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Christine Best
Research Associate
Research area Work, Organization, Gender
Focus of work:
- Work, Gender and Health
- Gender-sensitive technology development
- Education and entrepreneurship from the perspective of gender studies
CV
- Since November 2025: Project lead at the social research center for “PETRA: AI-supported, educational therapy support for perimenopause”
- Since 2024: Dissertation project ´Menstruation in the workplace´
- Since April 2023: Research Associate, research area ‘Work, Organisation, Gender’, Social Research Center Dortmund
- 10/2022-05/2023: Research Associate in the project ‘PräventionKreativ!’ at the Research Society for Gerontology e.V.
- Since 2019: Research Associate in the research area "Labour policy and health" at Social Research Center Dortmund
- 2019: Master of Arts in Ageing Societies with a focus on "Education and Work" and "Health and Intervention" at TU Dortmund University
- 2018–2019: Research Assistant in the fields of Labour policy and health at Social Research Center Dortmund
- 2016–2018: Student Assistant at the Institute for Housing, Real Estate, Urban and Regional Development (InWIS Forschung & Beratung GmbH) at the European Training Centre for the Housing and Real Estate Industry EBZ in Bochum
- 2016: Bachelor of Arts in Gerontology at University of Vechta
- 2012–2014: Student assistant in the nursing area of the HELIOS Clinic Holthausen, Clinic for Neurosurgical and Neurological Rehabilitation
- 2011-2012: Intern at Fundación Chilena de Hipoterapia in Santiago de Chile, Chile
Projects
- PETRA-AI: AI-supported, educational therapy support for perimenopause
- SmartVille – Developing Sustainable and Entrepreneurial Villages through Educational Living Labs in Namibia and Zambia
- ArtE – The Art of Employability
- ViSAS – Virtual Social Art Stage
- Athene 4.0: Person-centred digitisation to secure the future of the craft sector
- JobAct Europe – Social Inclusion through Social Art (2017-2019, Erasmus+)
Publications
Contributions
- Best, C. (2025). Bloody business? (In)visibility of menstruation in the world of work. Talk as part of the exhibition ‘Kunst und Gespräche über die Menstruation’ by ‘KOMMEN BLEIBEN GEHEN - kreative Projekte an temporären Orten’ at ANNELISE - Raum für Bücher und Bilder, Dortmund. 22 March 2025.
- Schulz, A. C. & Best, C. (2024). Innovative approaches towards reducing health-related educational inequalities in rural communities in Namibia and Zambia. Presentation at the 7th Community Health Conference. Bochum University of Applied Sciences for Health (22.11.2024)
- Best, C. (2024). Bloody Business? (In)visibility and practices. Menstruation in the world of work. Poster presentation at the 13th state-wide day of gender research Saxony-Anhalt ‘Body - Gender - Gender’. Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg (14 November 2024).
- Best, C. & Langer, H. (2024). Menstruation – a topic for occupational medicine? Poster presentation at the 1st Symposium for Diversity Medicine at Ruhr-University Bochum (09.10.2024)
- Guhlemann, K. & Best, C. (2024). The Entrepreneurial Mindset Training. Implementation of a workshop. Mulungushi University, Kabwe, Zambia. (26.08.2024)
- Guhlemann, K. & Best, C. (2024). The Entrepreneurial Mindset Training. Implementation of a workshop. LAB University of Applied Sciences. Lappeenranta, Finland. (07.03.2024)
- Guhlemann, K.; Best, C.; Olbermann, E.; Berg, P. (2023). Addiction and violence in residential care facilities - prevention and health promotion between needs and opportunities. Department of Community Health. Community Health Conference. Bochum.
- Best, Christine (2022): Participation in panel discussion on the documentary ‘Picture a scientist’ (Female employment in academia). Dortmund Women and Business Forum. Kino Weltsichten, movie theatre in the U, Dortmund.
- Best, C. (2021). Social Art for Social Inclusion under Special Conditions. Modification and Impact of a Theatre Approach for Promoting Employability, Entrepreneurship and Language Learning during the Pandemic. 11th International Conference The Future of Education. 01.07.2021, online/Florence.
- Guhlemann, K. & Best, C. (2020). Work Design in the Digitization Process in Small Business of the Craft’s Sector. Transdisciplinary Workplace Research Conference. 17.09.2020, online.
- Best, C. (2020). Und wenn die Fremde Brecht zitiert? Die Wirkung sozialer Kunst auf Spannungen im Migrationskontext. Congress of the German Society for Sociology. 21.09.2020, Online.
- Best, C. (2020). Betriebliche Mitbestimmung im Zeichen des Generationenwechsels: Wissensweitergabe bei Vorsitzwechsel im Betriebsrat. Presentation of science video for the jury of the AGExp Awards. 16.07.2020, online.
- Best, C. & Guhlemann, K. (2020). Die Kunst des Spracherwerbs. Scenario Online Dramapädagogik-Tage. PH Zug HTWG Konstanz. 16.07.2020, online.
- Best, C. (2019). Die Kunst der sozialen Transformation. Conference „Nachhaltig Leben und Wirtschaften“ of the Professional Association of German Sociologists. 25.05.2019, Hochschule München.
Contact
Social Research Center Dortmund
(Sozialforschungsstelle, sfs)
Evinger Platz 17, room 68
Email: christine.best@tu-dortmund.de
Tel.: +49 231 755 90204
Fax: +49 231 755 90205
OrcID
Dissertation
Video master thesis
Video (in German) on the master thesis "Workplace co-determination under the sign of generational change: knowledge transfer in the event of a change of chairmanship in the works council"