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Social Sciences - 16.05.2025
JMU: Place of Peaceful Dialogue
JMU: Place of Peaceful Dialogue

Social Sciences - 08.05.2025
Online surveys rarely accessible: Study by communication scientist Volker Gehrau
Study by communication scientist Volker Gehrau: EU requirements for accessible online services rarely implemented Directive (EU) 2016/2102, adopted by the European Union in 2016, is unequivocal: all public sector bodies are required to make their websites and mobile applications accessible.

Innovation - Social Sciences - 28.04.2025
Second Funding Phase for the 'Käte Hamburger Kolleg: Cultures of Research'
Second Funding Phase for the ’Käte Hamburger Kolleg: Cultures of Research’


Religions - Social Sciences - 01.04.2025
Opening Up: Volkswagen Foundation Funds Two Projects at the University of Bonn

Campus - Social Sciences - 26.03.2025
University of Bonn Passes Diversity Re-Audit
University of Bonn Passes Diversity Re-Audit

Social Sciences - 13.03.2025
Material grievances a stronger breeding ground for extremism than political beliefs
Material grievances a stronger breeding ground for extremism than political beliefs
Material grievances - especially high youth unemployment - are a far greater breeding ground for extremism than religious or political beliefs.

Social Sciences - Religions - 13.03.2025
Material grievances are a stronger breeding ground for extremism than political convictions
Material grievances are a stronger breeding ground for extremism than political convictions
Material grievances - in particular high youth unemployment - are a far greater breeding ground for extremism than religious or political beliefs.

Health - Social Sciences - 03.03.2025
How common is bullying in the world of work?

Politics - Social Sciences - 18.02.2025
Expert lists for the Bundestag election

Social Sciences - 18.02.2025
Breaking the 'us versus them' paradigm
Breaking the ’us versus them’ paradigm
Study shows that economic need and past actions affect whether there is cooperation or antagonism between groups Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig have

Health - Social Sciences - 12.02.2025
Covid and wearing masks outdoors: How culture and evolution shape our behavior
Covid and wearing masks outdoors: How culture and evolution shape our behavior
An international research team led by Christoph Randler , Professor of Biology Education at the University of , has found that during the Covid-19 pandemic, people from collectivist societies such as

Social Sciences - 29.01.2025
Leipzig University awards transfer prizes and promotes new transfer projects
Leipzig University awards transfer prizes and promotes new transfer projects

Social Sciences - Religions - 14.01.2025
Witchcraft and city magic
Witchcraft and city magic

Health - Social Sciences - 31.12.2024
Two new Research Training Groups in Göttingen
DFG funding for studies in legal and migration research, and adapting therapies for tumours The German Research Foundation (DFG) has funded the establishment of two new Research Training Groups (RTGs) at the University of Göttingen.

Psychology - Social Sciences - 19.12.2024
Long-term psychological study: Kids or no kids - men and women are equally satisfied across almost the entire lifespan
Having children makes people happy, especially women - this is a common societal belief. But how do mental health, well-being and feelings of loneliness change in parents compared to women and men without children over the life course?

Politics - Social Sciences - 11.12.2024
Italian Sociologist and Political Scientist Donatella Della Porta to Speak at Freie Universität Berlin

Social Sciences - History & Archeology - 09.12.2024
'The Man with the Bow Tie' Who Threw Small Children Down a Well
’The Man with the Bow Tie’ Who Threw Small Children Down a Well
Under a grant from the Humboldt Foundation, Professor Robert Braun of the University of California Berkeley is conducting research on scare stories for children How were anti-Semitism, fear and children's scare stories connected in late 19th and early 20th-century Europe?

Social Sciences - Politics - 19.11.2024
'Most students stand up for issues that are important to them'
’Most students stand up for issues that are important to them’

Politics - Social Sciences - 06.11.2024
Cohesion through resilient democratic communities

Campus - Social Sciences - 22.10.2024
Improving Academic Surveys with Machine Learning
Improving Academic Surveys with Machine Learning
Academic surveys of groups can become less reliable if participants stop responding in the course the survey.

Event - Social Sciences - 15.10.2024
Science and Injustice
Science and Injustice
Official opening of the Ihnestraße Memorial - a new permanent exhibition at Freie Universität Berlin - to commemorate historical site of eugenics institute Freie Universität Berlin has installed a pe

Social Sciences - Campus - 14.10.2024
JMU: No Place for Antisemitism
JMU: No Place for Antisemitism

Social Sciences - 09.10.2024
United in the Fight against Loneliness
United in the Fight against Loneliness
The project team intends to gain a better understanding of loneliness in Europe and develop recommendations for effective measures against loneliness.

