Dr Silke Roth
School of Social Sciences
University of Southampton
Southampton
SO17 1BJ
Position: Senior Lecturer in Sociology, School Coordinator International Student Exchange and Erasmus Programme
Telephone: (023) 8059 4859
Email: Silke.Roth@soton.ac.uk
Biography
After studying at the Free University of Berlin (Diploma/MA in Sociology, 1990) and at the University of Connecticut (Ph.D. in Sociology, 1997), Silke did research and taught at the Free University of Berlin, the University of Connecticut, the Bauhaus University Weimar (1997-1999), and the University of Pennsylvania (2000-2005).
Research interests
Employing qualitative and quantitative methods, Silke pursues her overall research agenda on understanding the intersection of individual and social change through studying biographical and organizational processes. The combination of social psychology and macro-social political approaches has distinguished and will continue to distinguish her approach to social movements, cultural events, and work organizations in diverse contexts. Silke finds biographical methods particularly useful for connecting micro-, meso-, and macro-levels of analysis.
Her past projects include research on voluntary activity in the male life course, organizational barriers and incentives to political and social participation among women (Case-Study of the Coalition of Labor Union Women), urban renewal processes in a case-study of the event Cultural Capital of Europe 1999, and the influence of transnational organizations on national law making with respect to the introduction of Gender Mainstreaming in Germany and in the new EU members states.
Her recent publications include Transnational Careers: Biographies, Life-conduct and Identities [in German], co-edited with Florian Kreutzer (Wiesbaden: VS Verlag, 2006) and NGOs between crisis prevention and security politics [in German], co-edited with Ansgar Klein (Wiesbaden: VS Verlag 2007). She is editor of Gender Politics in the Expanding European Union. Mobilization, Inclusion, Exclusion (Berghahn Books 2008).
Work in progress
Her research project "Passionate professionals. Biographies and careers of aid workers" combines a life-history perspective on personal, political, and professional developments in humanitarian assistance with a study of the increasing importance of transnational organizations.
Roles
Erasmus Exchange Co-ordinator, Programme Director for BSc Sociology and Social Policy
Selected publications
| Books | |
|---|---|
 | Roth, S 2003 Building Movement Bridges. The Coalition of Labor Union Women (Contributions to Sociology Series). Westport, CT: Praeger., (ISBN: 0-313-31632-5) |
 | Freter, H-J; Kohli, M; Langehennig, M; Roth, S; Simoneit, G; and Tregel, S 1993 Activities in Retirement. Retirees between employment, voluntarism, and hobbies [in German]. Opladen: Leske + Budrich. |
| Edited books and volumes | |
|---|---|
 | Roth, S (ed.) 2008 Gender Politics in the Expanding European Union. Mobilization, Inclusion, Exclusion. Oxford/New York: Berghahn Books., (ISBN: 978-1-84545-516-3) |
 | Klein, A and Roth, S (eds) 2007 NGOs between crisis prevention and security politics, Series Civil Society and Democracy [in German]. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag. |
 | Kreutzer, F and Roth, S (eds) 2006 Transnational Careers: Biographies, Life-conduct and Identities [in German]. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag. |
 | Miethe, I and Roth, S (eds) 2003 Europe's daughters. Traditions, expectations, and strategies of women’s movements in Europe [in German]. Opladen: Leske + Budrich., (ISBN: 3-8100-3840-7) |
 | Lennox, S and Roth, S (eds) 2002 Feminist Movements in a Globalizing World - German and American Experiences. Harry & Helen Gray Humanities Program Series, Vol. 11. Washington, DC: American Institute for Contemporary German Studies., (ISBN: 0-941441-63-6) |
 | Ferree, M M and Roth, S (eds) 2001 Gender blind discourse. Gender relations and women’s movements in international perspective Special Issue. Forschungsjournal Neue Soziale Bewegungen , 14 (2), (ISSN: 0933-9361), [in German] |
 | Miethe, I and Roth, S (eds) 2000 Political biographies and social change [in German]. Giessen: Psychosozial Verlag., (ISBN: 3-89806-038-1) |
