Presentation of the Helge Pross Prize 2025 to Andrea Maihofer

The Helge Pross Prize is awarded by the University of Siegen for outstanding achievements in the field of family and gender research.

This year's winner is the German philosopher and sociologist Prof.' em. Dr.' Andrea Maihofer, former Professor of Gender Studies and Director of the Center for Gender Studies at the University of Basel.

The Helge-Pross-Prize is awarded every three years by the University of Siegen. The prize, endowed with 5,000 euros, honors academics for outstanding achievements in the field of family and gender research. The prize is dedicated to the memory of the Siegen sociologist Helge Pross, who died in 1984. Helge Pross taught as a professor at the University of Siegen from 1976 to 1984 and is considered a pioneer of family and gender research. She was interested in researching the reality of life for housewives, the educational opportunities of girls and the role models of men. The first award ceremony took place in 1994.