Focus Areas
Projects
The Leibniz-ScienceCampus (SOEP RegioHub) researchers investigate how regional social and economic opportunities influence social cohesion, expectations, political attitudes, preferences and behavior and thereby exacerbate or mitigate social inequality, social cohesion, political conflicts and radicalization.
CeUS is a knowledge platform for the development of inter- and transdisciplinary „Uncertainty Studies“ at Bielefeld University. CeUS documents, connects and presents not only research on „Uncertainty“ but also knowledge on this topic in general. It creates a platform for faculties, institutes and research networks that touch the field of Uncertainty Research and offers new opportunities especially for young academics.
The work of the Conflict Academy, founded in 2023 at the Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence (IKG), focuses on analysing, bundling and passing on observations, knowledge and experience relating to the management of conflicts within society that are relevant to democracy.
The coronavirus pandemic has shown how important social cohesion can be. However, misanthropy, right-wing populism and hate crime are constantly calling social cohesion into question.
The nationwide Research Institute for Social Cohesion (FGZ) aims to develop practical proposals that help to maintain and strengthen social cohesion in the country.
TwinLife is an interdisciplinary, representative longitudinal study to investigate the emergence and development of social inequality. Since 2014, twin pairs and their families across Germany have been surveyed on various areas of life. The focus is on key topics such as education and employment trajectories, social and political integration, subjective quality of life, physical and mental health, and behavioral problems and deviant behavior. In addition, molecular genetic and epigenetic data is being collected as part of several satellite projects to enable a more differentiated analysis of individual genetic makeup and its interaction with environmental factors.