Prof. Dr. Stephanie Ernst
Social Work Law
Fulda University of Applied Sciences
Building
24,
Room
009
Leipziger Straße 123
36037 Fulda
Consultation hours: by arrangement (please complete the registration by email)
CV
March 2024–present
Fulda University of Applied Sciences, Department of Social Work
Professorship in Social Work Law
Nov 2018 – Feb 2024
German Association for Youth Courts and Youth Court Services e. V.
Managing Director and Head of Academic Research; Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Juvenile Criminal Law and Youth Welfare (ZJJ)
05/2020
Doctoral degree at the University of Kassel, Institute of Social Work, specialist field of law relating to Children and Young People
Dissertation entitled: “Youth Detention: An Analysis from the Perspectives of Legal History, Legal Doctrine and Legal Practice”
03/2016 – 10/2018
University of Kassel, Institute of Social Work, specialist field of children’s and youth law
Academic employee with teaching responsibilities
11/2013 – 02/2016
University of Kassel, Institute of Social Work, specialist field of children’s and youth law
graduate assistant
10/2013 – 12/2015
Master's programme in Social Law and Social Economy, University of Kassel and Fulda University of Applied Sciences
Degree: Master of Laws, LL.M.
07/2012 – 07/2013
Nordlicht Management Consultants GmbH, Hamburg
Analyst, active participation in strategy and management projects
10/2006 – 11/2012
University studies in law at the University of Hamburg and the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Faculty of Law, Greece
Teaching Areas
- Legal Basics of Social Work
- Family, Child and Youth Welfare Law
- Criminal Law and Juvenile Criminal Law
- Criminology
- Empirical Research
Areas of Research
- Child and Youth Welfare Law
- Juvenile Criminal Law
- Criminology
Research Projects
- Regulatory enforcement of compulsory schooling through youth detention – Third nationwide survey on the quantitative significance of detention orders resulting from breaches of compulsory schooling
Co-investigator: Prof. Dr Theresia Höynck (University of Kassel)
Project period: 2026–2027 - Experiences of delinquency and university studies in social work
Co-investigators: Prof. Dr Franz Zahradnik (Münster University of Applied Sciences), Prof. Dr Christian Ghanem (Nuremberg Technical University), Prof. Dr Anna Isenhardt (Kiel University of Applied Sciences), Prof. Dr Julian Knop (ASH Berlin)
Project period: 2026–2027
Memberships
- CeSSt – Centre of Research for Society and Sustainability at Fulda University of Applied Sciences
- DVJJ – German Association for Youth Courts and Youth Court Services e.V.
- FoSS – Research Network for Social Law and Social Policy (FoSS) at the University of Kassel and Fulda University of Applied Sciences; spokesperson for the Working Group on Childhood, Youth and Family
Publications
Publications and presentations
Education, training and continuing education
10/2016 – 05/2018
Attendance at the continuing professional development programme ‘Development and Management of Research Projects’ (EMF), University of Kassel
09/2016 – 06/2018
Attendance at the university didactics further training programme “LLukas” (Teaching and Learning Skills), University of Kassel