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Katharina Zimmermann

@kzimmermann.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor at University of Hamburg; studies welfare states, green transitions, inequalities, and Europeanisation

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Steffen Mau @steffenmau.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Cutting-edge research: reinventing the wheel.
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Sophie Achleitner @sophieachleitner.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
After two inspiring days at the @etui.bsky.social Summer School on Eco-Social Welfare Policy, where I had the opportunity to present my PhD work linked to the C(L)ARE project, I’m excited to continue the exchange at the 1st #EcoWelfareConference in Brussels. ecowelfarenetwork.org/ecowelfare-n...
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Katharina Zimmermann @kzimmermann.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
On my way to Brussels for the #EcoWelfareConference - the first-ever in-person conference of the #EcoWelfareNetwork. Jointly organised by my WELRISCC -project, @ulbruxelles.bsky.social, @etui.bsky.social & @horizoneu.bsky.social MERGE-project: ecowelfarenetwork.org/ecowelfare-network-conference/
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ECOWELFARE NETWORK CONFERENCE 2026 – Eco-Welfare Network
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DGS Sektion Wirtschaftssoziologie @dgswisoz.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Wir freuen uns riesig, im Frühjahr eine gemeinsame Tagung mit der Sektion Politische Ökonomie der DVPW zu organisieren, um die Verbindungen zwischen unseren beiden (Teil-)Disziplinen neu auszuloten. Beitragsvorschläge sind bis zum 15.10. sehr willkommen! Danke für euren Re-post 🙏
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ETUI @etui.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
📣 We're hiring! The ETUI is seeking a senior researcher, ideally with team-leading experience, to conduct research into future-oriented topics of relevance for the world of work, with a particular focus on the #JustTransition Interested? More info here 🔗 etui.org/4fp
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Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
📚 Just published Growth, Democracy or Climate Action? The New Political Trilemma of Advanced Capitalism by @aidanregan.bsky.social, @hannaschwander.bsky.social, @cyrben.bsky.social and Tim Vlandas @agendapub.bsky.social @edinburghup.bsky.social Find out more: www.sciencespo.fr/centre-etude...
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Soziopolis @soziopolis.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Am 14. März ist Jürgen Habermas gestorben. Allenthalben ist nun vom „Ende einer Epoche“ die Rede. In seinem Nachruf argumentiert Axel Honneth, dass nicht die Rolle des politischen Intellektuellen auf dem Spiel steht, sondern das Fortleben der Kritischen Theorie. www.soziopolis.de/juergen-habe...
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DGS Sektion Wirtschaftssoziologie @dgswisoz.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Die Sektion Wirtschaftssoziologie freut sich sehr, auch in diesem Jahr wieder den Karl-Polanyi-Preis für eine herausragende Monografie auf dem Gebiet der Wirtschaftssoziologie auszuloben. (Selbst-)Nominierungen nimmt der Vorstand gerne bis zum 30.4. entgegen. Wir freuen uns über Reposts :)
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Julian Garritzmann @garritzmannj.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
we have 5 positions open at @goetheuni.bsky.social in Frankfurt - a 4,5 year postdoc in my @erc.europa.eu project on the educational cleavage - 2 postdoc & 2 PhD positions, 4 years, in a research group on Reconfiguration & Internalization of Social Structure www.uni-frankfurt.de/48794784/FB0...
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Goethe-Universität — FB03 - Gesellschaftswissenschaften
Die Goethe-Universität ist eine forschungsstarke Hochschule in der europäischen Finanzmetropole Frankfurt. Lebendig, urban und weltoffen besitzt sie als Stiftungsuniversität ein einzigartiges Maß an E...
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Julian Heide @julianheide.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
What drives polarization in public discourse? I suggest looking at how social figures are constructed and used in the media and everyday political conversations. “The climate activist” in German media and popular discourse serves as a good example. More here: doi.org/10.1162/euso...
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Polarizing social figures? Climate activists in German media and popular discourse
ABSTRACT. Although attitudes towards climate change are generally uncontroversial in Europe, the public discourse on climate change is becoming increasingly contentious. This article introduces the cl...
