Gabriele Steckmeister

Biography

"Born and raised in Hamburg; studied Politics, Empirical Cultural Studies and German Studies (master’s and state examination) at the University of Tübingen As research associate, obtained doctorate at the Institute for Political Science at the University of Tübingen, followed by post-doctoral lecturing qualification at the Humboldt University, Berlin and the Free University, Berlin Elected by the municipal council of Stuttgart to the post of women’s representative in 1986; in the same year national spokeswomen for all women’s representatives and equal opportunities offices Head of Department for the Advancement of Women, reporting directly to the board of management of Volkswagen AG; in addition to her responsibilities in public administration and at Volkswagen AG, carried out lecturing work at the Universities of Stuttgart and Hanover Appointed in 1991 to the University of Applied Sciences in Erfurt as lecturer in Sociology; was directly involved in building up the university Lecturing work at the Institute of European Ethnology at the Humboldt University, Berlin Since 1993 has been Professor of Politics at the FHVR Berlin (now Berlin School of Economics and Law – BSEL); subject coordinator for Politics"

Research Interest

Internal affairs and political theory, new social movements, youth research, gender research, Political Sociology, Urban Sociology, sepulchral culture