Judith C. Enders

Judith C. Enders serves as a Lecturer at Alice Salomon Hochschule Berlin (ASH Berlin), where she has taught in the Master's program 'Network Management Education for Sustainable Development - Focus on Childhood Education' since 2014. Her academic career spans sustainability research, political science, and gender studies with a particular focus on German reunification's impact on gender roles.

Dr. Enders earned her Doctorate in Social Sciences from the University of Kassel in 2007 with research on 'Knowledge Networks in Climate Policy,' preceded by a Political Science Diploma from the Free University of Berlin's Otto Suhr Institute in 2001. Her academic journey includes a 2004 research stay at Rutgers University in New York and sustainability research at the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies in Potsdam (2009-2012).

Her research interests concentrate on feminist studies, motherhood research, political science, education for sustainable development, and East German studies. She examines how women socialized in East and West Germany during the Cold War era developed different gender role expectations, particularly focusing on the 'third generation' that grew up after reunification. Her work analyzes how historical political contexts continue to shape contemporary gender identities and family structures.

Dr. Enders' publications reveal consistent themes examining the biographical impact of German division and reunification on gender identity formation. Her research employs qualitative social science methods to explore how women navigate different gender role expectations across the former East-West divide, with particular attention to motherhood concepts and professional identity development.

• Gustav Heinemann Prize for commitment to the 'Third Generation East Germany' initiative
• Doctoral scholarship from the Hans Böckler Foundation

Dr. Enders maintains an active research agenda connecting historical political contexts with contemporary gender issues, contributing significantly to understanding the long-term social impacts of political systems on gender roles and family structures in post-reunification Germany.