Maike Koschorreck

Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS)
University of Bremen
Wiener Straße/Celsiusstraße (FVG)
PO Box 33 04 40
28334 Bremen
Germany

Room: M2160

Phone: +49 (0)421 218 66362
Fax: +49 (0)421 218 66353

E-Mail: maikekbigsss-bremen.de

Maike Koschorreck is pursuing a Ph.D. in Research Field V "Life-Course and Lifespan Dynamics". She is member of the BIGSSS joint research group "Migration and social inequality: Opportunities for integration between institutions and the life course" funded by the Hans-Boeckler Foundation.

Dissertation Topic

Cultural Diversity as an Institutional Challenge for Educational Organisations (working title)

Abstract

A culturally diverse student body constitutes a challenge for an increasing number of schools in Germany. In their work with culturally diverse students, educational organisations and school staff are influenced by multiple, sometimes ambiguous expectations of the social and political environment in which the schools are embedded. This environment does not only include specific institutional structures and guidelines but also prevalent national discourses. The research project analyses empirically the main contextual factors which influence the work with culturally diverse students in German secondary schools and the outcomes they produce in organisational practices. The dissertation project applies a qualitative methodological approach: On the level of data collection it uses a between-method-triangulation of ethnographic fieldwork (supportive) and semi-structured expert interviews with school staff (core). For the interpretation of the empirical data the method of discourse analysis is applied.

Academic Supervisors

• Prof. Dr. M. Wingens, BIGSSS, University of Bremen
• Dr. Magrit Kaufmann, University of Bremen

Research interests:

• Signifying processes and representation
• Intersectional theories
• Diversity studies
• Discourse
• Qualitative research methods