Bettina Ülpenich has been working as a research assistant at the Chair of Sociology I at HHU-Düsseldorf since 2017. In addition, she has been a research associate at the Chair of Sociology II since 2021. She studied economics & politics, design technology (teaching degree) and sociology (M.A.) at the Bergische Universität Wuppertal. Her dissertation focused on the construction of categorical belonging using the example of the in-custody care of unaccompanied minor refugees.

Her research interests include the construction of categorical order, the sociology of gender, and new developments in higher education.