Research of the Faculty of Sociology at Bielefeld University

Research Sociology Bielefeld University

Research at the Faculty of Sociology is diverse and spans a range of subdisciplines in Sociology, Political Science and Social Anthropology. One distinct trademark is cross-disciplinary work, such as for example in research on world society, gender or labour market research.

Research Sociology Bielefeld University

From contextual risk to preventive health behavior in a pandemic: a serial mediation analysis

Taflinger S, Sattler S (2026) : 1-17.

JournalArticlePUB-ID:3012985

Change Agents with a Past: Women Executives’ Early-Career Contexts and Gender Equality at Workplaces

Wiersma S, Lippényi Z, Abendroth A (2026) 53(1): 267-305.

JournalArticlePUB-ID:3003438

‘We are not sitting at the table, but we are part of the ecosystem’ – Engagement Groups and the G7

Bartelt I, Koch M, Tsaritova N (2026) 29: 2.

JournalArticlePUB-ID:3012555

The sense of academic merit: Dalit students at South Asian Universities

Pfaff-Czarnecka J (2026) 41(1): 135-157.

JournalArticlePUB-ID:3012814

Mein bester Kumpel, der Spion

Kieserling A (04.01.2026) .

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Conservative political orientation in the German police: selection and socialization

Bitterer F, Kühne S (2026) 8(1): 2598205.

JournalArticlePUB-ID:3012597

Research projects

Research projects

The Faculty of Sociology works on a wide range of research topics. These research topics range from work and digitalization, migration and social theories, to world society and world politics.

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Research projects
Research subjects

Research subjects

Research subjects

In addition to individually and collaboratively conducted research and writing projects, much of the research is externally funded, ranging from single to collaborative and long-term projects.

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News from sociology

RTG 2951 Cross-border Labour Markets: Study on Immigration Effects featured in the „Süddeutsche Zeitung“

Neuer Aufsatz zum Arbeitsbegriff von Alexandra Scheele

Betriebliche Personalpolitik und Gleichstellung

Lecture by Valeria Pulignano on „The Politics of Unpaid Labour“

Neue Ausgabe der Zeitschrift für Soziologie erschienen (Band 54 Heft 4)

Vereinbarkeit neu denken: Impulsvortrag von Alexandra Scheele

Einladung zum Vortrag von Sascha Krannich: „Global Health Diasporas“ im Rahmen des Kolloquiums New Ways of Refugee Autonomy

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