Research of the Faculty of Sociology at 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.
Simon M (2026) In: Performances of Protest and Resistance: Contesting Russia's Nationalism. Meerzon Y, Listengarten J, Sklez V (Eds); Bloomsbury Publishing Plc: 227-244.
2026 BookChapter PUB-ID:3020086
Liu Y (2026) 11: 1780253.
2026 JournalArticle PUB-ID:3018000
Designing Beyond Anthropomorphism: Human- and Robot-Like Error Recovery for Robot Navigation Errors
Garcia Goo H, Schadenberg B, Schneider S, Evers V (2026) In: Proceedings of the 26th ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents. Lucas G, Neff M, Gillies M, Kopp S, Clavel C (Eds); New York, NY, USA: ACM: 1-12.
2026 ConferencePaper PUB-ID:3020050
Flügel-Martinsen O (2026) In: Radikale Demokratie und Staat. Comtesse D, Westphal M (Eds); Baden-Baden: Nomos: 31-39.
2026 BookChapter PUB-ID:3006367
The Contradictions of Market Socialism: Labour, Capital and Welfare in Privatizing China and Vietnam
Nguyen M, Mao J (Eds) (2026) Research in Comparative and Global Social Policy, 1st ed. Bristol: Policy Press.
2026 Book(Editor) PUB-ID:3003518
Lengersdorf D (2026) 49(1): 85-88.
2026 JournalArticle PUB-ID:3019978
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 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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26. August 2026 - ZfS: Aushandlungsprozesse um technologisches und symbolisches Kapital - Artikel ahead of print erschienen
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25. August 2026 - New book: Worldviews of Ice
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13. August 2026 - RTG 2951: Second MoCaF Fact Sheet Published
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13. August 2026 - Zeitschrift für Soziologie: Call for Papers für Schwerpunktheft "Kulturelle Praktiken und Prozesse transnationaler und globaler Ungleichheiten"
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26. Juli 2026 - “Interdisciplinary Dialogue Often Happens in the Spaces In Between” RTG 2951 Doctoral Researcher Varsha Joshi on her Participation at the IMISCOE 2026 Conference in Girona
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16. Juli 2026 - Kurzfilm: What Is Temporal Colonialism?
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16. Juli 2026 - Neue Ausgabe der Zeitschrift für Soziologie – Band 55, Heft 2 erschienen
