Ute Schaich

Ute Schaich is a Professor in Early Childhood Education at the College of Social Work and Health, Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences. Her work spans teaching, research, and supervision with a focus on gender dynamics, migration contexts, and group processes in early childhood institutions.

• Education: PhD in Early Childhood Education (Philipps-Universität Marburg, 2011), MA in Educational Sciences (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, 1987), BA in Educational Sciences (Universität Regensburg, 1981)
• Professional Experience: Since 2016, she has led research and teaching initiatives at Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, including founding the research-oriented children's house. Prior roles include supervisory leadership in adult education and social work in migration contexts (1988-2000).

Her research interests center on gender construction in early childhood, professionalization in early education, and prevention of psychosocial risks. She employs ethnographic and depth-hermeneutic methodologies to analyze institutional reproduction of inequality, group dynamics, and cultural factors in transitional experiences.

Recent publications examine gender identity formation, migration impacts on education, and STEM engagement in young children. She has conducted funded projects on gender differentiation in nurseries (2020-2022, Hessen Ministry) and diversity in early education (2017-2018).

Affiliated with major academic organizations including the European Early Childhood Education Research Association (EECERA) and the German Society for Supervision (DGSv), she integrates group-analytic practices into educational and social work contexts.