The institutes of the Department of Social Sciences
Overview of institutes and persons
Institute for Interdisciplinary Didactics (idif)

Didactics of social sciences with a focus on empirical political didactics / Prof. Dorothee Gronostay

Integrative subject didactics for general studies and social sciences / Prof. Thomas Goll

Economic & Social Geography / Prof. Ludger Basten
Institute of Sociology (ISO)

General Sociology / Prof. Angelika Poferl

Heisenberg Professorship: Sociology of Work and Organization / Prof. Maximiliane Wilkesmann

Employment and education in old age / Ass. Prof. Laura Naegele (BIBB)

Family & Health / Adj. Prof. Christian Deindl

Life course sociology / Prof. Hannah Zagel

Sociology of Migration and Education / Prof. Aladin El-Mafaalani

Organizational Research and Continuing Education Management / Prof. Uwe Wilkesmann (zhb) (co-opted)

Social Structure and Sociology of Ageing Societies / Prof. Martina Brandt

Sociology of Gender Relations / Prof. Mona Motakef

Sociology of Sweating / Ass. Prof. Elena Beregow

Sociology with a focus on social inequalities / Prof. Nicole Burzan

Environmental sociology with a focus on transformation research / Prof. Bernd Sommer

Sociology of Science and Technology / Prof. Cornelius Schubert
Other research areas of the Institute of Sociology
Subcultures of contemporary society / AOR Dr. Arne Niederbacher
Social Research Center (sfs)
Other research areas of the Social Research Center
Work and organization in socio-digital change / Dr. Michael Kohlgrüber
Work, organization, gender / Dr. Lisa-Marian Schmidt
Innovation and education in the digital society / Dr. Jennifer Eckhardt
Labor policy and health / Kerstin Guhlemann
Transformative governance in cities and regions / Jürgen Schultze
Co-opted professors
Senior professorship
Cross-department cooperation
Statistical Methods in the Social Sciences | Faculty of Statistics Prof. Philipp Doebler | to the website |
Former professors
General Sociology Prof. Ronald Hitzler | to the website |
Sociology of Work Prof. Hartmut Neuendorff | Wikipedia |
Sociology of Migration Ass. Prof. Karolina Barglowski | to the website |
Social Gerontology and Life Course Research Prof. Monika Reichert | to the website |
Social Gerontology Prof. Gerhard Naegele | to the website |
Sociology of Gender Relations Prof. Michael Meuser | to the website |
Sociological Gerontology and Geragogics Prof. Ludger Veelken (1938-2022) | to the video |
Economic and Industrial Sociology Prof. Hartmut Hirsch-Kreinsen | to the website |