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Institute for World Society Studies
Bielefeld University
Faculty of Sociology
P.O. Box 100131 
33501 Bielefeld
Germany

Laura Späth

Geschäftsleitung des Instituts für Weltgesellschaft

iw@uni-bielefeld.de

Telephone
+49 521 106-3360
Room
Gebäude X C4-230
Photo: Benjamin Davy

News

Talk by Won Sub Kim (South Korea) on November 26, 2024 at 4 p.m.

On November 26, 2024 at 4 p.m., Won Sub Kim, Professor of Sociology at Korea University (South Korea), will give a talk on "Policy Transfer and Advocacy Coalitions: The Case of Basic Pension in South Korea". The event is a cooperation between the AG Kaasch and the IW. It will take place in room X-B2-103.

Lecture Series "Signatures of World Society"

Winter Term 2024/2025: Migration in World Society Perspective

  • Tuesday, October 15, 2024 at 6:15 p.m., Catherine Wihtol de Wenden (Paris), Migrations in the World: Between Realities and Politics
  • Tuesday, October 29, 2024 at 6:15 p.m., Ronaldo Munck (Dublin), Migration and Social Transformation: A Complexity Lens
  • Tuesday, January 14, 2025 at 6:15 p.m., Stefan Rother (Freiburg), Global Migration and Refugee Governance from Below: A Comparative Perspective
  • Tuesday, January 21, 2025 at 6:15 p.m., Mirca Madianou (London), Technocolonialism: When Technology for Good is Harmful, in cooperation with the AB Sociology of the Media
  • Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at 6:15 p.m., Thomas Faist (Bielefeld), The Socio-Ecological Question: Climate-Related Mobility as a Wicked Issue

All lectures will take place in room X-C3-107. They will also be broadcast via Zoom (Passcode: 301974).

More information about the lecture series can be found here.

Annual Retreat 2024

This year's annual retreat will take place in Horn-Bad Meinberg on 05.12. and 06.12.2024. More information can be found here


Selected recent publications


Working report 2018 - 2021

The recent Working Report, collecting the Institute's activities from the years 2018 - 2021, is available as PDF for download here, and printed copies can be ordered from the Institute's Manager.

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