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Dr. Miriam Schäfer is a researcher at the Institute for Methods and Methodological Foundations in the Social Sciences within the Faculty of Social Sciences, currently engaged in the DFG-funded project "Community Aliens" and "Enemies of the State": Intergenerational Action and Memory Structures in Families of Stigmatized Nazi Victims in Austria and Germany.
Her doctoral research earned summa cum laude honors and the Faculty of Social Sciences' top doctoral prize for 2020/21. Supervised by Prof. Dr. Gabriele Rosenthal (Göttingen) and Prof. Dr. Klaus Schlichte (Bremen), her dissertation reconstructs police work as a complex interplay between organizational structures and officers' life histories through biographical theory and social constructivist frameworks.
Her research focuses on critical intersections of:
- Professional socialization within institutional contexts
- Biographical experience shaping occupational practice
- Intergenerational transmission of trauma among persecuted groups
- Methodological foundations in qualitative social research
Award recognition includes:
- Faculty of Social Sciences' Prize for best doctorate (2020/21)
She contributes to ongoing research on stigmatized Nazi victim families through DFG project funding, though specific grant details and student supervision records remain unreported. Her institutional work centers on advancing methodological rigor within social science research frameworks.
