candidates with a suitable academic environment.
PhD research topics
Current promotions
| PhD students | Topic |
|---|---|
| Isabel Hölscher Supervisors: Prof. Dr. phil. Markus Witzmann (Hochschule München), Prof. Dr. med. Oliver Pogarell (Department of Medicine, LMU Munich). BayWiss Joint Research Programme on Health | The impact of psychiatric rehabilitation from the participants’ perspective. A mixed-methods study on the medical phase of psychiatric rehabilitation (RPK) in Germany |
| Hanna Batzoni Supervisors: Prof. Dr Alexandra Manzei-Gorsky (University of Augsburg (department of Sociology and Philosophy)), Prof. Dr phil. Markus Witzmann (Hochschule München) | In-hospital crisis intervention in somatic hospitals in Germany. Expertise – Needs – Prospects. |
| Norman Böttcher Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Micha Brumlik (Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt), Prof. Dr. Gerd Stecklina (Hochschule München) | Jewish youth work and the socio-educational discourse |
| Maya Ostrowski Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Susanne Maurer (Philipps University of Marburg), Prof. Dr. Constance Engelfried (Hochschule München) | The impact of international youth exchanges from a perspective critical of discrimination. |
| Rita Bliemetsrieder Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Constance Engelfried (Hochschule München) | Practical approaches and support services for adolescents and young people facing inequality during the transition from school to work |
| Theresa Grüner Supervisors: Prof. Frerichs (University of Vechta), Prof. Stefan Pohlmann (Hochschule München) | The assessment of deviant behaviour in older people – a question of age? |
| Matthias Florian Prommersberger Supervisors: PD Dr Tobias Schuwerk (Department of Psychology and Education, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich); Prof. Dr Markus Witzmann (Hochschule München) BayWISS Joint Research Programme on Health | The situation of informal carers of people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in Germany – satisfaction, needs, recommendations for action |
| Ronja Philipp Support: Prof. Dr Paula-Irene Villa Braslavsky (LMU Munich), Prof. Dr Gabriele Fischer (Hochschule München) | Visibility practices in individualised employment contexts |
External PhD students
| PhD students | Topic |
|---|---|
| Veronika Rosenberger Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Rita Braches-Chyrek (University of Bamberg), Prof. Dr. Ursula Unterkofler (HM) | The preferential family reunification of parents with young refugees from Syria. A qualitative study focusing on the individual and their lived experience |
| Farina Weldert Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Annabell Daniel (LMU Munich), Prof. Dr. Gabriele Fischer | The transition from university to professional practice – entering the social work profession |
| Carmilla Eder-Curreli Supervisors: Prof. Dr Rita Braches-Chyrek (University of Bamberg), Prof. Dr Ursula Unterkofler (HM) | The child in day-to-day diagnostic processes within social-educational family support |
| Pache, Birgit Supervisors: Prof. Dr Dennis Nowak (LMU Munich), Prof. Dr Christian Janßen (HM) | Are there any associations between the uptake of workplace health promotion, health behaviours and socio-structural characteristics in the German population? A mixed-methods analysis of the 2015 GEDA dataset |
| Isabelle Dubois Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Constance Engelfried (HM) Partner university: Philipps University of Marburg | Moments of success in the context of the SPFH |
| Dr Zhao, Tianyu (completed) Supervisors: Prof. Dr Dennis Nowak (LMU Munich), Prof. Dr Christian Janßen (HM) | Depression and anxiety associated with exposure to ozone and particulate matter: An epidemiological analysis of claims data |
| Dr Juliane Engel (completed in 2022) Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Rita Braches-Chyrek (University of Bamberg), Prof. Dr. Ursula Unterkofler (HM) | Ambitious Complicity – An ethnographic study of children’s practices in preparation for school |
| Dr Dana Harring (completed in 2023) Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Rita Braches-Chyrek (University of Bamberg), Prof. Dr. Ursula Unterkofler (HM) | Running a nursery during off-peak hours. An ethnographic study on the creation and maintenance of a network of relationships during off-peak hours |