The three units of the Department of Social Sciences

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Sociology

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Social Research Center (sfs)

In the left area are two green and two dark gray, slightly rounded squares, which are intertwined. Next to it is written in green, bold lowercase letters idif. the I-dots are in dark gray. Below that, over two lines in dark gray letters, it says "Institute for Didactics of Integrative Subjects" (in German language).

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Institute for Interdisciplinary Didactics (IDIIF)

The teaching and research units in detail

Sociology

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General Sociology / Prof. Angelika Poferl

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

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Sociology of Migration / N.N.

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Social Gerontology and Life Course Research / Prof. Monika Reichert

Portrait Prof. Dr. Martina Brandt

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

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Sociology with the focus on Social Inequality / Prof. Nicole Burzan

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Sociology of Gender Relations / Prof. Mona Motakef

Portrait Prof. Bernd Sommer

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Environmental Sociology with a Focus on Transformation Research / Prof. Bernd Sommer

The photo shows the portrait of Prof. Cornelius Schubert. Behind him is a rollup on which the logos of the TU Dortmund University and the Department of Social Sciences can be read.

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Sociology of Science and Technology / Prof. Cornelius Schubert

Further Research Areas

Subcultures of Contemporary Societies / AOR Dr. Arne Niederbacher

Family, Health, Life Course / Dr. Christian Deindl

Coopted Professors

Portrait Prof. Dr. Uwe Wilkesmann

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Organization Studies and Management of Continuing Education / Prof. Uwe Wilkesmann (Center for Higher Education)

The photo shows Prof. Susanne Frank.

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Urban and Regional Sociology / Prof. Susanne Frank (Department of Spatial Planning)

Senior Professorship

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Sustainable mobility / Prof. Johannes Weyer

Social Research Center (SFS)

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Social Innovation and Work / Prof. Jürgen Howaldt

Other research areas of the Social Research Center

Sociodigital transformation of work and organisation / Dr. Ralf Kopp

Work, Organisation, Gender / Dr. Lisa-Marian Schmidt

Innovation and education in the digital society / Dr. Jennifer Eckhardt

Labour Policy and Health / Kerstin Guhlemann

Transformative Governance in Cities and Regions / Jürgen Schultze

Institute for Interdisciplinary Didactics (IDIF)

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Didactics of Social Sciences with an Emphasis on Empirical Research in Political Education / Prof. Dorothee Gronostay

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Didactics of Integrative Subjects »General Studies« and »Social Sciences« / Prof. Thomas Goll

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Economic and Social Geography / Prof. Ludger Basten

Interdepartmental Cooperations
Statististical Methods in Social Sciences \| Department of Statistics Prof. Dr. Philipp Doebler	website
Former Professors
Migration Sociology Jun-Prof. Dr. Karolina Barglowski	website
General Sociology Prof. Dr. Ronald Hitzler	website
Sociology of Work Prof. Dr. Hartmut Neuendorff	Wikipedia
Social Gerontology Prof. Dr. Gerhard Naegele	website
Sociology of Gender Relations Prof. Dr. Michael Meuser	website
Sociological Gerontology und Geragogy Prof. Dr. Ludger Veelken (1938-2022)	video
Economic ans Industrial Sociology Prof. Dr. Hartmut Hirsch-Kreinsen	website