| Chapters in books | |
|---|---|
| Roth, S to be published Commitment Beyond Borders. Mobility Experiences in Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Assistance (in German) . In Irene Götz, Barbara Lemberger, Kathrin Lehnert und Sanna Schondelmayer (eds), Mobilität und Mobilisierung. Frankfurt/M: Campus. | |
| Roth, S to be published Dealing with Danger – Risk and Security in the Everyday Lives of Aid Workers. In Anne-Meike Fechter and Heather Hindman. (eds), Living in ‘Aidland’? The Development System and the Everyday Lives of Aid Workers. Kumarian. | |
| Roth, S to be published Women in the American Labor Movement. In Karen O’Connor. (eds), Gender and Women’s Leadership. Sage. | |
| Roth, S., Rolandsen Agustin, L. to be published Minority Inclusion, Self Representation and Coalition-Building. The Participation of Minority Women in European Women’s Networks. In Jean-Michel Bonvin, Merce Renom, and Alison E. Woodward. (eds), Social Movements: Gendering Well-Being. Ashgate. | |
 | Roth, S 2008 Dealing with Diversity: The Coalition of Labor Union Women. In Einwohner, R L; Reger, J and Myers, D J (eds), Identity Work, Sameness, and Difference in Social Movements (pp. 213-231), (ISBN: 978-0-8166-5140-5) |
 | Miethe, I and Roth, S 2005 Biographical research and social movement research [in German]. In Völter, B; Dausien, B; Lutz, H and Rosenthal, G (eds), Biografieforschung im Diskurs (pp. 103-118). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag., (ISBN: 3-531-14241-0) |
 | Roth, S 2005 Sisterhood and Exclusionary Solidarity in a Labor Women's Organization. In Flam, H and King, D (eds), Emotions and Social Movements (pp. 189-206). London/New York: Routledge., (ISBN: 0-415-36316-0) |
 | Roth, S 2004 Women's politics and gender mainstreaming - a tenuous relationship [in German]. In Meuser, M and Neusüss, C (eds), Gendermainstreaming: Concepts, action fields, instruments (pp. 40-51). Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung., (ISBN: 3-89331-508-X) |
| Miethe, I and Roth, S 2003 Gender mainstreaming and EU-Enlargement [in German]. In Miethe, I and Roth, S (eds), Europas Töchter. Traditionen, Erwartungen und Strategien von Frauenbewegungen in Europa (pp. 63-77). Opladen: Leske + Budrich., (ISBN: 3-8100-3840-7) |
| Miethe, I and Roth, S 2003 Introduction: The EU as chance and challenge for women's movements in Europe [in German]. In Miethe, I and Roth, S (eds), Europas Töchter. Traditionen, Erwartungen und Strategien von Frauenbewegungen in Europa (pp. 9-20). Opladen: Leske + Budrich., (ISBN: 3-8100-3840-7) |
| Roth, S 2003 National and international influences - a comparison of European women's movements [in German]. In Miethe, I and Roth, S (eds), Europas Töchter. Traditionen, Erwartungen und Strategien von Frauenbewegungen in Europa (pp. 275-285). Opladen: Leske + Budrich., (ISBN: 3-8100-3840-7) |
 | Roth,S 2003 Goethe and Buchenwald: Re-constructing German National Identity through Weimar 1999. In Daly, P and Frischkopf, H W (eds), Why Weimar? Questioning the Legacy of Weimar from Goethe to 1999 (pp. 93-106). New York: Peter Lang., (ISBN: 0-8204-6833-9) |
| Lennox, S and Roth, S 2002 Editorial. In Lennox, S and Roth, S (eds), Feminist Movements in a Globalizing World - German and American Experiences (pp. 1-3). Washington, DC: American Institute for Contemporary German Studies., (ISBN: 0-941441-63-6) |
| Roth, S 2002 Gender, Globalization, and Social Movements. In Lennox, S and Roth, S (eds), Feminist Movements in a Globalizing World - German and American Experiences (pp. 4-12). Washington, DC: American Institute for Contemporary German Studies., (ISBN: 0-941441-63-6) |
 | Frank, S and Roth, S 2000 The columns of the town. Festivalization, participation, and local identity - the example of Weimar 1999 [in German]. In Gebhardt, W; Hitzler, R and Pfadenhauer, M (eds), Events. Soziologie des Außergewöhnlichen (pp. 203-221). Opladen: Leske + Budrich., (ISBN: 3-8100-2664-6) |
| Miethe, I and Roth, S 2000 Introduction. Biographical approaches and paradigms of social movement research [in German]. In Miethe, I and Roth, S (eds), Politische Biografien und sozialer Wandel (pp. 7-24). Giessen: Psychosozial., (ISBN: 3-89806-038-1) |
