News

05/19/2026

SOWI colloquium on 27 May 2026 with Dr. Daniel Chigudu and Prof. Sreeparna Chattopadhyay

Guests are very welcome.

05/06/2026

Dr. Nadja Dörflinger starts professorship at the sfs

Welcome to the Social Research Center at the Department for Social Sciences, Nadja Dörflinger.

04/21/2026

UA Ruhr establishes three research communities on key future topics.

The three universities are pooling their strengths in research consortia focused on education, sustainability, and diversity.

04/17/2026

Research Award Winner Speaks on Ageing and Care in England

Dr. Giorgio Di Gessa, a visiting scholar at the Department of Social Sciences, will give a lecure on 29 April.

04/13/2026

Huge interest in the DGS Spring Conference, “Genders of the Social: Dialogues on the Positioning and Perspectives of Sociological Theories”, held at TU Dortmund University

Conference report “Wechselseitige Irritation” (Mutual Irritatio) published in Soziopolis

04/07/2026

SOWI Colloquium on April 29, 2026 with Ass. Prof. Giorgio DiGessa

Guests are very welcome.

03/30/2026

Full house: The SIGU Platform’s ‘Zukunftsfabrik 2026’ event in Berlin was very well received

Social Research Centre Dortmund organized a workshop "Higher Education as a Forge for Social Innovation" and contributed with a presentation and panel

03/24/2026

Nine International Senior Fellows Start Collaborations with UA Ruhr Researchers

Sreeparna Chattopadhyay and Daniel Chigudu are visiting senior fellows at the Department of Social Sciences

03/24/2026

"Excellent Award" for "Working – the way I want to!"

The project "Working – the way I want to!" by the Franz-Sales Haus, in cooperation with the sfs, was awarded the exzellent:bildung 2026 prize.