Short biography

Matthias Hauer studied sociology (MA) at the University of Freiburg. During the winter semesters of 2021/22 and 2022/23, he held a teaching post at the Protestant University of Applied Sciences in Freiburg. From 2023 to July 2026, he worked as a research assistant on the project ‘Eastern European Live-in Carers in Domestic Care Triads for Dementia: Informal Care Concepts, Communicative Power and Moral Responsibility’ (TriaDe) in the Department of Medical Ethics. Since August 2026, he has been a research assistant in the Department of Prevention and Rehabilitation Research.

Main research focuses

Home care arrangements, the role of emotions in live-in care, qualitative social research

Research projects

Eastern European live-in carers in home care triads for people with dementia (TriaDe)

Publications

Articles in academic journals

Hauer, M., & Schweda, M. (2026). The Role of Fear in the Live-In-Care Discourse. An Ethical Analysis of German Newspapers. European Journal for Nursing History and Ethics, 7(European Journal for Nursing History and Ethics, Vol. 7 (2025): Nursing and Migration). https://doi.org/10.25974/ENHE2025-6

Conference papers

Hauer, Matthias; Schweda, Mark: ‘And who’s looking after Granny now?’ – On the moral significance of fear in the discourse on live-in care. Spring Conference of the Academy for Ethics in Medicine ‘Current Perspectives in Medical and Health Ethics Research’, 2024, online.

Hauer, Matthias; Giesbrecht, Nadine: Empathy and Power in Live-in Care – The Boundaries of Empathy in Asymmetrical Relationships. 5th ISA Forum of Sociology on “Knowing Justice in the Anthropocene”, 2025, Rabat, Morocco.

Hauer, Matthias: Live-in Care in Crisis – An Ethical Analysis of German Films about Live-in Care. 37th ESPMH Conference on “Bioethics and Philosophy of Medicine after COVID”, 2025, Manchester, United Kingdom.