Prof. Dr. habil. Nausikaa Schirilla

Professor

Appointment: Social work with a focus on migration and intercultural competence

Professional Career

Studies of Philosophy, Sociology and Education at the Universities of Cologne, Leeds/GB, Frankfurt am Main, Magister (German qualification) (1983)
ASA research internship in Egypt
Educational consultant and project management, Frankfurt am Main
Social pedagogical counselling at German Iranian Counselling Centre for women, Frankfurt am Main
Lecturer in German as a foreign language and lecturer in further education
Research assistant at “AK Frauen aus aller Herren Ländern e.V.” (Women from all over the world)
PHD in Educational Science at the University of Frankfurt am Main (1996)
Continuing education and project evaluation for the Office for Multicultural Affairs of the City of Frankfurt am Main, Learning Regions Frankfurt
Teaching activities in addition to the University of Frankfurt am Main: University of Applied Sciences Frankfurt am Main, Social Pedagogy, EFH and FH Darmstadt, TU Darmstadt, University of the Basque Country
Scientific training position at the University of Frankfurt
Habilitation by the Department of Educational Sciences (2001), private lecturer
Head of Institution for Specialist Services for Migration, Caritasverband Frankfurt am Main
Professor for Social Work, Migration, and Intercultural Competence since 2005
Visiting professor at the University of Vienna, Faculty of Education (summer semes-ter 2010)

Work and Research Focus

Memberships und voluntary activities – a selection

Editorial work for the journal, “Polylog – Zeitschrift für Interkulturelles Philoso-phieren (Journal for Intercultural Philosophizing)”
DGSA
Migration advisor
Consulting lecturer at the Hans-Böckler Stiftung
Council member IN VIA Diözese Rottenburg-Stuttgart e.V.

Current research project
IDEA: INKLUSIVES DIGITALES ERINNERUNGSARCHIV/INKLUSIVE DIGITAL MEMORY ARCHIVE, cooperative project with HU Furtwangen, Funding: BMBF, Period: 2019 – 2022