Julia Thibaut

Julia Thibaut is a Senior Lecturer at the Chair of General Educational Science within the Faculty of Cultural Studies, University of Bayreuth. Her academic career spans theoretical and empirical research in sociology of knowledge, network theory, and ethnography, focusing on volunteering in migration, NGOs, and photography's role in social research.

• Education: Master of Arts in Educational Sciences (Free University of Berlin), DAAD-funded study in India, Summer Schools in Social Network Analysis and Philosophy.
• Research Priorities: Sociology of knowledge, relational sociology, ethnographic methods, visual communication in migration contexts, organizational studies in non-profits, and photography as research tool.
• Publication Trends: Network structures between theory and practice, tensions in orientation frameworks, refugee volunteering, digital learning during crises, and transdisciplinary approaches to knowledge transmission.

Scientific Awards:

• Zenith Photo Prize (Audience Award) for "Islam in Europe" (2017)
• DAAD New Passage to India Scholarship (2009)
• DAAD Passage to India Program (2009)

Research Projects: Photography exhibitions like "Your Picture – My Picture" (2018), co-organization of conferences on Networks & Culture, and leadership in working groups related to digital anthropology and futures education.