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Hamburger Institut für Sozialforschung @his-hamburg.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Bücher am HIS "Die Politik der Wirtschaft. Max Webers Wirtschafts- und Finanzsoziologie" am 11.11.2025 19:00 Uhr im @his-hamburg.bsky.social Mit @huhnholz.bsky.social @larsdoepking.bsky.social und Andrea Maurer! ... über heutige Wirtschaftsumbrüche und Staatsfinanzkrisen ... www.his-online.de
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Isabell Stamm @isabellstamm.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Looking for a post-doc opportunity? Consider applying for this years's Kohli Fellowship and work at the vibrant WZB in Berlin - Deadline November 16:
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Benedikt Bender @benediktbender.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Our paper is part of the @reggovjournal.bsky.social Special Issue “Bringing the Ecological and the Social Together in the Green Transition: A Multilevel Analysis”.
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Benedikt Bender @benediktbender.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
🚨New publication out in @reggovjournal.bsky.social @danielk24.bsky.social & I show that the support for green subsidies by unions & business interest groups in the 🇺🇸 & in 🇩🇪 goes hand in hand with the support for eco-social policies. Open access here: doi.org/10.1111/rego... A summary below 👇
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Steffen Mau @steffenmau.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Ein von Michael Zürn und mir verfasster Nachruf auf Claus Offe. Ein bemerkenswerter Mensch und Wissenschaftler www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
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Sozialwissenschaftler Claus Offe gestorben
Claus Offe prägte die Sozialwissenschaften mit scharfsinnigen Analysen und gesellschaftskritischen Perspektiven. Als Grenzgänger zwischen Soziologie und Politologie bleibt sein Werk wegweisend.
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DGS Sektion Wirtschaftssoziologie @dgswisoz.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Zum Start des #DGS2025 Kongresses in Duisburg posten wir hier eine Übersicht über wirtschaftssoziologische Sektionsveranstaltungen sowie AdHoc-Gruppen unserer Sektionsmitglieder – wir freuen uns auf einen spannenden Kongress und ein Wiedersehen in Duisburg!
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Katharina Zimmermann @kzimmermann.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Perfect return to work after holidays: I just arrived in Milan for the #ESPAnet2024. Also attending? Come and join us for one of the four sessions (or all of them) in stream 8 in the political economy of eco-welfare. Fantastic people, fantastic papers! www.espanetmilano2025.it
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ESPANET 2025
Welcome to the website of the 23rd ESPAnet Annual Conference, Milan, 27-29 August, 2025
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Hans-Böckler-Stiftung @boeckler-stiftung.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
🚀 Die LABOR.A 2025 am 1. Oktober 2025 steht ganz im Zeichen von Gerechtigkeit als zentralem Wert zukünftiger Arbeitswelten. Euch erwarten 130 Speaker, spannende Sessions, Workshops & vieles mehr! Die Anmeldung ist ab sofort möglich. 📌 Mehr zum Programm & zur Anmeldung: www.labora.digital
Die LABOR.A® ist die Konferenz zur Arbeit der Zukunft der Hans-Böckler-Stiftung. Sie findet am 1. Oktober 2025 unter dem Motto „Gerechtigkeit“ in Berlin und online statt.
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Timo Weishaupt @jtweis.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Friendly reminder: Unser Call for Abstracts endet am 1. Juli. #wohnunglos #Wohnungsnot #Sozialpolitik difis.org/veranstaltun...
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Deutsches Institut für Interdisziplinäre Sozialpolitikforschung
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Katharina Zimmermann @kzimmermann.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Very inspiring kick-off lecture by Michael Vester at the @dgswisoz.bsky.social Mittelbautagung in Moral Economies, organised by Laura Lüth, @tillhilmar.bsky.social and @lwestheuser.bsky.social. Programme here: www.wiso.uni-hamburg.de/fachbereich-...
Michael Vester reading out his talkPicture of the event's programme, available here: https://www.wiso.uni-hamburg.de/fachbereich-sozoek/professuren/zimmermann/aktuelles/2025-workshop-program-moral-economies.html
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Zeitschrift für Sozialreform | Journal of Social Policy Research @zfsozialreform.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Interessiert an Sozialpolitikforschung in Deutschland? Hier ist das Starterpacket 🧚🎁 Für Ergänzungen gerne melden 😊 #Sozialpolitik Interested in social policy research in Germany? Here is the starter package 🧚🎁 Please let us know if you would like to be added 😊 #socialpolicy go.bsky.app/TvvhgdD
