Jutta Hartmann (born 1963) is a German academic and professor of

pedagogy Pedagogy (), most commonly understood as the approach to teaching, is the theory and practice of learning, and how this process influences, and is influenced by, the social, political, and psychological development of learners. Pedagogy, taken ...

and

social work Social work is an academic discipline and practice-based profession concerned with meeting the basic needs of individuals, families, groups, communities, and society as a whole to enhance their individual and collective well-being. Social wo ...

at Alice Salomon University of Applied Sciences Berlin. Her research interests include

Gender Gender is the range of social, psychological, cultural, and behavioral aspects of being a man (or boy), woman (or girl), or third gender. Although gender often corresponds to sex, a transgender person may identify with a gender other tha ...

Queer ''Queer'' is an umbrella term for people who are non-heterosexual or non- cisgender. Originally meaning or , ''queer'' came to be used pejoratively against LGBTQ people in the late 19th century. From the late 1980s, queer activists began to ...

, Diversity education and

Educational science Education is the transmission of knowledge and skills and the development of character traits. Formal education occurs within a structured institutional framework, such as public schools, following a curriculum. Non-formal education also fol ...

Career

Jutta Hartmann initially studied

Biology Biology is the scientific study of life and living organisms. It is a broad natural science that encompasses a wide range of fields and unifying principles that explain the structure, function, growth, History of life, origin, evolution, and ...

German Studies German studies is an academic field that researches, documents and disseminates German language, literature, and culture in its historic and present forms. Academic departments of German studies therefore often focus on German culture, German h ...

and

Geography Geography (from Ancient Greek ; combining 'Earth' and 'write', literally 'Earth writing') is the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. Geography is an all-encompassing discipline that seeks an understanding o ...

as well as

Pedagogy Pedagogy (), most commonly understood as the approach to teaching, is the theory and practice of learning, and how this process influences, and is influenced by, the social, political, and psychological development of learners. Pedagogy, taken ...

and

Educational Psychology Educational psychology is the branch of psychology concerned with the scientific study of human learning. The study of learning processes, from both cognitive psychology, cognitive and behavioral psychology, behavioral perspectives, allows researc ...

at the Reutlingen University of Education and graduated with a state examination for teaching at secondary schools. Hartmann then studied

social pedagogy Social pedagogy describes a holistic and relationship-centred way of working in care and educational settings with people across the course of their lives. In many countries across Europe (and increasingly beyond), it has a long-standing traditio ...

at the

Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin; also known as Berlin Institute of Technology and Technical University of Berlin, although officially the name should not be translated) is a public university, public research university located in Berlin, Germany. It was the first ...

and graduated with a degree in education. She was awarded her degree in 2000 with a thesis on ''Dynamizations in the Triad Gender – Sexuality – Life Form. Critical-deconstructive impulses for pedagogy''. In her transdisciplinary and discourse-analytical dissertation, she developed the critical-deconstructive approach of a ''pedagogy'' of ''diverse lifestyles'', which she has continued to develop ever since. From 1990 to 2000, Jutta Hartmann was a scientific assistant in the Department of Education and Teaching Sciences at

and a lecturer at the universities of

Graz Graz () is the capital of the Austrian Federal states of Austria, federal state of Styria and the List of cities and towns in Austria, second-largest city in Austria, after Vienna. On 1 January 2025, Graz had a population of 306,068 (343,461 inc ...

and

University of Innsbruck The University of Innsbruck (; ) is a public research university in Innsbruck, the capital of the Austrian federal state of Tyrol (state), Tyrol, founded on October 15, 1669. It is the largest education facility in the Austrian States of Austria, ...

nnsbruck. From 2001 to 2002, she was an education officer at the

Jagdschloss Glienicke Jagdschloss Glienicke is a hunting lodge in the Berlin district of Wannsee near Glienicke Bridge. Babelsberg and Glienicke Palace can be seen nearby. Originally constructed in the late 17th century and expanded in the mid-1800s, the castle is p ...

international meeting place for youth and adult education in

Berlin and from 2002 to 2005 she was a visiting professor at the Institute for Educational Sciences at the

. From 2006 to 2010, she headed the ''Continuing Education'' division of the umbrella organization of professional victim support institutions ''Arbeitskreis der Opferhilfe in Deutschland e.V.'' and represented the professorship ''Pedagogy and Social Work'' at the Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaft und Kunst Hildesheim (HAWK). At the same time, she taught from 2003 to 2013 as a lecturer at the Institute for Educational Science at the

University of Vienna The University of Vienna (, ) is a public university, public research university in Vienna, Austria. Founded by Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria, Duke Rudolph IV in 1365, it is the oldest university in the German-speaking world and among the largest ...

and from 2003 to 2018 in the postgraduate course ''Social Work as a Human Rights Profession – Master of Social Work, MRMA.'' Jutta Hartmann has been Professor of General Education and Social Work at the Alice Salomon University of Applied Sciences Berlin since 2010.

Research and teaching

Jutta Hartmann dedicates her research and publications to the further development of critical-deconstructive perspectives in pedagogy, queer education, projects on sexual education and questions of professionalization. In terms of content and theory, she has positioned herself in critical educational science by engaging with feminist and post-structural ways of thinking in a critical-deconstructive pedagogy of diversity. She teaches in the areas of critical pedagogy, educational and socialization processes, gender studies, discourse analysis and evaluation research and is active on several scientific advisory boards. Hartmann led the practical research project ''VieL*Bar'' – Diverse gender and sexual lifestyles in educational work – didactic potentials and challenges of museum educational approaches from 2016 to 2018. Jutta Hartmann is leading the ''Practical research project JupP* – Boys' education and prevention of sexualized violence – potentials and challenges of masculinity-related youth work, sexual education, prevention of sexualized violence and queer education'' (2018–2021) in cooperation with the Berlin-based Institut Dissens. She focuses on the topics of

sexual education Sex education, also known as sexual education, sexuality education or sex ed, is the instruction of issues relating to human sexuality, including human sexual anatomy, sexual activity, sexual reproduction, safe sex, birth control, sexual healt ...

and

queer ''Queer'' is an umbrella term for people who are non-heterosexual or non- cisgender. Originally meaning or , ''queer'' came to be used pejoratively against LGBTQ people in the late 19th century. From the late 1980s, queer activists began to ...

education. The aim is to improve the prevention of sexualized violence against children and young people who see themselves as male. To this end, prevention-related aspects in the pedagogical offers of the four fields of practice mentioned are worked out and further developed in a joint reflection process. This resulted in the explanatory film ''Sexualized violence against boys* – It's never ok! It's never ok! Is' so!" Jutta Hartmann teaches pedagogical principles of social work as well as educational theories, sexual pedagogy, gender and queer studies. She leads the certificate course ''Professional Victim Support'' at the ASH Berlin's continuing education center, is active on several scientific advisory boards and is the second spokesperson for the ''Working Group of Women's and Gender Research Institutions at Berlin Universities.''

References

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