The lecture series takes place on Mondays between 6.00 p.m. and 7.30 p.m. Lectures are held either in Stendal or Magdeburg and are broadcast live to the other location. 

Contact and Registration:
On sight participation obligatory if ECTS are needed. Guests are required to register and may also participate online: dip-projekt@h2.de
For concerns regarding examination and credits in SGM please contact: ralf.lottmann@h2.de 
For AHW please contact: claudia.dreke@h2.de 

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13. April 2026 | Diversity – Inclusion – Participation
DIP-Project Team, Prof. Dr. Claudia Dreke and Prof. Dr. Ralf Lottmann
(Department of Applied Human Studies/ Department of Social Work, Health and Media at the University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg-Stendal)

The thematic framework of the lecture series centers on diversity, inclusion, and participation as key concepts for understanding social dynamics of social and ecological transformation. It examines how diversity is shaped through patterns of participation across major societal fields such as healthcare, education, social work, social organisations and social entrepreneurship, culture, and environmental action, while taking into account differences in origin, gender, language, social position, age, and physical condition. Particular attention is given to global processes and events—such as migration and integration, climate change, and the rise of far-right movements—that influence diversity and participation. The framework emphasizes interdisciplinary and international perspectives on marginalisation, racism, antisemitism, and social inequality.

20. April 2026 | Democracy under Pressure: State Responses, Extremism, and Political Participation
Rahim Hajji & Jeyhun Alizade
(Department of Social Work, Health and Media (SGM)/ Social Science Centre Berlin (wzb))

Rahim Hajji: Readiness to take action in the event of an AfD ban and in the event of the AfD joining a governing coalition
This study investigates how political threat scenarios influence citizens’ willingness to take action. Using an experimental vignette design comparing an AfD government participation scenario with a potential party ban, we find a strong scenario effect: imagining the AfD entering government markedly increases engagement (logit ≈ +0.7), while a ban scenario produces minimal mobilization. Across conditions, institutional trust and fascist attitudes reduce engagement willingness, whereas political participation readiness and voluntary civic involvement enhance it. These relationships are scenario-dependent: in the government scenario, political participation readiness and institutional trust foster mobilization, while fascist attitudes and AfD sympathy dampen it. In the ban scenario, by contrast, low institutional trust and AfD sympathy become mobilizing factors.

Jeyhun Alizade: Downplaying Extremism? How the State Approaches Right-wing and Left-wing Extremist Threats
Drawing on thousands of documents from German political parties, intelligence agencies, and the police across several decades, our book shows that these actors have consistently downplayed the threat posed by right-wing extremists. Importantly, this pattern is not characteristic of the German state as a whole, but emerges specifically among center-right actors, whose ideological orientations shape how extremism is classified and addressed. These findings reveal how partisanship influences the very institutions tasked with safeguarding Germany’s democracy, with significant implications for understanding and countering far-right extremism today.

27. April 2026 | Beyond Business as Usual: Social Entrepreneurship as a Driver for Diversity, Inclusion and Participation?
Philipp Kenel
(Alice Salomon University of Applied Sciences Berlin (AHS) Berlin)

4. May 2026 | Ecosocial Innovations and Social Solidarity Economy in Vulnerable Local Communities: Exploring the Social Solidarity Economy of People of African Descent in Europe
Michael Tadesse
(Social Work/ Guest lecturer/ PhD Student at the University of Bozen/ Bolzano, Italy)

Using the Social Solidarity Economy (SSE) organizations of people of African descent in Europe as an example, this presentation reflects on the role the SSE plays in (social) sustainability and the lives of marginalized and racialized communities. The presentation also highlights lessons that can be learned from the SSE, particularly for helping professions such as social work. 

11. May 2026 | Multilingualism in Health Care in Germany – Chances and Limitations
Prof. Dr. Mike Mösko
(University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg-Stendal, Applied Human Sciences: Professor of Clinical Psychology)

Mental health care providers in Germany are not able to communicate with 12% of their patients. In order to overbridge language barriers in mental health care services, a range of (in-)formal practices takes place globally, including the use of family members, cleaning or security staff as ad-hoc interpreters, the use of receptive multilingualism, relying on machine translation or the rare use of professional interpreters. Due to missing political and legal support and missing financial resources professional interpreters are hardly integrated into mental health care services worldwide.

The lecture highlights the advantages and challenges of different strategies as well as societal and professional cultural barriers and resources. The Hamburg Interpreting Pool, a lighthouse project for integrating professional interpreters into outpatient (mental) health care services, closes the lecture and leads to a hopefully lively discussion.

18. May 2026 | Togetherness – Sense of community between deaf and hearing, a Danish perspective
Antonia Kløvedal
(Gebärdensprachdolmetschen, visiting from Denmark)

1. June 2026 | Neoliberal Conflation, Authoritarian Contestation and the Complexities of Racism and Antisemitism
Katrin Reimer-Gordinskaya
(Applied Human Studies, Hochschule Magdeburg-Stendal)

8. June 2026 | Arbeit und Migration Immigration and social participation: inequalities and their consequences
Janina Soehn
(Soziologisches Forschungsinstitut Göttingen (SOFI) e.V. an der Georg-August-Universität)

For decades, Germany has become a country of immigration. Especially since the last twenty years, the percentage of the foreign-born and their children born in Germany has increased to a quarter of the population living here. Many individuals of migration backgrounds will become clients of social work, of health and care facilities—be it in services specialized for migrants or in those for the general population and social sub-groups with particular needs, e.g., children, the sick and disabled, the unemployed or precariously employed, women, or the elderly. My talk will give an overview of immigration to Germany as well as if demographic and socio-economic differentiations among migrants and their descendants. A variety of factors lead to inequalities between native and migrants, between ethnic majority and minorities, regarding participation in education and work, social welfare and health. Social work and health institutions are called for to address these risks and needs within their professional contexts.

