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Department News
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
