The research focus of Verena Schmid, M.A. lies on the issues of civil society and civic engagement. Furthermore, questions on the field of knowledge sociology and the organizational sociology are included in her scientific work. One additional focus is placed on the methods of qualitative social research.
As a researcher at the Centre for Social Investment (CSI) at Heidelberg University in the project “Real World Lab Asylum”, she focuses on the motivations behind civic engagement and the types of engagement undertaken by citizens and the associated organizations working in the field of refugee aid.
Her doctoral thesis sheds light on how memories of the past construct the presence of the volunteers in the refugee aid.