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WELCOME AT THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
The Department of Social Sciences was founded in April 2020. The department includes sociological teaching and research sections, the Social Research Center and the Didactics of Social Sciences. On this page you can find all teaching and research areas belonging to the department, our study programs and news from the department.
Department News
National strategy for social innovation and public benefit enterprises published
Comprehensive Innovation Policy of the German Government

Five TU researchers present research results at conference
Five researchers from faculties 13 and 17 were able to place a total of four thematic presentation sessions and five papers at the AAATE Conference

Insights into the Social Innovation Observatory of Florianópolis (Brazil)
Researchers from Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (Brazil) present their work at the Social Research Centre Dortmund

Call for Papers: Age(ing) and Health: Sociological Theories and Current Findings

Private landlords in Germany: Social situations, positioning, and courses of action
Third-party funding: The German Research Foundation support our reserach project

sfs organises panel on "Social Innovations in Education" at ISA conference
At the ISA congress, the sfs organised the panel "Social Innovation in Education" and since this year is also represented in the ISA RC04 Board.

FAZ article "Aging: Curse or Blessing?" with Prof. Dr. Martina Brandt, among others.

Guest visit and lecture by Tania Sen
As part of the program "Research Explorer Ruhr" we welcomed Tania Sen, Ph.D., from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences in Guwahati/India as a guest
