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.
Global Dynamics of Coverage and Generosity in Work-Injury Compensation, Unemployment and Old-Age Pensions
Research Team: Nate Breznau (Head of project); Sebastian Fehrler (Head of project); Simone Scherger (Head of project); Aline Grünewald
Pathways to Family Policy Universalism: Coverage and Generosity of Family Policies in Global Perspective
Research Team: Sonja Drobnič (Head of project); Tobias Böger; Keonhi Son; Anh Tran
Digi-Tech
Research Team: Heinz Rothgang (Head of project); Claudia Stolle-Wahl (Head of project); Karin Wolf-Ostermann (Head of project)
Evaluation of Breast Cancer Mortality in the German Mammography Screening Program (Evaluation of Mortality) - Main Study II
Research Team: Jonas Czwikla (Head of project); Heinz Rothgang (Head of project); Franziska Heinze
Corona Crisis Narratives - Framing Economic Imaginaries post-2020 (CoroNarrate)
Research Team: Till Hilmar (Head of project); Patrick Sachweh (Head of project); Rocco Paolillo
Be WIZZARD - Citizens Set Up a Scientific Initiative to Secure Resilience and Public Service Provision in Ammerland for the Future
Research Team: Thomas Kalwitzki (Head of project); Tanja Kruse
Segmentation and social networks between social milieus
Research Team: Betina Hollstein (Head of project); Michael Windzio (Head of project); Jan-Philip Steinmann; Liz Weiler
SOWELL – Social dialogue in welfare services. Employment relations, labour market and social actors in the care services
Research Team: Ruth Abramowski (Head of project); Karin Gottschall (Head of project)
Job tasks – Is there a Motherhood Penalty?
Research Team: Wiebke Schulz (Head of project); Gundula Zoch (Head of project)
Protests and Social Cohesion: Local Conflict Dynamics in Comparison
Research Team: Sebastian Haunss (Head of project)
