WELCOME AT THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

The Department of Social Sciences was founded in April 2020. The department includes sociological teaching and research sections, the Social Research Center and the Didactics of Social Sciences. On this page you can find all teaching and research areas belonging to the department, our study programs and news from the department.

Department News

10/17/2023

Franziska Jahn is awarded the prize of the DGS section "Women's and Gender Studies" for her master thesis.

Congratulations!

This is a portrait photo of Franziska Jahn.

10/16/2023

Holly Patch receives "Bielefeld Equality Award 2023" for her dissertation

Congratulations!

In the picture you can see a streamer and confetti.

10/16/2023

Keynote by Prof. Martina Brandt at the 8th International Conference "Work and Health“

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10/08/2023

SAVE THE DATE - Colloquium WiSe 2023/2024

The dates are fixed.

10/05/2023

Warm Up Workshop for the Doctoral Programme "New Challenges in Ageing Societies"

The warm-up workshop for the doctoral programme "New Challenges in Ageing Societies" on 26.09.2023 at the Dortmunder U met with great interest.

Prof. Dr. Martina Brandt welcomes the participants from the Warm-Up Workshop

09/25/2023

Five TU researchers present research results at conference

Five researchers from faculties 13 and 17 were able to place a total of four thematic presentation sessions and five papers at the AAATE Conference

09/25/2023

Insights into the Social Innovation Observatory of Florianópolis (Brazil)

Researchers from Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (Brazil) present their work at the Social Research Centre Dortmund

The participants infront of the presented topic

09/22/2023

National strategy for social innovation and public benefit enterprises published

Comprehensive Innovation Policy of the German Government