Ms Petra Goebbels

Petra is a PhD student from the Department of Social Work. Her research focusses on young people leaving care and their mental health (particularly suicidal ideation). Her research interests are in mixed-methods approaches (quantitative and qualitative methods) and in cross-national comparisons. With her PhD study, she hopes that the results will have an impact on improving our understanding of the mental health needs and on supportive work for those still in care and future care leavers.

She has qualifications in Social Work (B.A.) and Psychosocial Counselling & Mediation (M.A.) and worked in an intercultural youth club, a social psychiatric office for children and adolescents and a supervised child contact centre.