at the Department of Social Sciences!
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
Inaugural lecture by Prof. Dr. Aladin El-Mafaalani
Guests are very welcome
![Sowi Kolloquium Sowi Kolloquium](/storages/sowi/_processed_/a/7/csm_SOWI_Kolloquium_4dd3873d8b.png)
Research Forum
Environmental Sociology & Transformation in the Summer Semester 2024
![Research Forum Logo for the Research Forum on Environmental Sociology and Transformation](/storages/sowi/_processed_/c/2/csm_Forschungforum_c50d13b942.png)
Research Department contributes to SRU Discussion Paper
Jonas Lage and Bernd Sommer involved in the development of an SRU discussion paper on 'Sufficiency'
![Cover of the SRU discussion paper](/storages/us-sowi/_processed_/8/1/csm_SRU_Diskussionspapier_9aad273e53.png)
Successful exchange at the first joint Department Research Day
Panel discussion on the department profile and poster session to present the research areas
![Departmental Research Day 2024 The participants of the Departmental Research Day listen to the panel discussion.](/storages/sowi/_processed_/1/d/csm_20240313_111644_61d59375ff.jpg)
FAIR Workshop on "Digital Trace Data in Social Science Research"
The interdisciplinary research area FAIR organizes a three-day workshop on Digital Trace Data in Social Science Research.
![Collage Portraits FAIR Workshop F. Kreuter, C. Kern, C. Haensch, C. Strasser](/storages/sag-sowi/_processed_/9/a/csm_CollageTypo_01_257a343488.png)
SPIRE-SAIS Final Conference “Shaping the Future: Emerging Skills for A Sustainable EU Process Industry” will take place at the TU Dortmund on 23 May 2024
SPIRE-SAIS Final Conference “Shaping the Future: Emerging Skills for a Sustainable EU Process Industry” will take place at the TU Dortmund on 23 May.
![SPIRE-SAIS Conference Banner SPIRE-SAIS Conference Banner](/storages/sfs-sowi/_processed_/f/7/csm_SPIRE-SAIS_Conference_Banner_3_043bbe7dcc.png)
Admission of Dr. Alina Schmitz to the Scholarship Program for Postdoctoral Researchers and Junior Professors by the Daimler and Benz Foundation
We congratulate Dr. Alina Schmitz on this scholarship!
![Portrait Alina Schmitz](/storages/sag-sowi/_processed_/9/f/csm_Portrait_Schmitz_Alina_03_3d681986b0.jpg)
First Departmental Research Day on 13 March 2024
Researchers at the Department of Social Sciences exchange information about their research internally
![In the center of the flower is the central profile theme "Life in Transformations". Around it, the flower has five petals, each listing one of the department's focus themes. The first theme is "Aging Societies, Family, and the Life Course. The second theme is "Work, Organization and Technology." The third focus theme is "Social Innovation, Environment and Sustainability." The fourth theme is "Inequality, Gender and Migration." The fifth theme is "Knowledge, education and didactics." The center of the flower is green with white lettering. The white petals are outlined in green. The writing in the petals is black.](/storages/sowi/_processed_/9/1/csm_Fakultaets17blume_quer_8632275a3d.jpg)