SOCIUM Research Center on Inequality and Social Policy, Universität Bremen

Welcome at the SOCIUM

SOCIUM is the only German research institute in social sciences which deals with theoretical and empirical questions of inequality, social policies and their social and political interdependencies. The interdisciplinary research focuses on the social, economic, political, cultural, organizational, legal, historical and sociomedical conditions and effects of social inequality, public social policies and their interdependencies. The research includes a mix of sociology, political and health sciences, economics and legal aspects.

14.05.2020

Junior Research Group “The ‘Activating Welfare State’ – a Political and Social History of German Social Policy, 1979-2017” starts its work at SOCIUM

The junior research group, which is headed by Nikolas Dörr, receives over half a million euros from the Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs through the Interdisciplinary Social Policy Research Network (FIS).

Over the next three years, the interdisciplinary research group will work with national and international partners to analyze the origins and development of the “activating welfare state” Read more ...

06.04.2020

Multidisciplinary position paper on the SARS-CoV-2/Covid-19 Pandemic

Improvement of the Databases | Strategic Development of Prevention Measures | Protection of Civil Rights

This position paper on Covid-19, authored by Hedwig François-Kettner, Prof. Dr. Matthias Schrappe, Dr. Matthias Gruhl, Prof. Dr. Franz Knieps, Prof. Dr. Holger Pfaff and Prof. Dr. Gerd Glaeske, deals with fundamental epidemiological and public-health issues, from which it draws recommendations for the further development of target-group-specific preventive measures. The paper also adopts a clear position on the question of constitutional democracy and civil rights. The authors are vigorously opposed to pitting fundamental rights and health against each other. Read more ...

19.03.2020

Historical Social Research Special Issue published

Historical Social Research Special Issue “Military and Welfare State” of the Reinhart-Koselleck-Project “Universal Conscription, the Military, and Welfare State Development in Europe” published

The special issue “Military and Welfare State: Conscription, Military Interests, and Western Welfare States in the Age of Industrialized Mass Warfare” summarizes first results of the Reinhart-Koselleck-Project “Universal Conscription, the Military, and Welfare State Development in Europe”, funded by the DFG and based at the SOCIUM. Read more ...