Lisa Schäfer

Lisa Schäfer is a doctoral researcher in sociology at TU Dortmund University since 2022. She holds a Master's degree in sociology from Bielefeld University and a Bachelor's degree in educational sciences with a focus on sociology from TU Dortmund University. Her doctoral work centers on dignity constructions in the everyday lives of people with dementia, utilizing ethnographic methods and video analysis.

• Education: PhD (in progress) in Sociology, TU Dortmund University
• Research Focus: Everyday dignity, ethnography, dementia studies, qualitative methods
• Email: lisa4.schaefer@tu-dortmund.de

Her project explores how dignity is empirically constructed through interactions and institutional processes for individuals with dementia, employing ethnographic observations, interviews, and video data to uncover observable signs of dignity in limited social contexts.