Solvejg Jobst

Field of work

I am professor of Educational Science and Academic head of the PhD-program Studies of Bildung and pedagogical practices at the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (Norway).

My research and work fields include

• comparative educational research
• Bildungstheory, Bildungsresearch
• education and social inequality
• migration and education
• intercultural pedagogy
• teacher research
• internationalisation
• scientific theory
• critical pedagogy
• praxeological educational research
• sociology of education.

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​​​​​​​Education

2009 –  Doctor Philosophiae Habilitatus (Leipzig University/Germany)

2002 –  Doctor Philosophiae (Leipzig University/Germany)

1998 – Master in Sociology, Education Science, English (University of Leipzig, Germany)

Academic positions

Since 2014 - Professor in Education (Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway)

Since 2015 - Head of the PhD-program “Studies on Bildung and pedagogical practices” (Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway)

2009-2014 - Professorship in International and Intercultural Educational Research (University of Magdeburg, Germany)

2002-2009 - Associate Professor (Faculty of Education, University of Leipzig, Germany)

1999-2002 - PhD candidate and research fellow (Faculty of Education, University of Leipzig, Germany)

1998-1999 - Lector/Research assistant for methods of empirical social research (Faculty for Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of Leipzig, Germany)

1993-1998 - Student research assistant (Faculty for Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of Leipzig, Germany)