Dr Sabine Mannitz
Head of Research Group "The Cultural Dynamics of Political Globalisation"
RD: Non-Program-Bound Research
e-Mail: mannitzNoeSPAM@ thanx-for-not-spamming! hsfk.de
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Biography
Studies in Ethnology, Political Science, Socio-Economic History, and Cultural Anthropology at Hamburg University and Goethe-University in Frankfurt on Main | |
1989 | Fieldwork on social and cultural stratification in urban Turkey |
1990 - 1991 | Tutor for the Ethnology of Labour Migration |
1993 | Master’s degree (Magistra Artium) |
1992 - 1995 | Executive Manager of the European Informatics Conference Headquarter in Frankfurt/Main |
1996 - 1999 | Research Fellow at the Institute for Comparative Cultural and Social Anthropology of European University Viadrina in Frankfurt on the Oder |
2000 - 2002 | Research Officer at the Department of Sociology of University of Essex, Colchester/UK |
since 2002 | Research Associate at PRIF |
2005 | PhD received from the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt/Oder |
2005 - 2010 | Member of PRIF's Executive Board |
Further Affiliations and Activities
- Member of the Advisory Board of the International Research Project on "Future Citizens in Pedagogic Texts and in Education Policies: Examples from Norway, Sweden, Syria and Turkey" of Stockholm University, University of Gothenburg, University of Linköping and Sabanci University, Istanbul; funded by the Swedish Research Council
- Member of the Editorial Board of Journal of Educational Media, Memory and Society, edited by the Georg-Eckert-Institut für Internationale Schulbuchforschung, Braunschweig, at Berghahn Books
- Juror of the selection committee for the European Youth Parliament 2011 and 2013 delegates of Germany (www.eyp.de)
- Member of the Steering Committee and German Research Team Leader for the international collaborative research project "Ethnic Differences in Education and Diverging Prospects for Urban Youth in an Enlarged Europe" (Acronym EDUMIGROM), funded by the EU in the 7th Framework Programme (2008-2011)
- Member in the appointed Advisory Committee of the Research Project "Conflict management in intercultural contexts of youth welfare and school" (2005-2008), conducted on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Family, the Elderly, Women and Youth
- Member of the Educational Comission of Heinrich-Böll-Foundation, task force on Intercultural Education (2002-2004)
Projects
- The Image of the Democratic Soldier: Tensions Between the Organisation of Armed Forces and the Principles of Democracy in European Comparison (closed)
- Ethnic differences in education and diverging prospects for urban youth in an enlarged Europe (EDUMIGROM) (closed)
- Research Group "The Cultural Dynamics of Political Globalisation"
- Cultural Effects of Global Norm Transmission for SSR
Selected Publications
- Conceptualizations of the Democratic Soldier in 21st Century Europe: Competing Norms and Practical Tensions, 2012
- The Swiss Citizen-Soldier: A Contested Tradition, 2012
- Integration Norms and Realities in Diverse Urban Neighbourhoods in Germany: The Impact of Different Cultural Capital, 2012
- Democratic Civil-Military Relations Soldiering in 21st Century Europe, 2012
- Democracy, the Armed Forces and Military Deployment: The 'Second Social Contract' is on the Line, PRIF Reports, No. 108, 2011
- Social Inclusion through Education Policy recommendations in the domestic context of Germany, 2011
- Redefining Soldierly Role Models in Germany, 2011
- Zielkonflikt Einwanderung: Woran fehlt es dem European Dream?, Friedensgutachten, 2011
- Das postheroische Unbehagen am Soldatentod, 2011
- Demokratie, Streitkräfte und militärische Einsätze Der "zweite Gesellschaftsvertrag" steht auf dem Spiel, HSFK-Reports, 2010
- Ethnic Differences in Education, 2010
- The Experiences and Consequences of 'Othering', 2010
- Ich nenn' euch die Zahl, die Namen, die Qual... Friedenspädagogische Chancen des öffentlichen Kriegstotengedenkens, HSFK-Standpunkte, Nr. 8, 2010
- Armee ohne Heldentod Vergangenheitspolitische Leitbilder der Bundeswehr unter dem Druck des Wandels zur Einsatzarmee, 2007
- Demokratien und Militär Neue Aspekte eines alten Dilemmas, 2007
- Bundeswehr als Freund und Helfer in aller Welt? Das Soldatenbild der Bundeswehr auf dem Prüfstand der Transformation, HSFK-Standpunkte, Nr. 3, 2007
- Citizens of the world in uniform or subservient combatants? The consequences of the Bundeswehr's change of mission for the image of a Bundeswehr soldier (in German), 2007
- Placed in a Modern Dilemma: Democratic Militaries in the Struggle of Role Reinvention, 2006
- Die verkannte Integration Eine Langzeitstudie unter Heranwachsenden aus Immigrantenfamilien, 2006
- Human Dignity as Collateral Damage? Against the Downplay of Violations of Human Rights through Democratic Security Forces (in German), HSFK-Standpunkte, Nr. 5, 2005
Consulting on
- Anthropology of Organizations
- Anthropology of Globalization
- Local Ownership in Security Sector Reform
- Migration and Integration in Europe
- Ethnicity/Culturalism/Diversity-Management





