She is currently working on her ph.D. on neoliberal globalization and the climate crisis and their implications for social work. 

Her teaching involves a.o. global social issues and critical and postcolonial theories. Since app. 10 years her focus has increasingly shifted towards the relationship between the climate crisis and ecosocial justice as challenges for social work practice and teaching. Angelika is frequently conducting lectures, seminars and courses on ecosocial justice, climate crisis and its implications for social work at different universities in Europe.