Prof. Dr. phil. Stephan Beetz

• Dean
• Member of the Senate (by virtue of office)
• Member of the Extended Senate (by virtue of office)
• Member of the Faculty Council
• Member of the Studies Committee
• Member of the Doctoral Examination Board
• Member of the Excursion Committee (by virtue of office)

2005

• 1 and 2 December 2005

What is new about current demographic processes? Lecture at the XXXth Symposium on Rural and Agricultural Sociology, ‘Demographic Change in the Focus of Rural and Agricultural Sociology’, in Bonn

• 24 and 25 November 2005

The demographic dimension of economic, cultural and social problems: the example of rural areas, lecture at the conference ‘Ihr Kinderlein kommet: On the Debate Concerning Germany’s Demographic Future’, University of Hohenheim, Centre of Excellence for Gender and Nutrition in Stuttgart

• 16 April 2005

‘My children should be free to decide’ – the influence of collective migration orientations, using the example of the out-migration of young people from rural regions in eastern Germany. Presentation at the international workshop ‘Migration Processes, Problems of Out-Migration Regions, Questions of Identity’ organised by the Eastern and Central Eastern European Sociology Section of the German Sociological Association (DGS) in Görlitz

• 18 March 2005

Mapping the Margin – on the (re)presentation of regional inequality, lecture at the DGS Section on Social Inequality in Stuttgart (with Claudia Neu)

• 19 January 2005

Villages on the Move, lecture at the Brandenburg State Agency for Political Education in Potsdam

2004

• 22 November 2004

Housing co-operatives – opportunities and possibilities in and for the State of Brandenburg in Neuruppin, expert workshop organised by the Brandenburg Ministry of Infrastructure and Regional Planning

• 23 September 2004

Demographic change and policy priorities in rural areas, presentation at the annual conference of the German Society for Demography in Frankfurt am Main (with Claudia Neu)

2003

• 20 December 2003

Harnessing historical experience for co-operatives in urban regeneration, presentation at the workshop organised by the Lübbenau and Hennigsdorf housing associations

• 13 November 2003

‘E-government and regional development’ – launch event of the Heinrich Böll Foundation’s initiative ‘Across Borders – e-government in structurally weak regions’ in Potsdam

• 4 November 2003

The practical relevance of member relations in housing co-operatives. Presentation and discussion at the joint meeting of the Supervisory Board and Executive Board of DPF eG Berlin in Berlin

• 26 October 2003

“Nature Conservation and Regional Development” – BUND specialist conference “Nature Conservation – A Benefit for Brandenburg” at the Old Town Hall, Potsdam

• 25–26 September 2003

A culture of cooperative action. Presentation at the conference ‘Civic Engagement as a Co-operative Resource’ organised by the IfG Berlin in Berlin

• 12 June 2003

Non-member business in co-operatives – advantages and disadvantages, lecture at the conference ‘Co-operative Tenancy Arrangements and Tenancy Law – Divergences and Contradictions’ organised by the BBT in Berlin

• 3–4 March 2003

Member Relations in Housing Cooperatives – Findings from a Research Study at the Cooperative Institute, presentation at the BBU Days 2003

2015

• 12 March 2015

The concept of the caring community from the perspective of community and neighbourhood research. Lecture delivered as part of the Working Group on Family Support and Policy, Early Intervention, at the Paritätischer Wohlfahrtsverband Schleswig-Holstein in Kiel

• 5 March 2015

How much ‘region’ does the inclusion debate need? Lecture at the ‘REGION AND INCLUSION’ workshop organised by the University of Hildesheim in Hildesheim

• 19 May 2015

Structural development and poverty in rural areas, lecture at the international symposium ‘Shaping a socially sustainable future in rural areas’ organised by Caritas Germany in Freiburg im Breisgau

• 17 June 2015

Living environments and participation of families in rural regions, expert discussion at the 80th German Social Welfare Conference in Leipzig

• 2 September 2015

‘Young People in Rural Areas’ – lecture as part of the series ‘Independent Youth Policy in Saxony’ at the Old Hunting Lodge in Wermsdorf

• 20 October 2015

Young people and development opportunities in rural areas. Lecture at the closing conference of the DJI study ‘Focus on Young People – Regional Responses to Demographic Developments’ – Land in sight?! Young people in structurally weak rural areas in Berlin

• 29 October 2015

Social life and support structures, lecture at the closing conference “Rural Living Conditions in Transition: 1952, 1972, 1993 and 2012” organised by the BMEL in Berlin

2014

• 24 November 2014

Keynote presentation at the workshop ‘Ageing and Civic Engagement in a Regional Context’ at the BMFSFJ conference on the Federal Government’s 7th Report on Older People, ‘Shaping Diversity! Challenges for Senior Citizens’ and Civic Engagement Policies at Local Level’, in Berlin

• 15 November 2014

Everyday life in the countryside – not just a balance between idyll and crisis. Conference ‘The Future of Villages: Between Decline and Innovation’ organised by the Protestant Academy of Saxony-Anhalt, Wittenberg

• 11 July 2014

Social policy perspectives on rural regions. 16th Regional Youth Welfare Conference ‘Shaping the future through youth reporting?’ On the social situation of young people (in rural areas) in the Free State of Saxony. TU Dresden

• 13–14 June 2014

Regional differences – from problem identification to regional change. Conference: ‘Territorial inequality or social differentiation?’ Neubrandenburg University of Applied Sciences Changing living conditions in rural areas; empowerment for quality of life in old age. Conference: ‘Territorial inequality or social differentiation?’ Neubrandenburg University of Applied Sciences

• 14 May 2014

Is everything in crisis? Youth work in rural areas. Symposium ‘Complex Support Needs – New Challenges for Open Child and Youth Work’ for social workers at youth centres and in mobile youth work, and other social education professionals in Lengenfeld/Vogtland

• 30 April 2014

The small town in the great modern age – smart, slow or provincial? Lecture as part of the lecture series for the 2014 summer term at Mittweida University of Applied Sciences

• 19 March 2014

Is ageing a private matter? Lecture at the Mittweida Citizens’ Academy in Mittweida

• 29 March 2014

The challenge of demographic change: maintaining quality of life in rural areas. Workshop on ‘Quality of Life in Rural Areas’ organised by the Heinrich Böll Foundation Brandenburg in Oranienburg

2013

• 22 November 2013

Migration decisions among young people in eastern Germany. Conference: ‘And yet back again? Motives for migration, staying put and returning among young people in rural regions’ Alpen-Adria University Klagenfurt

• 12 September 2013

Age-sensitive urban and regional development: requirements and considerations. Presentation at the ‘Altenhilfe’ panel discussion organised by the German Association for Public and Private Welfare, Berlin

• 31 January and 1 February 2013

Empowerment for quality of life in old age. Presentation at the conference ‘Older Migrants in the Neighbourhood: Sustainability through Self-Organisation and Participation’ in Fulda

2012

• 6 December 2012

The marginalisation of rural areas and the challenges for social services. Presentation to the Commission on Social Policy and Society of the German Caritas Association, Haus der Caritas in Berlin

• 21 June 2012

Inequalities in regions experiencing depopulation. Lecture at the conference ‘Depopulation from rural areas: causes, motives, manifestations and resulting problems’ at Neubrandenburg University of Applied Sciences, Neubrandenburg

• 15 June 2012

The ‘rural exodus’ discourse and new territorial orders. Lecture at the conference ‘Demographic Change in Rural Societies – History, Present and Future’ organised by the Society for Agricultural History and Agricultural Sociology, in Frankfurt am Main‎ ‎

• 6 June 2012

Social factors influencing adolescence. Presentation at the symposium “Experiencing Transitions: Social Factors Influencing Adolescence and Mental Health Issues on the Path from School to Working Life”, organised by the Vogtland Competence Agency, Voigtsberg Castle, Oelsnitz

• 9 and 10 May 2012

Distinctive features of the development of small towns in rural areas. Lecture at the conference ‘Small Towns in Peripheral Regions: Processes, Participation and Empowerment’, Integrated Urban Development Management. University of Applied Sciences Hildesheim, Holzminden and Göttingen, held in Duderstadt

• 18 April 2012

Is the countryside different? Rural areas as reflected in social discourses and as the lived environment of their inhabitants. Lecture at the University of Leipzig, Institute for Cultural Studies in Leipzig

2011

• 23 November 2011

Prospects for public services in rural areas. Presentation at the conference ‘Healthcare in Franconian Switzerland – Solutions for a future worth living’ organised by the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg at the Catholic Rural Adult Education Centre (KLVHS) in Feuerstein

• 12 November 2011

The needs of young people in rural areas. ‘wir fürs Land’ Future Symposium: Challenges, Prospects and Framework Conditions. Presentation at the conference ‘Demographic Change from the Perspective of Young People in Rural Areas’, in Berlin

• 27 October 2011

What motivates young people in villages – and how. Youth work from the young people’s perspective. Presentation at the closing conference ‘Youth Work in Rural Areas: Projects and Ideas in Action and Inspiring Change’ at the Umweltforum Berlin

• 9 March 2011

From Reacting to Taking Action: Demographic Management and the Social Economy in Society. Presentation at the conference ‘Moving Responsibly Towards the Future Together – Perspectives on Staff Recruitment and Retention in Caritas in the Dioceses of Dresden-Meissen and Görlitz’ at Marienthal Monastery

• 7 March 2011

What characterises an age-sensitive community? Lecture at the workshop ‘Ageing in the Segeberg District’ in Bad Segeberg 

• 24 February 2011

Engaging community consultation in the Reitbahnviertel – findings and reflections. Presentation at the residents’ meeting in Chemnitz

• 10 January 2011

Peripheralisation as a discursive phenomenon. Presentation at the workshop ‘On Peripheralisation in the Mind’. Presentation at the Institute for Regional Studies in Leipzig

2010

• 18 November 2010

The Future of Rural Areas. Lecture to the CDU Saxony Policy Committee in Kohren-Salis

• 12 May 2010

Affordable housing – what role do housing co-operatives play? Difu seminar on municipal strategies for securing the supply of social housing in Berlin

2009

• 30 September 2009

Perspectives on rural areas and societies. Conference on nature conservation and social modernisation organised by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation on the island of Vilm

•  25 September 2009 

Is the countryside different from the city? New spatial orders and differentiated regional development policies. Conference of North and East German rural sociologists in Hankensbüttel

•  23 September 2009

Biographical work in adolescence and social change. Lecture at the annual conference of the Saxony State Working Group on School Social Work in Goßberg

• 25 June 2009

Age-sensitivity as a concept in modern urban and regional development. Presentation at the panel discussion on support for the elderly organised by the German Association for Public and Private Welfare in Hanover

• 22 June 2009

Keynote presentation and chairing of the ‘City, Countryside, Suburbs’ working group at the ‘Ageing Spaces’ conference organised by the Schader Foundation in Darmstadt

• 3 June 2009

Demographic, economic and institutional shrinkage – from the perspective of rural areas in Germany. Presentation at the international symposium “Imploding Populations: Global and Local Challenges of Demographic Change” organised by the German Institute for Japanese Studies in Tokyo

• 27 May 2009

What can be done to give villages a chance? Lecture at the specialist colloquium “Country Life – New, Different, Better” organised by the Saxon State Office for the Environment, Agriculture and Geology in Börtewitz

•  7 May 2009

Is the countryside different? New spatial orders and differentiated policies for infrastructure development. Lecture at the international conference ‘Empty Countryside and Colourful City?’ organised by the Leibniz Association and the Spatial Science Network in Berlin

• 27 March 2009

Continuity and change in everyday (health-related) lifestyles – findings and reflections from a follow-up study in north-eastern Germany. Presentation at the conference “In Need of Care in the Health Society” in Halle/Saale (with Susanne Niemz, Christine Nebelung, Christof Roettger, Enrica Hinz, Thomas Elkeles)

• 5–6 February 2009

What does the future hold for rural areas in Germany and Europe? Presentation at the conference “Land in Sight – Securing Quality of Life through Regional Development” organised by the Protestant Academy Villigst and the Centre for Rural Development in Schwerte

2008

• 3 and 4 December 2008

Ageing sensitivity as a concept in modern urban and regional development. Symposium on ‘Urban and Regional Development in the Context of Demographic Change’ at the 17th Congress of the German Society for Geriatrics (DGG) in Berlin

• 1 and 2 December 2008

Lifestyles and public services in rural areas. Rural areas in the context of demographic change. December conference of the DGD working group ‘Cities and Regions’ in cooperation with the Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning, in Berlin (with Claudia Neu)

• 25 and 26 November 2008

How can we ensure that young people can still grow up in struggling rural areas? Keynote address at the symposium “Germany 2020 – Can Our Youth Still Be Saved?”, Berlin

• 7 November 2008

Where does the future lie? Rural youth caught between migration, adaptation and engagement. Future workshop ‘And suddenly they’ve all gone – let’s bring them back’ organised by the Federation of German Rural Youth in Berlin

• 22 October 2008

Public services and quality of life in rural areas. Expert workshop on ‘Rural Areas’ organised by the Interdisciplinary Working Group on Global Change – Regional Development (IAG), Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Berlin (with Claudia Neu)

• 8 October 2008

Health and everyday life in a changing rural region, presentation at the plenary session ‘Health and Quality of Life Across the Life Course – Stability and Change in Secure and Insecure Times’ at the 34th Congress of the German Society for Health Research (DGS) in Jena (with Thomas Elkeles, Christof Röttger)

• 2–4 July 2008

Poverty, health and everyday life in rural communities in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Brandenburg. Presentation at the interdisciplinary symposium ‘Leutenot’ and ‘Not der Leute’ – Living Conditions in Rural Areas of North-East Germany, Alfried Krupp Wissenschaftskolleg Greifswald (with Thomas Elkeles)

• 10 January 2008

Local politics in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Enquiry Commission on Territorial Reform in Schwerin

2007

• 29 November 2007

Future Prospects for Rural Areas. Lecture at the Academy for Spatial Research and Regional Studies (ARL) in Würzburg

• 8 November 2007

Brandenburg – how a region is tackling the challenge of population decline. Lecture at the conference ‘Rural Areas Have a Future: Problems – Prospects – Projects’ organised by the Association for Urban, Regional and State Planning (SRL) in Augsburg

• 2 November 2007

Innovation Research and Regional Development. Lecture at the expert discussion ‘Zukunftslabor Ost: Innovation in Research, Development and Production’ in Jena

• 7 September 2007

Prospects for rural areas. Presentation to the Saxon State Parliament’s Enquete Commission on ‘Demographic trends and their impact on the lives of people in the Free State of Saxony, as well as their consequences for policy areas’ in Dresden

• 22 June 2007

What does ‘peripheralisation’ mean? Presentation at the conference ‘Peripheralisation – a new form of social inequality?’ organised by the Section on Social Inequality and Social Structure Analysis of the German Sociological Association (DGS) in Rostock

• 10 May 2007

Ageing, regional contexts and the restructuring of public services, presentation at the conference ‘Public Services – Challenges for an Ageing and Shrinking Population’ organised by the Rostock Centre for Research on Demographic Change in Rostock

• 16 March 2007

Rural policy in the context of demographic change, National Conference of non-partisan mayors and district administrators in Crimmitschau

• 2 March 2007

To Leave or to Stay – the Relevance of Collective Interpretations for Biographically Significant Migration Decisions, lecture at the conference ‘Sociodemographic Change – Social and Cultural Consequences for Young People’ organised by the Youth Sociology Section of the German Sociological Association (DGS) in Potsdam

• 15 February 2007

Poverty in a spatial context – parallels and differences in research on socio-structural and spatial inequality, workshop ‘Social assistance patterns and experiences of poverty’ organised by Fulda University of Applied Sciences in Fulda

2006

• 18 December 2006

Cooperation and self-help in infrastructure development, lecture at the Faculty of Agriculture and Horticulture in Berlin

• 1 December 2006

Village Development and Opportunities for Civil Society, lecture at the event ‘Participation and Civic Engagement in Shrinking Regions’ as part of the CIVITAS Programme in Fürstenwalde

• 18 November 2006

‘Demographic Change and Changes in Rural Areas’, lecture at the 2006 Local Government Conference in Dresden

• 10 October 2006

“Peripheralisation – Rural Areas between Overgrowth and Aestheticisation”, lecture at the plenary session of the German Sociologists’ Conference in Kassel

• 19 September 2006

‘The Specific Characteristics of Rural Areas as a Challenge for Regional Studies’ – Lecture at the summer school of the WGL project ‘Pact for Innovation and Research: Demographic Change – Complexity as a Challenge for Urban and Regional Development in Dresden-Hellerau’

• 16 May 2006

Innovations in rural areas. Lecture at the workshop organised by the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Berlin (together with Claudia Neu)

• 5 May and 6 May 2006

Rural sociology in Germany – between a new beginning and misunderstanding, lecture at the binational workshop ‘New Rural Sociology in Poland and Germany’ in Toruń

• 27 and 28 March 2006

Poverty in Rural Areas, lecture at the spring conference of the EKD’s Committee for Services in Rural Areas in Altenkirchen/Westerwald

• 20 March 2006

Social and Cultural Aspects of Village Renewal, lecture at the event organised by the Saxony-Anhalt Association for Local Politics to mark the presentation of the European Village Renewal Prize in Ummendorf

2016

• 18 February 2016

Support structures for life situations in old age, lecture at the conference ‘Co-creation of the common good: Diakonie and the Church as partners and drivers of change in rural areas’ organised by Diakonie Deutschland at Haydau Abbey

• 18 March 2016

From Demographic Change to Democratic Change. Symposium on local youth participation: ‘Without young people, our town looks old’ in Bad Lausick

• 25 June 2016

The significance of projects for the development of rural areas. Knowledge transfer conference for the REGIOPART and LETHE projects: ‘Cultures of Rural Neighbourhoods. Social Space and Memory’ in Neubrandenburg

• 14 September 2016

Civic engagement and civil society as a fundamental component of social planning; symposium ‘Future Forum: Volunteering in Thuringia’ organised by the Paritätischer Landesverband/Akademie in Neudietendorf

• 19 November 2016

Changing living conditions in villages: Are women on the winning or losing side? Autumn 2016 specialist conference of the Saxon Rural Women’s Association ‘Viewing rural areas through a female lens. Approaches to development and participation concepts by rural women for a better quality of life and prospects for staying in the countryside’, Oederan

• 6 December 2016

Quality of life and social change in rural society. International symposium ‘Cultural and social participation of children and young people in rural regions of European countries’ in Meissen