Competence pool

Life in rural areas

Our experts

The competence pool bundles the knowledge of experts at Coburg University of Applied Sciences and Arts who also deal with the topic of "life in rural areas" on an interdisciplinary basis. Both internally and for the region, the citizens in the innovation triangle and beyond, our knowledge is made visible in a personalized way from the individual faculties.
The competence pool thus strengthens innovation, quality of life and the future viability of our rural region.

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Prof. Dr. Georg Arbeiter

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Prof. Dr. Ada Bäumner

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Timo Bertocchi, with short gray hair and a beard, smiles at the camera in a black button-up shirt. The plain, light-colored wall behind him adds a touch of simplicity to the scene.

Prof. Dr. Timo Bertocchi

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Prof. Björn Bicker

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Prof. Benedikt Buchmüller

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Prof. Dr. Klaus Drese

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Prof. Dr. Adelheid Susanne Esslinger

Prof. Dr. Susanne Esslinger

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Prof. Dr. Sophia Frank

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Prof. Dr. Bettina Friedel

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Prof. Dr. Matthias Geuß

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Prof. Dr. Veronika Hammer

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Prof. Dr. Wolfram Haupt

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Prof. Dr. Ulrich Heil

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Prof. Dr. Rainer Hirth

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Prof. Dr. Susann Hößelbarth

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Prof. Roger Karbe

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Prof. Gemma Koppen

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Prof. Dr. Christine Kröger

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Prof. Dr. Almut Lottmann-Löer

Prof. Dr. Almut Lottmann-Löer

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Prof. Dr. Karin Meißner

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Prof. Dr. Matthias Noll

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Prof. Dr. Ralf Reißing

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Prof. Dr. Alexander Rost

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Prof. Dr. Michael Schaub

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Thorben Struck, ein lächelnder Mann mit Glatze, kurzem Bart und blauen Augen, trägt ein marineblaues Button-up-Hemd und ein weißes Unterhemd und steht vor einer hellgrauen, strukturierten Wand. at Hochschule Coburg

Prof. Dr. Thorben Struck

Activity/Appointment/Faculty:

Theories and theories of action of social work with special consideration of child and youth welfare

Focus areas (teaching/research):

  • Theories of social work and pedagogy
  • Current social and social work discourses
  • Connecting lines between social work and social movements
  • Practical project with students to set up and establish a youth center in the rural area of southern Thuringia/Schalkau
  • Socio-spatial and outreach youth social work
  • Ethnographic survey of transnational, family-related informal aid structures in the context of internal EU migration

Projects:

Doctorate with a long-term ethnographic study on the reality of life of marginalized young people in urban areas, including from a spatial theory perspective.

Expertise/Motivation:

"I have several years of experience in leading positions in child and youth welfare. I have developed and implemented innovative and participatory projects for previously hard-to-reach target groups on the basis of my own social science needs assessments."

Contact us

Phone: 09561 317-255
E-mail: thorben.struck@hs-coburg.de
Room: 10-212, Friedrich Streib Campus

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Prof. Dr. Lucila Patiño Studencki

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Prof. Mario Tvrtkovic

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Prof. Dr. Andreas Weiß

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Prof. Dr. Thomas Wieland

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Prof. Dr. Mathias Wilde

Activity/Appointment/Faculty:

Professor/networked mobility/mechanical and automotive engineering

Focus areas (teaching/research):

  • Regional traffic design
  • Concepts of sustainable mobility
  • Transport policy
  • Mobility in rural areas
  • socio-geographical mobility research

Projects:

  • Shuttle model region Upper Franconia I+II (01/2020-06/2024)
  • DiVers – Changes in mobility behavior and services in the insurance industry (01/2021-12/2023)
  • New mobility systems and electromobility in the Evangelical Church of Central Germany (04/2018-12/2018)
  • SubNodes – Connecting the hinterland via sub-nodes to the TEN-T core network 10/2017-02/2019

Expertise/Motivation:

https://forschung.hs-coburg.de/de/publikationen/person/40

Contact us

Phone: 09561/9769-640
E-mail: mathias.wilde@hs-coburg.de
Room: 2-226, Friedrich Streib Campus

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Prof. Dr. Christian Zagel

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Ina Zimmermann, a woman with blonde hair and glasses, wearing a dark blue top, stands in front of a plain light gray background, smiling gently at the camera. at Hochschule Coburg

Prof. Dr. Ina Zimmermann

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