News

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.

02/25/2026

Jennifer Eckhardt begins postdoctoral fellowship in Belgium

Dr. Jennifer Eckhardt will be conducting research at KU Leuven on public perceptions of legitimate social welfare in Europe until May 2026.

02/12/2026

How wealth is created and passed on - final event of a research project by TU Dortmund University and SOFI Göttingen

Joint project "Wealth as a social relationship" by TU Dortmund University and SOFI Göttingen investigates the creation and transmission of wealth

02/09/2026

Habilitation Dr. Rick Hölsgens

December 10th, 2025, Dr. Rick Hölsgens successfully completed his habilitation process.

01/22/2026

Research college promotes international networking in the humanities and social sciences

The University Alliance Ruhr celebrated the opening of the joint College for Social Sciences and Humanities in Essen