 | Roth, S 2000 Developing Working Class Feminism: A Biographical Approach to Social Movement Participation. In Owens, T; Stryker, S and White, R (eds), Self, Identity and Social Movements (pp. 300-323). Minnesota: University of Minnesota Press., (ISBN: 0-8166-3408-4) |
 | Ferree, M M and Roth, S 1999 Collective identity and organizational cultures - theories of new social movements in American perspective [in German]. In Klein, A; Legrand, H-J and Leif, T (eds), Neue Soziale Bewegungen. Impulse, Bilanzen und Perspectiven (pp. 131-144). Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag., (ISBN: 3-531-13337-3) |
 | Roth, S 1999 Festivalization and the Media: Weimar, Culture City of Europe 1999. In Fudge, C and Nyström L (eds), City and Culture. Urban Sustainability and Cultural Processes (pp. 476-485). Karlskrona: The Swedish Urban Environment Council., (ISBN: 91-7147-529-X) |
| Articles in journals | |
|---|---|
| Roth, S 2009 Feminist Mobilization in the Expanding European Union [in French]. Chronique Feministe, 102, 14-17. On-line article | |
 | Roth, S 2007 Sisterhood and Solidarity? Women's Organizations in the Expanded European Union. Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State, and Society, Vol. 14, issue 4, 460-487. On-line abstract On-line article, (ISSN: ISSN 1468-2893 - Print ISSN 1072-4745) |
 | Roth, S 2005 Bridging the Women's Movement and the Labor Movement: The Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW) [in Japanese]. The Bulletin of the Society for Study of Working Women, 48, 36-43., (ISSN: ISBN4-250-20518-5) |
 | Roth, S 2004 Opportunities and Obstacles - Screening the EU Enlargement Process from a Gender Perspective. Loyola University Chicago International Law Review, 2(1), 117-127., (ISSN: does not have an ISSN) |
 | Roth, S 2004 One Step Forwards, one step backwards, one step forwards - The impact of EU Policy on Gender Relations in Central and Eastern Europe. Transitions, 46 (1), 15-28., (ISSN: 0779-3812) |
 | Roth, S 2002 The meaning of bridging organizations for the political participation of women [in German]. Femina Politica, 10 (1), 30-37. On-line abstract, (ISSN: 1433-6359) |
| Ferree, M M and Roth, S 2001 Introduction: Gender blind discourse. Gender relations and women's movements in international perspective [in German]. Forschungsjournal Neue Soziale Bewegungen, 14 (2), 4-12., (ISSN: 0933-9361) |
 | Frank, S and Roth, S 2000 Festivalization and the Media: Weimar, Culture City of Europe 1999. International Journal of Cultural Policy, 6(2), 219-241., (ISSN: 1028-6632) |
 | Ferree, M M and Roth, S 1998 Gender, Class and the Interaction Between Social Movements: A Strike of Day Care Workers. Gender & Society, 12 (6), 626-648., (ISSN: 0891-2432) |
 | Ferree, M M and Roth, S 1998 Collective identity and organizational cultures- theories of new social movements in American perspective [in German]. Forschungsjournal Neue Soziale Bewegungen, 11, 80-91., (ISSN: 0933-9361) |
| Seminar and conference presentations | |
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| Roth, S 2009 ‘Dealing with Danger – Risk and Security in the Everyday Lives of Aid Workers’.. Paper presented to Conference of the European Sociological Association . Lisbon, Portugal, 2-5 September 2009. | |
| Roth, S 2009 ‘Work Experiences of International Humanitarian Aid Workers’ . Paper presented to Conference ‘Mobility and Mobilization: Work in times of socio-cultural, economic and political change’, 14th Conference of the ‘Work Cultures’ Commission of the German European Ethnology Society. 26-28 March, 2009, Munich, Germany. | |
| Roth, S 2009 “Struggling for Inclusion, Mobilizing Across Differences – Coalitions and Networks for Gender Equality and Well-Being in Europe”,. Paper presented to COST 34 Conference, Gender and Well-Being, . 5 – 7 March 2009, Amsterdam, Netherlands. | |
| Roth, S 2009 “Becoming an Aid Worker – Biographies, Careers, Skills”, . Paper presented to World Conference of Humanitarian Studies, . 4 – 8 February 2009, Groningen, Netherlands. | |
| Roth, S 2008 “Transnational Life-styles of Humanitarian Aid Workers” . Paper presented to , First Forum of the International Sociological Association,. 5 – 8 September 2008, Barcelona, Spain. | |
