Program Coordinator

Anna Schneider holds a Bachelor Degree in Modern China from Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg as well as a Bachelor and Master’s Degree in Sociology from Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg. Her time at Würzburg University included a two-month stay at Chinese Culture University Taipei in Taiwan and a semester at Bejing University in China.

After completing her studies, Anna Schneider worked for the EU-funded project RESCuE at the Institute for Employment Research in Nuremberg, as a lecturer for the Institute of Sociology at FAU and for the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees in Nuremberg before starting her jobs as a research fellow and the program’s coordinator in 2017. Since 2018, she also assists the Women’s Representative of the Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Theology as a scientific advisor and is currently working on her Ph.D. in Social Sciences at FAU.

Culture Sociology/Culture Studies/Gender Studies/Qualitative Research/Human Animal Studies/Resilience/Migration and Integration/Decision-Making

• Nachwuchsforschernetzwerk Cultural and Literary Animal Studies (CLAS)
• Minding Animals International
• AriadnePhil Mentoring, FAU

Seminar: Human-Animal-Studies (FAU, Department for Sociology)

Seminar: The Role of Culture in Decision-Making (SDAC)

Seminar: The Influence of Social Contexts on Decision-Making (SDAC)

Seminar: Sociology I: Introduction to Cultural Sociology (SDAC)

Seminar: Interdisciplinary Methodologies. Introduction to Sociological Methods.

Presentations

“Between agency and structure. Sociological approaches to decision-making” presented in June 2019, Joint Workshop IKGF & SDAC “Rethinking interdisciplinary approaches to decision-making: Choice, culture and context.”, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg.

“Dog-owner-interaction in different social settings” presented in September 2019, dissertation research project, Max-Planck-Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena.

“Standards of Decision-Making Across Cultures. Der Elitemasterstudiengang stellt sich vor.” presented in Oktober 2019, Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften, FAU.