Stephan Beetz

Prof. Dr. phil. Stephan Beetz is a faculty member at Mittweida University of Applied Sciences in the Faculty of Social Work. He holds the academic rank of Professor and has been affiliated with the institution since 2009. His responsibilities include research, teaching, and leadership roles such as being a dean and member of various committees including the Senate, Faculty Council, Study Commission, and Doctoral Committee.

• Studied social work/social pedagogy in Potsdam
• Studied sociology/educational sciences in Berlin
• Doctorate in urban and regional sociology at Humboldt University Berlin (HU Berlin)

His research interests focus on international migration, mobility and immobility (especially of young people), housing cooperatives (neighbourhood and district development), urban and regional research, social change in rural society, public services and quality of life, and methods of empirical social research. He has collaborated with institutions such as the Institute for Cooperative Studies at HU Berlin, Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences, Leopoldina Halle, and Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries.

Stephan Beetz has worked extensively as a lecturer and volunteer in adult education. He serves on advisory boards for organizations including the Institute for Cooperative Studies at HU Berlin, Future Center Holzminden-Höxter, Association of Youth Leisure Centres (AGJF) Saxony eV, SMS Social Places funding program, and the Cultural Promotion Advisory Board of Saxony. He is also co-editor of the Journal of Agricultural History and Agricultural Sociology.

Contact: Office hours by appointment, Visitor address: Bahnhofstraße 15, Mittweida. Phone: +49 (0)3727 58-1750. Email: beetz@hs-mittweida.de.