Prof. Dr. jur. Sören Hohner

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Faculty Social Sciences

Chair in Law and Social Work

Prof. Dr. jur. Sören Hohner
Fakultät Soziale Arbeit
+49 3727 581702
shohner@hs-mittweida.de
Visitor address
09648 Mittweida
Postal address
Mittweida University
Fakultät Soziale Arbeit
Technikumplatz 17
09648 Mittweida
  • Income support in Germany – Determining standard rates for SGB II/XII and the Asylum Seekers’ Benefits Act (AsylbLG)
  • Employment support (SGB III)
  • Basic income support (SGB II)
  • Benefits to support participation in working life for people with disabilities (SGB IX)
  • Inclusive workplaces (SGB IX) 

Projects

No projects available.

Publications

S. Hohner

Quo vadis BAföG? Über die soziale Funktion der Ausbildungsförderung

Appeared in: ZFSH/SGB - Zeitschrift für die sozialrechtliche Praxis 65 (2026)
21443 journalartikel
S. Hohner

Der lange Weg zur Anerkennung: Studienförderung als Leistung zur Teilhabe am Arbeitsleben nach § 117 Abs. 1 S. 1 Nr. 2 SGB III

Appeared in: RP Reha - Recht und Praxis der Rehabilitation, 2025
21289 journalartikel
S. Hohner

Einsparungen mit praxisferner Sanktionsvorschrift

Appeared in: ZFSH/SGB - Zeitschrift für die sozialrechtliche Praxis 6/2024, P. 313 – 317
21029 journalartikel
S. Hohner

Kindergrundsicherung in Deutschland: Zwischen Verfassungsauftrag und anhaltender Kinderarmut

Appeared in: ZFSH/SGB - Zeitschrift für die sozialrechtliche Praxis 1/2024, P. 9 – 27
21028 journalartikel
S. Hohner

Ein wichtiger Schritt in Richtung Inklusion. Das geplante Teilhabestärkungsgesetz

Appeared in: Soziale Sicherheit, 2021, P. 110 – 112
21288 journalartikel
  • Professor of Law in Social Work at Mittweida University of Applied Sciences
  • Visiting Professor at the University of Applied Sciences of the Federal Employment Agency (HdBA), specialising in social law
  • Lecturer in Law at the Saxony University of Cooperative Education – Breitenbrunn
  • Consultant at the Saxony-Anhalt-Thuringia Regional Directorate of the Federal Employment Agency on the following topics: management control and finance under SGB II, labour market programmes under SGB III, and processes within the Employment Agencies (online services)
  • Head of Department at the Family Benefits Office for Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia
  • PhD under Prof. Dr Wolfhard Kohte and Prof. Dr Reimund Schmidt-De
    Caluwe at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg on the topic: Sanctions under SGB II
  • Policy officer at the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (BMAS) responsible for: the
    promotion of continuing vocational training, and education and employment systems
  • Senior Adviser in the Internal Advisory Service for SGB II at the Federal Employment Agency (Berlin)
  • Legal traineeship in the Free State of Saxony (Higher Regional Court of Dresden)
  • Studied law at the University of Leipzig
  • Employment adviser specialising in SGB II and SGB III at the
    Leipzig Jobcentre
  • Training as a specialist in employment promotion at the
    Leipzig Employment Agency 
  • Member of the Examination Board 
  • Member of the BAföG Committee

News

Colloquium to mark the 80th birthday of Prof. Dr Wolfhard Kohte
, or: ‘The HFC and its senior coach’
16 October 2026, lecture theatre in the Audimax on Universitätsplatz in Halle

4.45 – 5.30 pm Part 4
: Inclusion – what helps with long-term unemployment?
Prof. Dr Sören Hohner
Moderator: Prof. Dr Ursula Waßer, judge at the Federal Social Court

10th meeting – Select Committee on ‘Local Authority Budgets’

Social legislation and its impact on Saxony’s local authority budgets 14 September 2026, 10.00 am, Plenary Chamber

Presentation by the expert, Prof. Dr. jur. Sören Hohner

Conferences

2026

3rd Central German Migration Law Conference 2026
12 June 2026 at the EAH Jena more

58th Contact Seminar: The COVID-19 Pandemic in the Context of Social Law – A Look Back Five Years and Ahead
23–24 February 2026 in Kassel (Federal Social Court) more

German Social Law Conference, Cologne: ‘Social Law and Social Policy in the 21st Legislative Period’
3 February 2026 in Cologne more

2025

“Interdisciplinary, case-based, practice-oriented: teaching innovation to secure livelihoods in the welfare state” Panel 13 | Round Table Discussion | Workshop as part of the symposium: “Teaching and learning innovations for degree programmes in Social Work and Education at Saxon universities”.
21 November 2025 in Mittweida (HSMW) 

2nd Central German Migration Law Conference 2025
25 April 2025 in Leipzig

57th Contact Seminar – German Association for Social Law (Deutscher Sozialrechtsverband e.V.
) 24–25 February in Kassel
Topic: The German social benefits system – based on solidarity, sustainable and fair?

21st Cologne Social Law Conference – Institute for German and European Labour and Social Law (IDEAS) at the University of Cologne
20 February in Cologne
Topic: Inpatient care

2024

9th German Social Court
Conference, 7 and 8 November in Kassel
Topic: ‘New Times – New Social Law’ Commission on SGB II, SGB III, SGB XII: Passive and Activation Benefits 

German Association for Social Law (Deutscher Sozialrechtsverband e.V.) – 56th Contact Seminar
, 26 and 27 February 2024 in Kassel
Topic: Negotiation processes in social benefits law  

20th Cologne Social Law Conference – Institute for German and European Labour and Social Law (IDEAS) at the University of Cologne
, 20 February in Cologne
Topic: Basic Child Allowance and Family Benefits

2023

German Association for Social Law (Deutscher Sozialrechtsverband e.V.) – 55th Networking Seminar
on 27 and 28 February in Kassel
Topic: Family benefits in the Bermuda Triangle between administrative, tax and social law    

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