Dr. Laura Hoffmann

About Dr. Laura Hoffmann

Laura Hoffmann studied social sciences at Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg and successfully completed her studies in 2014. From 2015 to 2022, she was a research associate at the Institute of Medical Sociology at the Medical Faculty of Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. At the same time, she was a research associate in the Department of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Applied Sciences Nordhausen and in the Department of Education and Social Sciences of the University of Applied Sciences South Westphalia. In 2021 she received her doctorate in philosophy at the Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg. Since the winter term 2022/23 she has been working as a research associate at TUM at the Chair of Social Determinants of Health.

Research Profile

• Qualitative Methods of Empirical Social Research
• Rehabilitation and Care Research
• International Child and Adolescent Health Research
• Addiction Research

Current lectures

• Methodology of Qualitative Research
• Methods of Qualitative Data Inquiry and Analysis
• Course „Medical Sociology“, study course medicine, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

Curriculum Vitae

• Since October 2022:
  Research associate at the Chair of Social Determinants of Health, Technical University Munich

• April 2022 - September 2022:
  Lecturer for Qualitative Research Methods at the Chair of Social Determinants of Health, Technical University Munich

• October 2019 - November 2021:
  Research associate in the Department of Education and Social Sciences, University of Applied Sciences South Westphalia

• October 2018 - September 2019:
  Research associate in the Department of Economic and Social Sciences, University of Applied Sciences Nordhausen

• March 2015 - September 2022:
  Research associate at the Institute of Medical Sociology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale)

• 2013 - 2015:
  Research associate at the Institute of Sociology, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg

• 2012 - 2014:
  M.A. Social Sciences, Faculty of Human Sciences, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg

• 2009 - 2012:
  B.A. Social Sciences, Faculty of Human Sciences, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg

Publications

(Selected) Publications

 

Book chapters:

Moor, Irene; Hoffmann, Laura; Mlinarić, Martin; Richter, Matthias (2022): Social Networks, Health, and Health Inequalities in Youth. In: Andreas Klärner, Markus Gamper, Sylvia Keim-Klärner, Irene Moor, Holger von der Lippe und Nico Vonneilich (Eds.): Social Networks and Health Inequalities. A new perspective for research. [S.l.]: SPRINGER, p. 129–151.

Hoffmann, Laura; Moor, Irene & Richter, Matthias (2022): Gesundheit und Wohlbefinden aus soziologischer Perspektive. In. Heinen, A., Samuel, R., Vögele, C. & Willems, H.: Wohlbefinden und Gesundheit im Jugendalter. Theoretische Perspektiven, empirische Befunde und Praxisansätze. Springer VS: Wiesbaden.

 

Dissertation:

Hoffmann, Laura (2021): Ausstieg aus dem Drogenkonsum. Biographieanalysen zu Crystal-Meth-Abhängigkeit (Dissertation). 1st ed. 2021. Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden; Imprint Springer VS.

 

Journal articles (Peer Review):

Hoffmann, Laura*; Bärwalde, Tim*; Fink, Astrid; Völlm, Carina; Martin, Olaf; Bernard, Marie et al. (2023): The Adolescent Concept of Social Participation-A Qualitative Study on the Concept of Social Participation from Adolescents with and without Physical Disabilities. In: Qualitative health research, Vol 33, Issue 3, pp. 143 – 153 DOI: 10.1177/10497323221146414. *joint first authorship

Kinnunen, Jaana M.; Rimpelä, Arja H.; Lindfors, Pirjo L.; Clancy, Luke; Alves, Joana; Hoffmann, Laura et al. (2021): Electronic cigarette use among 14- to 17-year-olds in Europe. In: European journal of public health. Volume 31, Issue 2, April 2021, Pages 402–408, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaa145.

Mlinarić, Martin; Kohler, Emma; Kunst, Anton E.; Lorant, Vincent; Rimpelä, Arja; Hoffmann, Laura et al. (2021): The association between migration and smoke-free families: how do migrants from different world regions compare? In: European journal of public health 31 (2), S. 333–340. DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckaa241.

Mlinarić, Martin; Hoffmann, Laura; Lindfors, Pirjo; Richter, Matthias (2020): Enhancing implementation of smoke-free places: A comparative qualitative study across seven European cities. In: Social science & medicine (1982) 247, S. 112805. DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.112805.

Hoffmann, Laura; Mlinaric, Martin; Mélard, Nora; Leão, Teresa; Grard, Adeline; Lindfors, Pirjo et al. (2020): '[…] the situation in the schools still remains the Achilles heel.' : Barriers to the implementation of school tobacco policies : a qualitative study from local stakeholder's perspective in seven European cities. In: HEALTH EDUCATION RESEARCH 35 (1), S. 32–43. DOI: 10.1093/her/cyz037.

Baerwalde, Tim; Gebhard, Britta; Hoffmann, Laura; Roick, Julia; Martin, Olaf; Neurath, Anna-Lena; Fink, Astrid (2019): Development and psychometric testing of an instrument for measuring social participation of adolescents: study protocol of a prospective mixed methods study. BMJ Open 2019; 9:e028529. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-028529.

Mlinarić, Martin; Hoffmann, Laura; Kunst, Anton E.; Schreuders, Michael; Willemsen, Marc C.; Moor, Irene; Richter, Matthias (2019): Explaining Mechanisms That Influence Smoke-Free Implementation at the Local Level: A Realist Review of Smoking Bans. In: Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 21 (12), S. 1609–1620. DOI: 10.1093/ntr/nty206.

Hoffmann, Laura; Buchenauer, Lisa; Schumann, Nadine; Schröder, Sara Lena; Martin, Olaf; Richter, Matthias (2019): Improving Rehabilitative Care of Methamphetamine Users in Germany: The Expert's Perspective. In: Qualitative health research 29 (2), S. 248–259. DOI: 10.1177/1049732318792504.

Hoffmann, Laura; Schumann, Nadine; Richter, Matthias (2018): Zugang zur stationären Rehabilitation bei Methamphetaminabhängigkeit – Barrieren und Optimierungspotenziale aus Expertenperspektive. In: Die Rehabilitation 57 (6), S. 364–371. DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-121492. (Ausgezeichnet mit dem dritten Platz des Forschungs- und Innovationspreises der Gesellschaft für Rehabilitationswissenschaft (GFR) e.V. 2018)

Hoffmann, Laura; Schumann, Nadine; Richter, Matthias (2018): Methamphetaminkonsum in Mitteldeutschland: Eine qualitative Studie zu Konsumentengruppen und -motiven aus Expertensicht. In: Psychotherapie, Psychosomatik, medizinische Psychologie 68 (8), S. 329–336. DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-118655.