Function
Vita
Since October 2024:
Professor of Social Work and Diversity at HAWK University of Applied Sciences and Arts
January 2024
Doctorate (summa cum laude) from the Faculty of Cultural and Social Sciences at the University of Osnabrück on the topic of Policy Change in Turkey's Local Migration Regime. Published as Open Access (Nomos Publishing)
2012–2024
Head of Social Affairs and Commissioner for Integration, City of Osnabrück
2022–2024
Lecturer at the University of Osnabrück and University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück
February–September 2022
Research Associate, University of Oregon, Eugene, USA
2009–2011
Program Manager for KAUSA (Coordination Office for Training in Self-Employed Businesses with a Migration Background) at the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB), Bonn
2003–2009
Research Associate and Project Manager at the Central Agency for Continuing Vocational Education in the Skilled Trades (ZWH), Düsseldorf
2001–2002
Educational Staff Member at the Regional Office for the Promotion of Children and Youth from Immigrant Families (RAA) in Aachen
1995–2001
Studies in Political Science, Economic and Social History, and International Economic and Technical Relations at RWTH Aachen University, graduated with a Master of Arts (M.A.)
Memberships
- German Society for Social Work (DGSA) e.V.
- German Association for Political Science (DVPW) e.V.
Awards and Scholarships
- 2023: Manfred Rommel Scholarship from the City of Stuttgart
- Publication Grant from the German Research Foundation (DFG) for the open-access publication of the dissertation
Conference Contributions 2025
"Diversitätsforschung unter Neutralitätsdruck – Zur wissenschaftstheoretischen Positionierung Sozialer Arbeit (Workshop)", auf der Tagung „Rechte Positionen, Themen und Kategorisierungen identifizieren – Was sind rechte Landnahmen in der Sozialen Arbeit?“an der TH Köln, 21.-22.2.2025, veranstaltet vom Forum gegen Demokratiefeindlichkeit und rechte Landnahme in der Sozialen Arbeit« als gemeinsame Arbeitsgruppe der DGSA und der Kommission Sozialpädagogik der DGfE.
“Housing First for Everyone? Challenges and Strategies for an Inclusive Approach in Municipal Homelessness Services”, 19th European Research Conference, September 18–19, 2025, organized by the European Observatory on Homelessness, hosted at the University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, Netherlands.
“Discursive Anchoring of Diversity in Higher Education: A Mixed-Methods Text Analysis of Social Work Curricula in Germany”, international conference “Resisting the Backlash: Defending Intersectional, Decolonial, and Postcolonial Feminisms”, October 1–2, 2025, at TU Dresden.
Recent Publications 2025/26
Rass-Turgut, S. (2025). The Production of Gendered Belonging in Turkish Municipalities: Modelling Inclusive Citizenship for Refugees. In: Kenner, S., Kleinschmidt, M., Lange, D., Reichert, F., Schröder, C. (eds) Inclusive Citizenship. Citizenship. Studien zur Politischen Bildung. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-45757-0_16 
Forthcoming:
Rass-Turgut, S. (2026): Diversitätsorientierte Altenhilfe im transnationalen Kontext: Eine empirische Untersuchung zu Beratungsstrukturen und Unterstützungsbedarfen der ersten Arbeitsmigrationsgeneration in niedersächsischen Senioren- und Pflegestützpunkten. In: Ältere Menschen in prekären Lebenslagen – Theorien, Handlungsfelder und Fragestellungen für die Soziale Arbeit, hrsg. von Tim Middendorf und Alexander Parchow, wird voraussichtlich im Frühjahr 2026 bei Beltz erscheinen.
Rass-Turgut, S. (2026): Housing First für alle? Zur Umsetzung eines diversitätssensiblen Ansatzes in der kommunalen Wohnungslosenhilfe. In: Soziale Arbeit Doppelheft 8+9/2026, voraussichtliche Veröffentlichung August 2026 bei Nomos.