• International social work, global development, peace
• Green social work, socio-ecological transformation, sustainability
• Global migration, flight and human rights
• History and culture of remembrance of social work in a global context
• Transformation, crisis and disaster research
• Education for sustainable development (ESD), cultural education, critical global citizenship education
• Historical and political foundations of international social work

• Co-speaker of the “International Social Work” section of the German Society for Social Work (DGSA)
• Advisory Board Member, Springer Series and Briefs in Social Work and Social Change
• Reviewer for various specialist journals and funding programs

Dr. Andrea Schmelz is Professor of International Social Work and Global Development at Coburg University of Applied Sciences.
After studying political science, sociology and modern history, she completed her doctorate at the Humboldt University of Berlin.
For more than two decades, she has worked in the fields of international migration, education and social policy, international relations and as a consultant in development cooperation.
She has worked in many countries within and outside Europe, including Ghana, Cameroon, Rwanda, South Africa, Italy, Poland, the Czech Republic, Bosnia and Herzegovina, China, Mexico and Turkey.

Dr. Andrea Schmelz holds a professorship in International Social Work and Global Development at Coburg University of Applied Sciences and Arts.
After her studies in Political Science, Sociology and Modern History and her Ph.D..
at Berlin Humboldt University, she has been working for more than two decades in politics and civil society engagement in the fields of migration, education and social issues as well as in international relations and international development cooperation.
She has worked in many countries within and outside Europe, including most notably Ghana, Cameroon, Rwanda, South Africa, Italy, Poland, Czech Republic, Bosnia Herzegovina, China, Mexico and Turkey.