Viktoria Niebel is a social scientist and research associate at the Science Support Center of the University Duisburg Essen, where she is responsible for gender consulting, career counselling for female early career researchers and the promotion of equal opportunities at the Graduate Center Plus. She was a local project manager in the EU-funded project RESET: Redesigning Equality and Scientific Excellence Together at Ruhr University Bochum (RUB; 2021-2024). From 2017-2021, she was a research associate at the Faculty of Social Sciences and deputy of the Central Equal Opportunities Officer for academic staff at RUB. As a doctoral candidate she researches discourses and practices of mindfulness in Western societies at the Chair of Social Theory and Social Psychology at RUB. Furthermore her academic interests are inter- and transculturality and intercultural communication and competence, diversity and gender equity.
Niebel, Viktoria & Mervi Heikkinen (2025): Intersectional approaches to anti-sexism and anti-racism in German universities: a critical analysis of a case study. Zeitschrift für Diversitätsforschung und -management (im Druck)
Niebel, Viktoria (2025): „Gender-inclusive and diversity-oriented communication in academic organisations: a lever for change”. In: Matias, Marisa/ Paoletti, Marion & Aleksandra Rózalska (Hrsg.) Scientific excellence and equality at university. Overcoming the contradiction. Routledge (im Druck)
Niebel, Viktoria (2024a): Diversity in gatekeeping positions. Zenodo. doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10532887
Niebel, Viktoria (2024b): Toolbox on international networks of researchers to boost and mentor ECRs. Zenodo. doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10635219
Niebel, Viktoria (2024c): Toolbox on implementing actions towards work / studies and personal life balance. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14033290
Niebel, Viktoria (2022a): „In Gleichmut sein“. Subjektivierende Potenziale emotionsregulierender Praktiken der Achtsamkeit. Saša Bosančić, Folke Brodersen, Lisa Pfahl, Lena Schürmann, Tina Spies, Boris Traue (Hsrg., 2022): Following the Subject Grundlagen und Zugänge empirischer Subjektivierungsforschung. Wiesbaden: Springer.
Niebel, Viktoria (2022b): Toolbox for gender-neutral, diversity-oriented institutional communication (2.0). Zenodo. doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8095962
Straub, Jürgen & Viktoria Niebel (2021): Kulturen verstehen, kompetent handeln. Eine Einführung in das interdisziplinäre Feld der Interkulturalität. Gießen: psychosozial.
Niebel, Viktoria (2018): Die Eine oder die Andere. Anerkennung, Sexualität und Geschlecht in der Psychoanalyse Jessica Benjamins“. In: Psychologie & Gesellschaftskritik (S. 7-26)
Websitelink to my Publications
Gender, Diversity, and Equality at Universities and in European Comparison, Gender in Change Management, Gender Bias in Recruitment Procedures, Gender-Sensitive Communication, Interculturality and Transculturality, Intercultural Competence
