Events

With its Jour Fixe-Presentations, which include reports on results and progress of research, the SOCIUM offers the wider public a regional discussion forum on issues of social inequality and social policy.

Additionally, every semester scholars and practitioners with professional backgrounds are invited to the SOCIUM in order to analyze questions on health economics and health policies. These lectures of the Colloquium on Health Policy (Gesundheitspolitisches Kolloquium) are also open to the public.

Established to strengthen the University’s high-profile area Social sciences the bridge professorship “Qualitative Methods and Microsociology” offers lectures and international workshops on Mixed Methods, Social Network Analysis and Comparative Methods.

The SOCIUM also organizes a variety of conferences, lectures and workshops to present and discuss recent societal developments regarding inequality and social policy research.

Place:
Haus der Wissenschaft
Room: Olbers-Saal, 1. OG
Sandstraße 4/5
Bremen
Time:
18:00 Uhr
Lecture Series:
Colloquium on Health Policy
Semester:
WiSe 2025/26

Ein knappes halbes Jahr nachdem die neue Bundesregierung ihre Arbeit aufgenommen hat, möchten wir im Gesundheitspolitischen Kolloquium eine erste Bilanz ziehen: Welche gesundheitspolitischen Ausrichtungen lassen sich erkennen? Was wird aus Maßnahmen der letzten Legislaturperiode wie der Krankenhausreform? Und werden die drängenden gesundheitspolitischen Herausforderungen tatsächlich angegangen?

Bei der Podiumsdiskussion bringen wir die Perspektiven der stationären und ambulanten Versorgung, Kostenträger und wissenschaftliche Expertise zusammen, um diese und weitere Fragen gemeinsam mit dem Publikum zu diskutieren.

Auf dem Podium:

Elke Heyduck, Geschäftsführerin der Abreitnehmerkammer Bremen
Michael-Niklas Rühe, Leitung der Landesvertretung Bremen und Bremerhaven der DAK
Dr. Stefan Trapp, Vorsitzender der Vertreterversammlung der Kassenärztlichen Vereinigung Bremen

Moderiert wird die Veranstaltung von Prof. Dr. Heinz Rothgang, SOCIUM Universität Bremen.

Im Anschluss an die Diskussion laden wir zu weiterem Austausch bei Getränken und einem kleinen Imbiss ein.

Wir bitten um Anmeldung bis zum 10. November 2025 unter folgendem Link: https://eveeno.com/gpk-podiumsdiskussion

Place:
Unicom
Room: 3.3380
Mary-Sommerville-Straße
Bremen
Time:
14 Uhr c.t.
Lecture Series:
Jour Fixe
Semester:
WiSe 2025/26

Place:
Unicom
Room: 3.3380
Mary-Sommerville-Straße 5
28359 Bremen
Time:
14 Uhr c.t.
Lecture Series:
Jour Fixe
Semester:
WiSe 2025/26

Place:

Sandstraße 4/5
28195 Bremen
Time:
1:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Lecture Series:
Workshop
Semester:
WiSe 2025/26

From February 12th to 13th, 2026, DIFIS will organise an International Scientific Workshop titled ‘Public Opinion and Social Policies. Legitimacy and Acceptance of the Welfare State and Specific Life Course Policies’. We warmly invite anyone who is interested to participate in our conference. The workshop will be conducted in English at the Haus der Wissenschaft in Bremen.

Within the two days, we will discuss findings from 24 papers on either the general legitimacy of the welfare state or attitudes towards reforms in a broad array of specific policy fields, including migration, family and care, pension and labour market, eco-social and housing policies.

Two introductory presentations will open the workshop. Dr. Natalie Herdegen and
Dr. Philipp Kugler will provide an overview of the data landscape on attitude indicators.
Dr. Magnus Brosig will provide some insights into the results of a recent German online survey on attitudes towards health, long-term care and pension policy: the “Sozialstaatsradar”.

The keynote of Prof. Dr. Giuliano Bonoli, which will address perceptions of legitimacy of social investment types of social policies, will be another highlight of the workshop. The workshop will also feature a panel discussion, bringing together highly relevant representatives from academia, politics and practice. In addition to Prof. Dr. Giuliano Bonoli, these include Dr. Mareike Bünning,
Dr. Dina Frommert, Prof. Dr. Frank Nullmeier and Dr. Wolfgang Strengmann-Kuhn.

 

You can find the full programme at this link.
You can register
here.
We have also provided a link to a
list of hotels in Bremen, which includes the hotel rooms we have reserved for self-paying guests.

We are looking forward to your participation!