Open the Black Box
At a two-day conference, members of the CRC 1342 discussed with international colleagues how social policy phenomena can be explained using the concept of causal mechanisms.
Read more // 12.11.2019
Prof. emer. Dr. Renate Mayntz
Armando Barrientos as Mercator Fellow at CRC 1342
Barrientos, a leading expert in social policy and poverty reduction in the Global South, will stay in Bremen until early December.
Read more // 04.11.2019
Prof. Armando Barrientos
Valuable feedback from John W. Meyer
In a workshop, the Stanford professor discussed the projects of four PhD students. Previously, he had given a lecture on New Institutionalism, which is documented on video.
Read more // 01.11.2019
Prof. John W. Meyer
"Often you are too hard on yourself"
Johanna Fischer and Kristin Noack report on their experiences with a presentation workshop adressing women in science specifically.
Read more // 24.10.2019
Kristin Noack (left) and Johanna Fischer
"Our social system still needs a lot of reform."
Zheng Gongcheng, professor at Renmin University and chairman of the Chinese Society for Social Security Research, presented his view on the transformation of China's social policy at CRC 1342.
Read more // 18.10.2019
Prof Zheng Gongcheng
John W. Meyer is Hans Koschnick professor at Socium/CRC 1342
The US sociologist will work in Bremen until mid-November, where he will give lectures and offer workshops.
Read more // 08.10.2019
Friederike Römer as Visiting Scholar at Harvard
Römer received the John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellowship and will continue her research in Cambridge, Massachusetts, until the end of August 2020.
Read more // 08.10.2019
First "SOCIUM SFB 1342 WorkingPapers" published
The Socium and the CRC 1342 have launched a working paper series. The first papers have now been published.
Read more // 04.10.2019
Ivo Mossig receives award for innovative teaching
The Association for Geography at German-speaking Universities and Research Institutions has honoured him for his module "Introductory Project" at the University of Bremen.
Read more // 01.10.2019
Prof Dr Ivo Mossig (on the left)
Alex Veit: Guest editor for Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding
Our CRC member edited a special section on "The Politics of Intervention Against (Conflict-Related) Sexual and Gender Based Violence".
Read more // 12.09.2019
Dr. Alex Veit
Immanuel Wallerstein has died
In his major work "The Modern World-System", the American sociologist analysed the development and effects of global capitalism. Wallerstein died at the age of 88.
Read more // 05.09.2019
Immanuel Wallerstein (Screenshot of www.iwallerstein.com)
