Simone Abendschon

Simone Abendschon is assistant professor and researcher in the department of social science at the Goethe-University of Frankfurt. Her main interest is in political socialisation, values, political and social participation, and in concepts of public sphere in contemporary media democracies. She obtained her doctorate at the University of Mannheim, Germany on the topic of young children's value orientations and their relevance for political and democratic socialisation. She is currently involved...See more

Simone Abendschon is assistant professor and researcher in the department of social science at the Goethe-University of Frankfurt. Her main interest is in political socialisation, values, political and social participation, and in concepts of public sphere in contemporary media democracies. She obtained her doctorate at the University of Mannheim, Germany on the topic of young children's value orientations and their relevance for political and democratic socialisation. She is currently involved in a research project investigating civic education and political equality in a comparative perspective. See less