Current projects
Research at the SOCIUM usually is organized in projects carried out by its departments, many of them being financed through third party funding. The SOCIUM receives essential support from institutions such as the German National Research Foundation (DFG), the VolkswagenFoundation, and other public and private organizations, i.e. health insurances.
The Reciprocal Relationship of Public Opinion and Social Policy
Research Team: Nate Breznau (Head of project); Bernhard Ebbinghaus; Claus Wendt; Christopher Wlezien
Domain Data Protocols (DDP) for empirical educational research
Research Team: Betina Hollstein (Head of project); Jan-Ocko Heuer; Susanne Kretzer; Kati Mozygemba
Specialised Information Service Social and Cultural Anthropology
Research Team: Andreas Degkwitz (Head of project); Betina Hollstein (Head of project); Matthias Harbeck; Jan-Ocko Heuer; Elisabeth Huber; Sabine Imeri; Susanne Kretzer; Kati Mozygemba
Institutional Evolutions along Socio-Ecological Tipping Points; Subproject of Food for the Future
Research Team: Anna-Katharina Hornidge (Head of project); Achim Schlüter (Head of project)
Colonialism and Social Policy in Kenya
Research Team: Judith M. Ebeling (Head of project)
Departure, break-off or break-through?
Research Team: Raphael Heiberger (Head of project); Mark Lutter (Head of project); Richard Münch (Head of project)
The Meaning of Mangroves
Research Team: Anna-Katharina Hornidge (Head of project); Maria José Barragan Paladines; Anne-Katrin Broocks
Narrating Science as a World-making Activity: Sealevel Change in Singapore; Subprojekt of Fiction Meets Science II - Varieties of Science Narratives
Research Team: Anna-Katharina Hornidge (Head of project); Wanling Hu
QUALISERVICE - Implementation of a nationwide archive and data service center for qualitative social science interview data
Research Team: Michael Diepenbroek (Head of project); Betina Hollstein (Head of project); Alexia Katsanidou (Head of project); Maria Elisabeth Müller (Head of project); Jan-Ocko Heuer; Susanne Kretzer; Kati Mozygemba
The Legacy of Colonialism: Origins and Outcomes of Social Protection
Research Team: Carina Schmitt (Head of project); Bastian Becker; Judith M. Ebeling; Amanda Shriwise
