Tim Handick

Tim Handick is a Research Fellow in Sociology at the University of Siegen's Faculty I (Social Sciences), working under the Lahusen Chair for Comparative Cultural Sociology and Political Sociology of Europe. He holds office space AR-H 504 at Adolf-Reichwein-Str. 2, 57068 Siegen and serves as Academic Advisor for Social Sciences in Europe (BA & MA) and Erasmus advisor for Social Sciences.

His educational background includes a Master of Arts in Sociology from the University of Duisburg-Essen (2021), with thesis titled Emotion, Knowledge, and Society: An (Inter-)Disciplinary Approach to Combining the Sociology of Emotion and Knowledge, and a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from the same institution (2018).

• Comparative Cultural Sociology
• Political Sociology of Europe
• Sociological Theory
• Emotions and Affect Studies
• Racism and Discrimination
• European Identity Formation

His recent publications and lectures focus on institutional racism, emotion theory, and European identity. He has taught courses including Sociological Theory, Feeling Europe and European Identity, and Racism and Discrimination from a Sociological Perspective across multiple semesters at the University of Siegen, University of Duisburg-Essen, and Christian-Albrechts-University in Kiel.

Dr. Handick previously served as Research Assistant for the National Discrimination and Racism Monitor (NADIRA) project and as tutor for various sociology courses at the University of Duisburg-Essen before joining the University of Siegen in November 2021.