15. June 2026 | Cultural Heritage in Rural Eastern Germany: How to increase cultural participation and diversity in transformation communities
Dr. Gesine Schuster
(Hochschule Magdeburg-Stendal)

22. June 2026 | Environmental Management and Urban Planning for Sustainable Practices in Cities
Dr. Shatabdi Das
(Researcher, Calcutta Research Group, India)

Urban spaces are in a constant state of flux due to the intricate interactions between human and natural components changing and influencing each other as a result of complex interferences and exchanges within and between biophysical and social systems. More people moving into cities modifies space and transpires into increasing pressures on infrastructure, resources, and services. Sustainable urban development and environmentally conscious planning would mean that cities are more inclusive and resilient to overcome the destructive impacts of land degradation, environmental deterioration, pollution and the looming threats of climate change. The foundation of sustainable urban living in cities focus on civic amenities facilitation, infrastructural efficacy, health schemes, policies, regulations, and legal interventions, along with the

awareness, involvement and participation of city dwellers and workers, on strategies that promote environmental sustainability, social equity and economic vitality. Green infrastructure that integrates natural systems into urban environments to manage stormwater, reduce urban heat islands and enhance biodiversity conservation are not

only key to the processes of making cities, building and expanding economy and infrastructure, but also planning for sustainable futures of cities. This talk will attempt to look at urban ecology and the practices aimed at environmental protection in urban settings characterised by habitats and habitations in harmony with their social, economic, and technological systems; the adaptations in place for recognising the values and intrinsic contributions by ecosystem services to cities.

29. June 2026 | Rights, Respect, and Participation: Anti-discrimination work at h2
Prof. Dr. Josefine Heusinge
(Department of Social Work, Health and Media, University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg-Stendal)

6. July 2026 | Diversity – Inclusion – Participation Closing Event
Prof. Dr. Claudia Dreke and Prof. Dr. Ralf Lottmann
(DIP-Project, University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg-Stendal) 

Für Studierende

• English Course B2 Level online: montags, 17.15 bis 19.15 Uhr
• Russisch Grundkurs A1: freitags, 16 bis 17.30 Uhr
• Spanisch Anfängerkurs A1: donnerstags, 16 bis 17.30 Uhr
• Gebärdensprache Grundkurs A1.1: donnerstags, 17.15 bis 19.15 Uhr
• Gebärdensprache Fortsetzungskurs A2: montags, 17.15 bis 19.15 Uhr
• Englischsprachige Lehrveranstaltungen

Für Dozierende

• SprachlernApp Busuu
• English Intercultural Business Communication B2/C1: montags von 16 bis 17.30 Uhr im Haus 1 im Raum 1.05 statt. Ein Einstieg ist jederzeit möglich. Schreiben Sie bei Interesse eine E-Mail an: kerstin.taenzer@h2.de
• English Course B2 Level online: montags, 17.15 bis 19.15 Uhr
• Selbstlernmaterialien der internationalen DAAD-Akademie: Lehre in der Fremdsprache – Teaching in English: iDA-Selbstlernmaterialien: Lehre in der Fremdsprache - Teaching in English - DAAD-Akademie (z.B. Vorlesung, Feeback, Einzelgespräche, Gruppenarbeit,…)

Für Mitarbeitende

• SprachlernApp Busuu
• English Intercultural Business Communication B2/C1: montags von 16 bis 17.30 Uhr im Haus 1 im Raum 1.05 statt. Ein Einstieg ist jederzeit möglich. Schreiben Sie bei Interesse eine E-Mail an: kerstin.taenzer@h2.de
• English Course B2 Level online: montags, 17.15 bis 19.15 Uhr
• Selbstlernmaterialien der internationalen DAAD-Akademie: Lehre in der Fremdsprache – Teaching in English: iDA-Selbstlernmaterialien: Lehre in der Fremdsprache - Teaching in English - DAAD-Akademie (z.B. Englisch für Personalreferate, Englisch für Prüfungsämter, Englisch für Lehrstuhl- und Fakultätssekretariate,…)

• Umgang mit Ausgrenzung, Diskriminierung und Radikalismus in der Hochschullehre
  Termin und Ort: Dienstag, 24. März 2026, 9.30 bis 17 Uhr, Campus Magdeburg
  Workload: 8 Arbeiteinheiten à 45min
• Intercultural aspects inteaching and learning
  Date and place: Wednesday, 25 March 2026, 9.00 a.m. to 4.30 p.m., Campus Magdeburg
  Workload: 8 work units of 45 minutes each; A minimum English level of B2 is required
• English as Medium of Instruction in Higher Eduaction: An introduction
  Date and place: 27 March 2026, 9 a.m. to 12.15 p.m., Zoom
• English as Medium of Instruction in Higher Education: Teaching Circle
  Date and place: 27 March 2026, 13.10 p.m. to 16 p.m., Zoom

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