Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schwab

Personal

• Born in Nuremberg, Germany, in 1957

Education

• 2004 Diploma in Theme Centered Interaction (TCI), Ruth-Cohn-Institute, Germany
• 1994: Post-doctoral lecturing qualification (Habilitation), LMU Munich (“Family and Religion”, 1995)
• 1991: Doctorate (Dr. theol.), LMU Munich (thesis on “History of Protestant Youth Work in Bavaria", 1992)
• 1988–1991: Advanced Training in Group Dynamics in Stein/Nuremberg
• 1978–1985: Study of Protestant Theology and Educational Science, LMU Munich and University of Hamburg, Germany

Profession

• 2001 Professor of Practical Theology at LMU Munich.
• 1995–2001 Professor of Practical Theology at Philipps University, Marburg, Germany
• 1994–1995 Lutheran Minister, Wasserburg a. Inn, Germany
• 1988–1994 Lecturer at LMU Munich, Faculty of Protestant Theology
• 1987–1988 Lutheran Minister at Nuremberg, Germany
• 1985–1987 Assistant Minister at Bad Füssing, Germany

Research Fields

• Youth Ministry
• Group Dynamics and TCI 
• Family and Religion
• Religious Education in modern society

Membership

• Member of the Academic Board of the "Journal of Youth and Theology" (JYT)
• International Association for the Study of Youth Ministry (IASYM)
• International Seminar on Religious Education and Values (ISREV, Elected member of the General Purposes Committee)
• Co-editor of the journal "Pastoraltheologie"
• 2006–2012 Member of the Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Bavaria, Germany
• 1992–2003 Member of the Council for Education and Youth of the Evangelical Church of Germany (1998–2003 Vice-Chairman)

Anything Else?

• Beatles!
• Novels
• Family history