Hildegund Sünderhauf-Kravets is a family law professor at the Lutheran University of Applied Sciences Nuremberg in Germany. She is published in the area of

child custody Child custody is a legal term regarding '' guardianship'' which is used to describe the legal and practical relationship between a parent or guardian and a child in that person's care. Child custody consists of ''legal custody'', which is the ri ...

and has authored a book on the topic of

shared parenting Shared parenting, shared residence, joint residence, shared custody, joint physical custody, equal parenting time (EPT) is a child custody arrangement after divorce or separation, in which both parents share the responsibility of raising their ...

Education and career

Sünderhauf studied philosophy, political science and law at the

University of Konstanz The University of Konstanz () is a university in the city of Konstanz in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Its main campus was opened on the Gießberg in 1972 after being founded in 1966. The university is Germany's southernmost university and is ...

in Germany, obtaining her first law degree in 1992 and her second degree in 1995. She then worked as a research assistant for professor Ekkehart Stein, writing her dissertation in 1997. For the following three years she worked as a practicing family law attorney. In 2000, she became professor at the Lutheran University of Applied Sciences Nuremberg.

Scientific work

In 2013 Sünderhauf has authored the first German language book on shared parenting, which is called the ''Wechselmodell'' (''exchange model'') in German. The book covers the psychology, law and best practices of shared parenting. She has also published research on parental responsibility, foster care, guardianship, adoption and mediation.

Organizational service

Sünderhauf is a board member of the ''

International Council on Shared Parenting The International Council on Shared Parenting (ICSP) is an international non-profit organization that promotes and disseminates scientific research and makes recommendations on the needs and rights of children whose parents do not live together. ...

'' and she was a joint chair for the organization's ''International Conference on Shared Parenting'', which was held in 2014 in Bonn, Germany, during which she participated in a panel discussion in favor of shared parenting as the default custody arrangement after divorce.

Media interviews and attention

On the topic of shared parenting, Sünderhauf has been interviewed or cited by many of the leading publications in Germany, including

Bild ''Bild'' (, ) or ''Bild-Zeitung'' (, ) is a German tabloid newspaper published by Axel Springer SE. The paper is published from Monday to Saturday; on Sundays, its sister paper '' Bild am Sonntag'' () is published instead, which has a differen ...

Die Zeit (, ) is a German national weekly newspaper published in Hamburg in Germany. The newspaper is generally considered to be among the German newspapers of record and is known for its long and extensive articles. History The first edition of was ...

Süddeutsche Zeitung The ''Süddeutsche Zeitung'' (; ), published in Munich, Bavaria, is one of the largest and most influential daily newspapers in Germany. The tone of ''SZ'' is mainly described as centre-left, liberal, social-liberal, progressive-liberal, and ...

, and the

Hamburger Abendblatt ''Hamburger Abendblatt'' () is a German daily newspaper in Hamburg belonging to the Funke Mediengruppe, publishing Monday to Saturday. The paper focuses on news in Hamburg and its surrounds, and produces regional supplements with news from Norde ...

.Caroline Rosales
Debatte um „Teilzeitmütter": Wenn Mama zu Hause auszieht
Hamburger Abendblatt, January 15, 2017.

Selected publications

Books

* Sünderhauf H. Mediation bei der außergerichtlichen Lösung von Umweltkonflikten in Deutschland. Rhombos-Verlag, 1997. * Sünderhauf H. Wechselmodell: Psychologie–Recht–Praxis: Abwechselnde Kinderbetreuung durch Eltern nach Trennung und Scheidung. Springer-Verlag, 2013.

Scientific articles

* Sünderhauf H. Reform in der Amtsvormundschaft. Zeitschrift des Deutschen Juristinnenbundes. 2010;13:114-117. * Sünderhauf H. Aus dem "Fall Kevin" lernen: Aktuelle Änderungen im Recht der Amtsvormundschaft. Das Jugendamt, Fachzeitschrift für Jugendhilfe und Familienrecht. 2010:405-414. * Sünderhauf H. Vorurteile gegen das Wechselmodell: Was stimmt, was nicht. Argumente in der Rechtsprechung und Erkenntnisse aus der psychologischen Forschung. FamRB. 2013;9. * Sünderhauf H. Wechselmodell für alle?. Zeitschrift für Konfliktmanagement. 2017, 20:129-134.

External links

* Evangelische Hochschule Nürnberg

References

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