Event - Social Sciences - 12.09.2024
Award for Research Project on Spanish Language in Europe

Social Sciences - 11.09.2024
From Oxford to Berlin - Kate Stanton researches East German feminism
From Oxford to Berlin - Kate Stanton researches East German feminism

Social Sciences - 06.08.2024
Protection from Discrimination and Abuse of Power
Protection from Discrimination and Abuse of Power

Transport - Social Sciences - 26.06.2024
'We don't want to get rid of the car'
’We don’t want to get rid of the car’

Social Sciences - 19.06.2024
Understanding the State of Liberal Societies: Cluster of Excellence SCRIPTS Releases Open-Access Dataset to the Public
Understanding the State of Liberal Societies: Cluster of Excellence SCRIPTS Releases Open-Access Dataset to the Public
Liberal societies are under pressure worldwide: internally eroded by right-wing populist electoral victories and growing economic inequality, externally challenged by the power play of autocratic governments.

Social Sciences - 29.05.2024
Statement on the occupation of the Institute of Social Sciences

Social Sciences - 28.05.2024
Superdiversity - rethinking diversity
Societies around the world are becoming increasingly diverse - in many different ways. One of the engines driving this diversification is global migration.

Environment - Social Sciences - 28.05.2024
In the era of superdiversity
In the era of superdiversity
As societies around the globe become increasingly diverse, the dynamics of migration demand a more nuanced understanding. Superdiversity , a concept created by Steven Vertovec , encapsulates the complex interplay of factors surrounding contemporary human movement and its outcomes. Here, he considers how migration is a multifaceted phenomenon shaped by economic, social, political, demographic and environmental forces.

Social Sciences - 27.05.2024
Update on the statement: End of the occupation of the Institute of Social Sciences

Social Sciences - 23.05.2024
Statement on the pro-Palestinian protests on May 22, 2024

Social Sciences - 23.05.2024
Statement on the end of the occupation of the Institute of Social Sciences at the HU on May 23, 2024

Social Sciences - 22.05.2024
Intercultural Week: Discover international student life in Ilmenau

Social Sciences - 15.05.2024
Unveiling the Impact of Job Loss on the Health of Immigrants
Unveiling the Impact of Job Loss on the Health of Immigrants
This recent study by Silvia Loi and colleagues examines how life events like job loss and divorce affect the health of immigrants using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel.

Social Sciences - 14.05.2024
A Symbol of Equality and Diversity

Social Sciences - Campus - 29.04.2024
Awarding of the 2023 Gender Studies Prize and Maria von Linden Gender Equality Prize
Awarding of the 2023 Gender Studies Prize and Maria von Linden Gender Equality Prize

Psychology - Social Sciences - 24.04.2024
A strong personality helps with saying no
A strong personality helps with saying no
Knowledge Transfer and Innovation Published: Drugs will not solve any problems - as simple as this realization sounds, many people find it difficult to embrace.

Campus - Social Sciences - 19.04.2024
Alliance calls on G7 to improve access to higher education
Alliance calls on G7 to improve access to higher education

Social Sciences - Health - 04.03.2024
How school kids in Germany are doing
How school kids in Germany are doing
Most students in German schools rate their health as good. However, almost all'of them get too little physical activity and their health situation is heavily dependent on wealth, age and gender. These are some of the findings of the current HBSC study (Health Behavior in School-aged Children). This nationwide survey involved 6,500 students.

Campus - Social Sciences - 19.02.2024
Dates, offers, suggestions

Social Sciences - 10.02.2024
Leipzig University goes international on Instagram

Religions - Social Sciences - 05.02.2024
Freie Universität Berlin Condemns the Alleged Antisemitic Attack on a Jewish Student and Is Considering Legal Measures

Social Sciences - 01.02.2024
'Europe is discussing with itself'
’Europe is discussing with itself’
How an anthropologist and a lawyer assess research on colonial provenance Handing back cultural artefacts which have a colonial provenance has long been an object of public debate.

History & Archeology - Social Sciences - 25.01.2024
Holding Ancient Societies Together
Holding Ancient Societies Together
How did local people get organized in the ancient world? This is the subject of a new research project at the University of Würzburg involving Theology, Philology and History. Did the citizens of Rome know associations? Did inhabitants of Jerusalem set up grassroots movements? Did the regular patrons of an Athenian pub discuss the latest political decision-making? The question how neighborhood people formed groups in order to assert themselves and to pursue shared interests is difficult to answer two thousand years later.

Social Sciences - Religions - 24.01.2024
Heidelberg Sociologist Appointed to Expert Council on Integration and Migration

Social Sciences - 22.01.2024
Research in a new video
Research in a new video

Social Sciences - 05.12.2023
Visiting Lecturer at Freie Universität Berlin Receives Prestigious Award from the Association for Queer Anthropology (USA)
Visiting Lecturer at Freie Universität Berlin Receives Prestigious Award from the Association for Queer Anthropology (USA)
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