Tatiana Zimenkova

Affiliated researcher at the Centre for German and European Studies

Researcher at Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences

Research areas:

• Theories of democracy and participation
• Citizenship education
• Activism
• Minority learners
• Refugee education
• Gender & queer studies
• Qualitative methods in sociology

Languages:

• Russian
• English
• German

Education:

• 2000 Diploma of the Faculty of Sociology, St. Petersburg State University
• 2006 PhD in sociology at the Faculty of Sociology, University of Bielefeld, Germany
• 2016 Habilitation, venia legendi „Sociology“ Faculty for Sociology/ Institute for Science and Technology Studies, Bielefeld University 

Work experience:

• Since 2019 Vice-President for Internationalisation and Diversity of the Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences (Germany)
• Since 2018 Professor for Sociology at the Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences (Germany), Teaching at Gender and Diversity Programme
• 2014-2018 Professor for Diversity in Teacher’s Training, Curricula and Education Research at the Centre for Teacher Training (DoKoLL), TU Dortmund University
• 2014- 2018 Member of the Institute for Philosophy and Political science, the Faculty for Humanitarian sciences and Theology, TU Dortmund University
• 2012-2014 Coordinator of the „Praxis Term“ conception group for social sciences within the Bielefeld School of Education (BISED) Bielefeld University
• 2013 Coordinator of International cooperation, gender and diversity management at the Bielefeld Graduate School in History and Sociology, Bielefeld University
• 2009-2014 Research fellow and lecturer in teachers training at Faculty for Sociology, Bielefeld University
• 2005-2012 Representative of the German Director of the Centre for German and European Studies (ZDES), Department of Sociology, Bielefeld University
• 2001-2004 Administrative co-ordinator of the research project “Participation and Dynamics of Social Positionings“ (PARADYS), Institute for Science and Technology Studies, Bielefeld University

Publications:

