Vera Lemke, M. A., has been a research assistant since 2022 at the Institute of Social Pedagogy and Organizational Studies at the University of Hildesheim. Her main research areas have focused on youths at the transition from school to work, anti-discrimination, intersectionality and cultural education. She has extensive work experience in contexts of inpatient child and youth welfare, gender equality work, organizational consulting, and project coordination. Since March 2024, she has been a part of the research team of the BMBF-funded project KuSe (Kulturelle Selbstversorgung: Recht junger Menschen auf kulturelle (Selbst)Bildung).