Hochschule Bielefeld Team
The RESPOND! Team at Hochschule Bielefeld – University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HSBI) includes our Principal Investigators, Prof. Dr. Gudrun Dobslaw and Prof. Dr. Michael Stricker; our research associate Justine Kohl; as well as an excellent student assistant, Jennifer Jenz.
Hochschule Bielefeld – University of Applied Sciences and Arts contributes an interactive perspective into the RESPOND! Project. In order to achieve this, it examines the interactive side of identity construction in the context of antisemitic hate speech. Our Bielefeld RESPOND! Team views hate speech in the social media as a performance constructed through communication, particularly verbal communication.
Prof. Dr. Gudrun Dobslaw
Principal Investigator
Hochschule Bielefeld – University of Applied Sciences and Arts
Prof. Dr. Gudrun Dobslaw is a Professor for Counseling and Psychosocial Intervention at Hochschule Bielefeld. As a practitioner, she has extensive experience working with clients, especially those who are at risk of participation restrictions and social stigmatization. One of her research interests relates to how social roles are constituted and reproduced in the interaction between groups of actors in social work from an ethnomethodological perspective. Within RESPOND! she will lead the focus group investigation exploring young people’s capacities and vulnerabilities to antisemitic hate rhetoric online.
Justine Kohl
Research Associate
Hochschule Bielefeld – University of Applied Sciences and Arts
Justine Kohl completed her master’s degree in linguistics at Bielefeld University. During and after her studies, she worked there for several years as a research assistant in the “Language and Communication” department. Through Hochschule Bielefeld (Department of Social Work) she is now working in the RESPOND! project as a research assistant. In the context of her dissertation, she would like to explore subtly held manifestations of antisemitic hate speech microanalytically and in the interactive course – methodically, she follows the approach of conversation analysis.

Jennifer Janz
Student Assistant
Hochschule Bielefeld – University of Applied Sciences and Arts
Wanja Hemprich
Student Assistant
Hochschule Bielefeld – University of Applied Sciences and Arts