| Roth, S 2008 “Doing Aid Work: Experiences of Inequality within Aid Organisations”, . Paper presented to Conference “European Development Aid and NGOs: Changing Notions of Civil Society in ‘North’ and ‘South’” . 12 – 14 March 2008, London School of Economics, London. | |
| Roth, S 2008 Gender differences in the life courses of aid workers’ . Paper presented to Workshop ‘Using the life history method within research on non-governmental public action’,. London School of Economics, Non-government public action programme, 20 November 2008. | |
| Roth, S 2007 “Contradictions and Dilemmas of Aid Work”, . Paper presented to Conference „Post/colonial Encounters? Colonial and Contemporary Expatriates in Comparative Perspective”, . University of Sussex, Sept 27 - 28, 2007 | |
| Roth, S March 2006 Sisterhood and Solidarity? Organizing for Gender Issues and Women's Equality in the Enlarged European Union. Paper presented to Gender, Citizenship and Participation Conference. London School of Economics. London, 23-24 March 2006 | |
| Roth, S April 2005 The German Women's Movement in the Context of the European Union and Globalization. Paper presented to Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies. Harvard University. Cambridge, MS, April 22, 2005 | |
| Roth, S August 2004 Gender-Mainstreaming in the Enlarged European Union. Paper presented to Transnational Feminist Sociologies: Current Challenges, Future Directions. University of California, Berkeley. August 13, 2004 | |
| Roth, S April 2003 The European Union, Gender Mainstreaming and EU Enlargement, A Multi-Level Political Opportunity Structure, Networks, and Political Processes. Paper presented to National Feminism in A Transnational Arena: The European Union and the Politics of Gender. University of Wisconsin-Madison. European Union Center of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. April 4-6, 2003 | |
| Roth, S February 2003 Building Movement Bridges. Paper presented to Tri-Campus Workshop. Ferdinand Braudel Center. State University of New York, Binghamton. February 21, 2003 | |
| Book reviews | |
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| Roth, S 2009 Joint Review of Dana R. Fisher Activism, Inc. How the Outsourcing of Grassroots Campagins is Strangling Progressive Politics in America. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2006, and Frederick C. Harris, Valeria Sinclair Chapman, and Brian D. McKenzie Countervailing Forces in African-American Civic Activism, 1973-1994 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006, , Sociology, 43, 3,, 581-584. | |
| Roth, S 2003 Review of: In Their Time. A History of Feminism in Western Society by Marlene LeGates Gender & Society, 17, 483-485., (ISSN: 08912432) | |
| Roth, S 2003 Families, Generations, Kitchen Tables: Political Biographies and Social Change. Review of Ingrid Miethe: Frauen in der DDR-Opposition: Lebens- und Kollektivgeschichtliche Verlaeufe in einer Frauenfriedensgruppe Contemporary Sociology, vol. 32, issue 1, 8-10. On-line article | |
| Roth, S 2000 Review of: The Subversion of Politics. European Autonomous Social Movements and the Decolonialization of Everyday Life by George Katsiaficas Mobilization, 5, 131-132., (ISSN: 1086-671X) | |
| Roth, S 1998 Reviewed Work(s): Social Problems and Social Movements: An Exploration into the Sociological Construction of Alternative Realities by Harry H. Bash Contemporary Sociology, vol. 27, no. 3, 300-301 . On-line article, (ISSN: 0094-3061) | |
| Roth, S 1996 Reviewed Work(s): A German Women's Movement: Class and Gender in Hanover, 1880-1933. by Nancy R. Reagin Contemporary Sociology, vol. 25, no 4, 492-493. On-line article, (ISSN: 0094-3061) | |
| Encyclopaedia entries | |
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| Roth, S 2007 Biographical Consequences of Social Movements. In Ritzer, G (eds), Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (pp. 4451-4453) | |
| Roth, S 2007 Gender Mainstreaming. In Ritzer, G (eds), Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (pp. 1869-1870) | |
| Roth, S 1997 Labor Movement and Women Ready Reference: Women's Issues (pp. 489-493). Pasadena: Salem Press. On-line article, (ISBN: 0-89356-765-5) | |
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