Rate My Professor Bettina Völter

Völter's research specializes in reconstructive social work, biographical research, professions research, and mindfulness in higher education, emphasizing theoretical, methodological, and practical developments for professional social work practice, foundational research, and conceptual work within ASH Berlin's SAGE disciplines—Social Work, Health and Nursing, Education. She co-edits the book series 'Rekonstruktive Forschung in der Sozialen Arbeit' with Verlag Barbara Budrich and has initiated initiatives like 'Spazierblicke' neighborhood walks from diverse perspectives and annual workshops on mindfulness at universities. Key publications include her monograph 'Judentum und Kommunismus: Deutsche Familiengeschichten in drei Generationen' (2003); co-edited volumes such as 'Biographieforschung im Diskurs' (2005, 2nd ed. 2009), 'Biografische Einzelfallhilfe: Methoden und Arbeitstechniken' (2012), 'Wörterbuch Rekonstruktive Soziale Arbeit' (2015), 'Rekonstruktiv denken und handeln: Rekonstruktive Soziale Arbeit als professionelle Praxis' (2017), 'Professionsverständnisse in der Sozialen Arbeit' (2020), '#systemrelevant - 50 Jahre angewandte SAGE-Wissenschaften an der Alice Salomon Hochschule Berlin' (2021), 'Bild und Biographie' (2024), and 'akademisieren, professionalisieren, transformieren: SAGE-Hochschulen im Strukturwandel am Beispiel der Alice Salomon Hochschule Berlin' (2025, 2nd expanded ed. 2026). As principal investigator, she leads projects like 'Sage SAGE!' (2021-2027) for professorial staffing in SAGE disciplines and BwQF.