Ute Metje

PD Dr. Ute Metje

+49-(0)40-22624225
umetje[at]uni-bremen.de

Since 2005, self-employed in the field of evaluation and applied research, focusing on culture and foreign cultural policy, education and interculturalism (www.umetje.de). Since 2005, private lecturer at the University of Bremen, Cultural Studies programme.
Trained mediator since 2012 (http://www.mediation-altona.de/) Focus areas: intercultural mediation, mediation in academic contexts, neighbourhoods and the workplace.
2004 - 2005 Visiting professor at Dickinson College in Pennsylvania/USA in the Department of Sociology and Women's and Gender Studies.
1998 - 2004 Research assistant to Prof. M. Nadig in the Cultural Studies programme at the University of Bremen. Conducted three years of process-oriented research and regular teaching on the topics of
2004 Habilitation „Zuhause im Übergang. Mädchen und junge Frauen am Hamburger Hauptbahnhof“ (2005 Campus Verlag: Frankfurt am Main).
1996 - 1998 Temporary position as research assistant in the Cultural Studies programme at the University of Bremen.
1995 Doctorate on the topic of „Die starken Frauen. Gespräche über Geschlechterbeziehungen bei den Minangkabau in Indonesien“, (Campus Verlag; Frankfurt am Main).
1982–1988 Studied ethnology (major), sociology and Austronesian studies, Indonesian literature and language (minors) at the University of Hamburg.

The evaluation focuses on culture and foreign cultural policy, education and interculturalism, as well as development cooperation and humanitarian aid.
The methodological approach is based on qualitative empirical social research methods. Other areas of focus include programme and project evaluations, scientific monitoring and consulting for processes, as well as formative and participatory evaluations.

Evaluation and evaluation research: theory and practice
Evaluation in the fields of development cooperation, migration and integration (Interkultur) and foreign cultural and educational policy (AKBP).