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Katharina Zimmermann @kzimmermann.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
It has arrived! First ideas for this project were already exchanged with @brisunipress.bsky.social at ESPAnet 2019 - but now it has become real! As hardcopy, but (thanks to generous funding by @uni-hamburg.de) also open access: policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/the-eco-soci...
Hardcopy of the book "The eco-social polity?" on a desk
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DGS Sektion Wirtschaftssoziologie @dgswisoz.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
CfP zur Mittelbautagung unserer Sektion x Viadrina Wirtschaftssoziologie "Transformationen des Kapitalismus - Perspektiven der Wirtschaftssoziologie in Zeiten der Polykrise" Einreichungen sehr willkommen bis 15.7. Weitere Informationen hier: www.kuwi.europa-uni.de/de/professur... Gerne teilen!
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Katharina Zimmermann @kzimmermann.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Schönes Interview!
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Julian Heide @julianheide.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Mal wieder getriggert beim Zeitungslesen? Kein Wunder! Ich habe mir mal genauer angeschaut, welche Emotionen und Triggerpunkte in den Kommentarspalten deutscher Zeitungen vorkommen. Jetzt in der @zfs.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1515/zfso...
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Mediale Trigger. Emotionen und Argumente in deutschen Pressekommentaren
Zusammenfassung Das Konzept der Triggerpunkte von Mau et al. (2023) beleuchtet, wo im öffentlichen Diskurs besonders konfrontative Haltungen auftauchen. Im Anschluss daran nimmt dieser Aufsatz Printme...
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Dirk Paessler @dpaessler.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
DER SPIEGEL berichtet vorab über unsere Studie zu den gesellschaftlichen Kosten von ME/CFS und #LongCOVID für Deutschland in Folge der SARS-CoV2 Pandemie: Über 60 Mrd. € pro Jahr, d.h. viel viel mehr als alle Naturkatastrophen pro Jahr in D zusammen, inkl. Ahrhochwasser '21.
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Till Hilmar @tillhilmar.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
👉 Deadline 14.04 - just a few more days to submit to our workshop on "Moral Economies of the Polycrisis" on June 16-17 in Hamburg! We're excited about keynote inputs by Michael Vester & Patrick Sachweh, supported by @dgswisoz.bsky.social #soziologie
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Julian Heide @julianheide.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
CfP: Veränderungspioniere und Veränderungserschöpfte. Zur Wahrnehmung sozialen Wandels. Auf dem Soziologiekongress im September wollen wir uns mit Wahrnehmungen sozialen Wandels beschäftigten. Einreichungen sind bis 30.04. herzlich willkommen! kongress2025.soziologie.de/fileadmin/us...
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Katja Möhring 🦁 @katjamoe.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Already next week: Very much looking forward to host you at our conference Social Policy and Inequality in the Polycrisis @uni-bamberg.de ! Supported by @lifbi.bsky.social @difis.bsky.social #Sozialpolitik #SozialeUngleichheit #socialpolicy #SocialInequality www.uni-bamberg.de/sfa/veransta...
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Linus Westheuser @lwestheuser.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
📢 CALL FOR PAPERS 📢 "Moral Economies of the Polycrisis. Conflict, Critique, and Legitimation in Critical Times" Workshop, June 16-17 University of Hamburg Deadline for abstracts: 07/04 Supported by the Economic Sociology section of @dgsoziologie.bsky.social linuswestheuser.com/cfp-moral-ec...
Moral Economies of the Polycrisis
Conflict, Critique and Legitimation in Critical Times

International Workshop. 16-17 June 2025. University of Hamburg. Organizers: Laura Lüth (University of Hamburg), Till Hilmar (University of Vienna), and Linus Westheuser (Humboldt University Berlin).


By disrupting what is taken for granted, moments of economic, political, and ecological crisis reveal the implicit modus operandi of a society. As routines get derailed and settled arrangements come under strain, institutions are forced to explicate the “implicit social contract” (Barrington Moore) underpinning power, domination, and inequality. Who deserves protection when times get rough? Whose suffering matters and whose claims are made to count? Who is blamed? And what even counts as a crisis and what is shrugged off and fades into a ‘new normal’? 

These questions touch on a tacit structure of social expectations commonly discussed under the heading of moral economy. Drawing on thinkers like E.P. Thompson, James C. