Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Sebastian Noll

• Member of the Study Commission
• Member of the Faculty Council

2025

• 12–14 February 2025

Chaired a panel at the 9th Conference of the International Association for Social Management and the Social Economy (INAS) entitled ‘Shaping Transformations – Social Management and the Social Economy on the Path to a Socio-Ecological Future’, at the Protestant University of Applied Sciences Freiburg

• 11 February 2025

Presentation: ‘Thinking outside the box: A German–Dutch comparison of the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities’ at the symposium ‘Status of the implementation of the Federal Participation Act’, Dortmund University of Applied Sciences

2024

• 27 September 2024

Hybrid conference on ‘Sustainability in the Social Economy’ organised by the Federal Working Group on Social Management and the Social Economy (BAG SMW) at the SRH Dresden School of Management

• 31 May 2024

Virtual expert exchange on the topic of ‘Public Governance’ organised by the International Working Group on Social Management / Social Economy (INAS)

2023

• 17 November 2023

Presentation: ‘Thinking outside the box: A Dutch-German analysis of increasing self-determination for people with intellectual disabilities in communal living arrangements”, as well as organising and chairing the online symposium “The implementation of the Federal Participation Act – initial empirical findings from research”, Mittweida University of Applied Sciences

• 21–22 September 2023

Presentation: ‘On increasing participation and self-determination for people with intellectual disabilities in communal living arrangements – selected findings from a Dutch-German analysis’ at the ‘3rd Congress on Participation Research – The Right to Participation in All Areas of Life!’, University of Cologne

• 30 August 2023

Presentation: “Thinking outside the box – findings from a project comparing the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Germany and the Netherlands in community-based housing arrangements” at the “State-wide Conference for Managers in the Housing Sector of Lebenshilfe Niedersachsen”, Soltau

• 31 March 2023

Moderator of the closing discussion at the online symposium “Digitalisation in the Social Economy” organised by the Federal Working Group on Social Economy / Social Management (BAG SMW) 

• 8–10 February 2023

Chaired a panel at the 8th Specialist Congress of the International Association for Social Management / Social Economy (INAS) entitled “Social! Innovative! Sustainable! Perspectives for Social Management and the Social Economy 2030”, Salzburg University of Applied Sciences

2022

• 14 October 2022

Hybrid conference on ‘The social economy in an international comparison’ organised by the Federal Working Group on Social Management and the Social Economy (BAG SMW)

• 1 September 2022

Symposium on ‘Protection against and prevention of violence in workshops for people with disabilities’, Dortmund University of Applied Sciences

2021

• 19 November 2021

Organisation and chairing of the online symposium ‘Quality management in the social economy: a helpful tool or a bureaucratic nuisance?’ organised by the Federal Working Group on Social Management / Social Economy (BAG SMW)

• 14 September 2021

Presentation: ‘Greater reliability for people with disabilities: insights from principal-agent theory in the debate on effectiveness and impact’ at the symposium ‘Impact and Effectiveness in the BTHG. A Critical Reflection with a Broad Perspective’, Dortmund University of Applied Sciences

2020

• 12–14 February 2020

Presentation: ‘And where do the service users fit in? The position of people with disabilities in the Federal Participation Act – an outline of the issues’ at the 7th INAS Specialist Congress ‘Between social mission and competition – social management in a changing environment’, Bern
  University of Applied Sciences

2019

• 5 September 2019

Symposium on ‘Person-centred care in social inclusion support’, Dortmund University of Applied Sciences

• 22 March 2019

Symposium: ‘Weaving Organisational Networks: Managing Nodes and Edges in Child and Youth Work’, Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University, Stuttgart

2018

• 20 September 2018

Symposium: ‘Making the impact(s) of integration support visible: a multi-perspective analysis’, Dortmund University of Applied Sciences

• 15–17 May 2018

81st German Social Welfare Day organised by the German Association: “Strengthening Cohesion – Shaping Diversity”, Stuttgart

• 7 March 2018

Presentation: “On the current situation of social economy organisations” at the closing symposium of the be/pe/so project “Unlocking potential, shaping the future: staff and organisational development in the social economy” in Chemnitz 

2017

• 25 October 2017

Presentation: ‘How can we retain and recruit staff? – Insights and tips from research’ at the symposium ‘Youth social work needs quality through good professionals! Recruiting staff, retaining staff’ organised by IN VIA Deutschland, 25 October 2017, Frankfurt am Main

• 18 May 2017

Conference on “Social Economy and Social Planning at Local Level” organised by the Federal Working Group on Social Management / Social Economy (BAG SMW), UAS Hamburg

2016

• 2 December 2016

Conference on ‘Governance in the Social Economy’ organised by the Federal Working Group on Social Management and the Social Economy (BAG SMW), Alice Salomon University of Applied Sciences, Berlin

• 19 May 2016

Conference on ‘Morality and (Social) Business – Ethics and Management’ organised by the Federal Working Group on Social Management / Social Economy (BAG SMW), Koblenz University of Applied Sciences

• 23–25 February 2016

4th International Conference of the International Working Group on Social Management / Social Economy (INAS) on “Future Strategies for the Social Economy and Social Management in Theory, Research and Practice”, Feldkirchen, Austria

2015

• 2 November 2015

Presentation entitled ‘Different objectives, shared skills – practical insights in favour of integrating public and social management degree programmes’ at a conference organised by the ‘Social and Public Management’ core group of the Federal Working Group on Social Management / Social Economy (BAG SMW), Fulda University of Applied Sciences

2014

• 29 January 2014

Conference of the Social Economy Section of the German Society for Social Work (DGSA) on social economy relations, Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University, Stuttgart

2011

• 6 May 2011

Organisation and chairing of the international symposium ‘The socio-economic significance of staff in social management – fundamentals, framework conditions, concepts’ organised by the Federal Working Group on Social Management / Social Economy (BAG SMW), Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University, Stuttgart

2005

• 15–16 September 2005

Conference of the Working Group on Local Political Research of the German Political Science Association (DVPW) on the topic ‘The Council, the Mayor and his Party – A Comparison of the Local “Trio” Across the Federal States’, FernUniversität Hagen

• 7–9 July 2005

Presentation entitled ‘The de-parliamentarisation of local authorities as collateral damage of administrative policy’ at a congress of the German Political Science Association (DVPW), Helmut Schmidt University, Hamburg