Grit Behse-Bartels

Prof. Dr. phil. Grit Behse-Bartels is a full-time professor at the Faculty of Architecture and Social Sciences, HTWK Leipzig, specializing in Social Work with Children, Adolescents, and Families. She has held this position since 2014, following academic roles at DPFA University of Applied Sciences Saxony and the Protestant University of Applied Sciences for Social Work Dresden.

• Research Priorities: Qualitative child and family research, health promotion in youth welfare, resource-oriented systemic organizational consulting, and gender-sensitive social work.
• Key Projects: Coordinated practical teaching cooperation with Mütterzentrum e.V. Leipzig (refugee children integration), interdisciplinary teacher-school social worker professionalization projects, and organizational development in parent-child centers.

Her publications focus on parental engagement, early childhood education, and systemic consulting. She actively participates in conferences like the Social Work Congress 2016 and international collaborations.