Hildegund Sünderhauf Explained

Hildegund Sünderhauf
Nationality:German
Workplaces:Lutheran University of Applied Sciences Nuremberg
Education:Dr. jur.
Alma Mater:University of Konstanz
Thesis Year:1997
Doctoral Advisors:Ekkehart Stein
Known For:Shared parenting
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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 and has authored a book on the topic of shared parenting.[1]

Education and career

Sünderhauf studied philosophy, political science and law at the University of Konstanz 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.[2] 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[3] and she was a joint chair for the organization's International Conference on Shared Parenting, which was held in 2014 in Bonn, Germany,[4] during which she participated in a panel discussion in favor of shared parenting as the default custody arrangement after divorce.[5]

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,[6] Die Zeit,[7] Süddeutsche Zeitung,[8] and the Hamburger Abendblatt.[9]

Selected publications

Books

Scientific articles

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Prof. Dr. jur. Hildegund Sünderhauf-Kravets . Evangelischen Hochschule Nürnberg . 17 November 2019 . German.
  2. Hildegund Sünderhauf: Vorurteile gegen das Wechselmodell: Was stimmt, was nicht? – Argumente in der Rechtsprechung und Erkenntnisse aus der psychologischen Forschung (Teil I) in: Der Familien-Rechts-Berater 9/2013, Seite 290 ff., retrieved 4 November 2014 (pdf-Datei, 388 kB)
  3. Web site: ICSP Board of Directors . International Council on Shared Parenting . 17 November 2019.
  4. Web site: International Conference on Shared Parenting 2014 . International Council on Shared Parenting . 17 November 2019 . 2014.
  5. Braver . Sanford L. . Lamb . Michael E. . Shared Parenting After Parental Separation: The Views of 12 Experts . Journal of Divorce & Remarriage . 10 April 2018 . 59 . 5 . 372–387 . 10.1080/10502556.2018.1454195.
  6. SANDRA BASAN, MARIE SOPHIE KRONE und SILKE SPERLING, Ist es für Kinder gut, wenn sie zwei Zuhause haben?, Bild, 2017.
  7. Inge Kutter, Kinder sind flexibel, Die Zeit, April 24, 2014.
  8. Wolfgang Janisch, Die Zeit der Zahlväter ist vorbei, Süddeutsche Zeitung, November 13, 2015.
  9. Caroline Rosales, Debatte um „Teilzeitmütter": Wenn Mama zu Hause auszieht, Hamburger Abendblatt, January 15, 2017.