Academic Career and Professional Experience Dr. Marie-Theres Modes

Academic Positions

Since 2025: Research Associate, Institute for Diversity Research
2019–2020: Lecturer for special tasks, University of Kassel (Social Work program)
2017–2019: Research Associate, “Gender Equality Consulting” research project, University of Kassel
2013–2020: Adjunct Lecturer, University of Kassel

Professional Roles Outside Academia

Since 2024: Public Relations and Fundraising Officer, Indimaj – Society for Education and Social Affairs (I.GBS e.V.), Kassel
2008–2024: Lecturer and Department Coordinator in Curative Education, Hephata Academy for Social Professions, Schwalmstadt
2003–2008: Staff member at AKGG GmbH Melsungen (community-based health services for people with disabilities)
2002–2004: German teacher at primary and secondary schools in for children and adolescents with a migration background

Education and Doctoral Studies

1996–2002: Degree in Sociology, Linguistics, Literature, and Art History, University of Göttingen
2008–2015: PhD in Sociology, University of Kassel
2010–2013: Associate Doctoral Researcher, DFG Research Training Group “Dynamics of Space and Gender,” Universities of Kassel and Göttingen

Additional training and qualifications

Memberships

Systemic Society (SG – German Association for Systemic Research, Therapy, Supervision, and Counseling)
German Sociological Association – Section for Medical and Health Sociology (DGS)
Inclusion Research Alliance (Aktionsbündnis Teilhabeforschung e.V.)
German Association for Social Work (DGSA)

Scholarships