• Brandt, K., & Zimenkova, T. (2019). Developing Common Visions? Elaborating Conception of Cohesion with Help of Deliberative Procedures in Disintegrated Urban Spaces – ZuNaMi Approach. In: Abstract Book, 14th ESA Conference ‘Europe and Beyond: Boundaries, Barriers and Belonging’, 20-23 August 2019, Manchester, p. 967.
• Karber, A., Sevdiren, G., Heberle, K., Schröter, A., Bartz, J., & Zimenkova, T. (forthcoming). University Didactic Considerations of Differential Reflexive Teacher Education. Kongressband des 26. DGfE-Kongresses (in German).
• Molitor, V., & Zimenkova, T. (2019). Loyalty, Overperforming and Imposed Expertise: LGBTQ* - Identities and Everyday Work in the Police. In J. Gruhlich and M. Seeliger (Eds.), Intersectionality, work and organization. Anthology in the series Working Society in Change (114-129). Verlag Beltz Juventas.
• Rohde-Abuba, C., Vennmann, S., & Zimenkova, T. (2019). The Destruction of the Heterosexual Family? The Discourse of Opponents of the Gender Mainstreaming Educational Curriculum in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Sexuality & Culture 23(3), 718-736.
• Schröter, A., & Zimenkova, T. (2019). Norm and Normality. Reflection of the Positions of Prospective Teachers Within the Power Field School and Creation of Non-Normative Spaces in Teaching. Herausforderung Lehrer_innenbildung – Zeitschrift zur Konzeption, Gestaltung und Diskussion (HLZ), 47-62 (in German).
• Zimenkova, T., & Molitor, V. (2019). Discussing and Theorising the Conceptual Gap between LGBTTIQ Identities and Community-Belonging on the Example of LGBTTIQ Police Officers. In: Abstract Book, 14th ESA Conference ‘Europe and Beyond: Boundaries, Barriers and Belonging’, 20-23 August 2019, Manchester, p. 524.
• Bartz, J., Delucchi Danhier, R., Mertins, B., Schüppel, K. C., Welzel, B., & Zimenkova, T.(2018).On the way to relocation: language, object culture and religion in transcultural Germany. In B. Welzel & S. Hussmann (Eds.) Challenges of Heterogeneity and Diversity in Teacher Education (pp. 179 – 194). DoProfil (Arbeitstitel) Waxmann (in German).
• Beuter, C., Schlegel, S., Vennmann, S. & Zimenkova, T.(2018). TU@ Adams Corner – Political science content in international classes as a challenge and opportunity for political didactics? Politischer Lernen, Vol. 3-4,65-68 (in German).
• Zimenkova, T., Szukala, A., Brandt, K., Marej, K., Tiefenthal, G., & Durczak, M.(2018). ‘ZuNaMi: Creating Cohesion Narratives with Disintegrated Urban Communities. First work in progress report’. A conference paper for XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology, RC03 Community Research (host committee) Session on ‘Populism and Community Research’. Toronto, Canada, July 15-21, 2018.
• Molitor, V. & Zimenkova, T. (2017). LGBTQI police officers going public? An interplay of gender regimes, LGBTQI identities, authority belonging and activism. Paper for 5th European Conference on Politics and Gender, panel on LGBTQI Rights, Sexuality and Politics. ECPG, University of Lausanne, Switzerland, 8–10 June 2017. 
• Molitor, V. & Zimenkova, T. (2017). LGBT-Police officers: An empirical study on everyday working life. – Zusammenfassung der ersten Ergebnisse. University Bielefeld/TU Dortmund – Working Paper 
• Zimenkova, T. & Molitor, V. (2017).  Approaching LGBTIQ‐Police officers: an easy to reach group? Paper for 5th European Conference on Politics and Gender, Session on Researching Intersectionality and Exclusion. ECPG, University of Lausanne, Switzerland, 8–10 June 2017. 
• Zimenkova, T & Jeliazkova, M. (2017). Beyond description. Country reports on Civic and political education in post-communist, post-authoritarian and “old liberal” Europe in dialogue. Special issue, Journal of Social Science Education, 2, 2-7.
• Zimenkova, T., Barsuhn, M.G., Müller, K.A. & Kronsbein, J. S. (2017). Inclusion and its actors: Advantages of an individual approach.
• Zimenkova T. (2017). What is a society? The advantages of Sowi-didactics for refugees. [Web log from „sowi-online"]. 
• Zimenkova T. (2017). Glokale Stories: Memories on diverse societies. In P. Bochers, K. Christa Schüppel (Eds.) Katalog "Ortsbegehung: Urbanes Storytelling heute. Kunstwissenschaftliche und künstlerische Perspektiven" (pp. 7-8). Dortmund: Dortmunder Schriften zur Kunst.
• Zimenkova, T. (2016). Sociology as consulting. Limited application or a professional field? In A. Froese, D. Simon, & J. Böttcher (Eds.), Social Sciences and Society. New Locations of Knowledge transfer (pp. 99 – 128). Transkript.
• Zimenkova, T. (2016). Who needs LSBTTIQ phobia (Institutional Analysis). Marta Press, Hamburg, pp. 35 – 48.
• Zimenkova, T. & J. Kilian (2016). Political education: Political learning from the perspective of active students. Political education, 3-4, 29 – 35.
• Olson, M., Zimenkova, T. (2015). Normativity in Social Science Education and History Education. JSSE-Journal of Social Science Education 14(1), pp. 2-5.
• Sokolov, M., Guba, K., Zimenkova, T., Safonova, M., and Chuykina, S. (2015). How to become a professor: academic careers, markets and power in five countries. Novoe literaturnoe obozreniye, 832 p.
• Zimenkova T. (2015). Educating Supermen and Superwomen: Global Citizenship Education. In: Millei, Z. & Imre, R. Childhood and Nation. Interdisciplinary Engagements (Critical Cultural Studies of Childhood series) New York: Palgrave MacMillan, pp. 229-252.
• Zimenkova, T. (2014). Europäische Patrioten oder Kritische Bürgerinnen? Zu den Zielsetzungen und Herausforderungen des Themas ‘Europäische Integration’ in der politischen Bildung. Politisches Lernen. Europa zwischen Integration und Exklusion?, 1-2, 40-44.
• Zimenkova, T. (2014). Minority Learners – Excluded from the Narrative of ‘Celebrating Diversity’? Citizenship Teaching and Learning, 9(2), 201-222.
• Zimenkova, T., (ed.) (2014). Still an Issue? Approaching and Challenging Post-Socialist and Post-Authoritarian Education: Difficulties, Routines and Innovations of Empirical Research, InterDisciplines, 5(2).
• Hedtke, R., & Zimenkova, T. (eds.). (2012). Education for Civic and Political Participation. A Critical Approach. Routledge Research in Education. London: Routledge.
• Zimenkova, T. 2011. 'Between European and National Citizenship Identities: Challenges, Problems and soft Practices of Identity Building in Educational Policies', in: J.L. Sales Marques, R. Seidelmann , & A. Vasilache (Eds.), States, Regions, and the Global System. Europe and Northern Asia Pacific in Globalised Governance. Baden-Baden: Nomos Publishing House, 199 - 229.
• Zimenkova, T. 2011. 'Diversity: Future Project of Current Challenge? Construction of the Term Diversity within Citizenship Education in Europe'. Educação, Sociedade & Culturas, 32, 23 - 40.
• Zimenkova T., & I. Menezes (Eds.). 2011. 'Critical Civic & Citizenship Education'. Journal of Social Science Education, 10(4).
• Zimenkova T. 2009. 'Fusing Public Sociology and Policy Sociology: The New Goal of Sociological Professionalization?'. Laboratorium, 2009(1).
• Zimenkova T. & R. Hedtke (Eds.). 2009. 'Sociology? Who Needs It?'. Journal of Social Science Education, 9(4).
• Zimenkova, T., & R. Hedtke. 2008. 'The talk-and-action approach to citizenship education. An outline of a methodology of critical studies in citizenship education'. Journal of Social Science Education 9, 1, 9(1), 5 - 35.
• Zimenkova, T. 2007. Die Praxis der Soziologie: Ausbildung, Wissenschaft, Beratung. Eine professionstheoretische Untersuchung. Bielefeld: transcript.
• Hippe, T., T. Zimenkova, & R. Hedtke. 2007. 'A Trinity of Transformation, Europeanisation, and Democratisation? Current Research on Citizenship Education in Europe'. Journal of Social Science Education, 5(2), 5 - 20.

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