Short CV
Ansgar Dirschauer is a Research Fellow and PhD Candidate at the Research Training Group ” Societal Transformation and Spatial Materialization of Housing’”. Previously, he studied Geography at Goethe University Frankfurt, completing his Master’s degree in „Geographien der Globalisierung – Märkte und Metropolen“ and earning his Bachelor’s degree in Geography from the Leipzig University.
Recent projects
In his PhD project, Ansgar Dirschauer examines transformation and stabilization processes in regimes of homelessness (supervisor: Prof. Dr. Robert Pütz). He investigates how state, market and civil society actors deal with homelessness regimes and what negotiations, interests, logics, practices, agreements and contradictions are involved. His focus is on the institutionalised pathways and regulatory frameworks that emerge from, or are maintained in the face of, structural barriers and unequal power dynamics. He uses the Housing First policy as a case study to explore these tensions in Frankfurt/Main, Helsinki and Lisbon.
In his Bachelor’s thesis, Ansgar Dirschauer explored the experience of homelessness in the context of multiple risks. His master’s thesis analysed the intertwining of capitalist and racist forms of domination in the employment relationships of migrant workers in the German construction industry. He also participated in the steering group for the German Geographical Congress 2023.