Christine Best

Research Associate, Faculty of Social Sciences, TU Dortmund University

Vita

Academic career

Since 2024 Doctorate on the topic of ‘Menstruality in the world of work’ at TU Dortmund University (Supervision by Professor Mona Motakef)

2016-2019 Master's degree programme in Ageing Societies (focus on ‘Education and Work’ and ‘Health and Intervention’) at TU Dortmund University

2012-2016 Bachelor's degree in Gerontology at the University of Vechta

Professional career

since 2019: Research associate in the Labour Policy and Health research area at the Social Research Centre Dortmund; 2023 change to the Work, Organisation, Gender department

2022-2023: Research assistant at the Research Society for Gerontology e.V.

since 2019: Tutor at the Apollon University of Applied Sciences of Health Economics

2018-2019: Research assistant in the research area of labour policy and health at the Social Research Centre Dortmund

2016-2018: Student assistant at the Institute for Housing, Real Estate, Urban and Regional Development (InWIS Forschung & Beratung GmbH) at the European Training Centre for the Housing and Real Estate Industry EBZ in Bochum

2012-2014: Student assistant in the nursing department of HELIOS Klinik Holthausen, clinic for neurosurgical and neurological rehabilitation

2011-2012: Internship at the Fundación Chilena de Hipoterapia in Santiago de Chile

Focus of Work

Research at the intersection of the sociology of work and the sociology of gender, with a focus on health, and research on gender-sensitive and participatory technology development

Publications (selection)

Best, Christine; Guhlemann, Kerstin (2024). The art of social transformation. Empowerment through social art for an increase of equal opportunities in Europe. In: Franz, Hans-Werner; Beck, Gerald; Compagna, Diego; Dürr, Peter; Gehra, Wolfgang; Wegner, Martina (Hrsg.): Sustainable living and business; S. 257-273; Wiesbaden: Springer, 2024.

Guhlemann, Kerstin; Best, Christine (2021). Vom Sternerestaurant in die Kantine?  Möglichkeiten und Grenzen für ein berufliches Altern im Gastgewerbe; In: Richter, Götz (Hrsg.): Arbeit und Altern; S. 77-92; Baden-Baden: Nomos, Edition Sigma.

Best, Christine; Guhlemann, Kerstin (2021). The Social Art of Language Acquisition. A Theatre Approach in Language Learning for Migrants and its Digitization in the Corona Lockdown. In: SCENARIO, Band: XIV.2020, Issue 2/2021, S. 60-75.

Best, Christine; Guhlemann, Kerstin (2021). … Und wenn die Fremde Brecht zitiert? Die Wirkung Sozialer Kunst auf Spannungen im Migrationskontext. Beitrag zur Ad-hoc-Gruppe »Gesellschaftliche (Ent-)Spannung und Kunst: Künstlerisch-kreative Praktiken in der Migrationsgesellschaft«; In: Blättel-Mink, Birgit (Hrsg.): Gesellschaft unter Spannung. Verhandlungen des 40. Kongresses der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie 2020. Essen: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie.

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Keywords

Gender research in the sociology of work, Labour market integration, social inclusion, gender-sensitive and participatory technology development

Casegroup

Social Sciences