Gabriele Rosenthal

Prof. Dr. Gabriele Rosenthal is a faculty member at the Chair of Qualitative Methods, Institute for Methods and Methodological Foundations of the Social Sciences, Georg-August-University Göttingen. Her research integrates social-constructivist approaches with figurational sociology, focusing on biographical self-presentations, collective memory, and power dynamics in post-war societies and migration contexts.

• Key Research Areas:
  • Biographical research and narrative analysis
  • Social constructivism and figurational sociology
  • Trauma studies in Northern Uganda and Eritrean refugees
  • Transnational identities and Palestinian self-images

Publication Trends: Her recent articles (2016–2024) explore intersections between individual life stories and collective historical processes, emphasizing trauma documentation, migration inequalities, and methodological innovations in qualitative research. Notable works address child soldier reintegration, transnational biographies, and the social construction of memory.

• Labs/Teams:
  • Chair of Qualitative Methods, Göttingen
  • Collaborative research with Artur Bogner on Northern Uganda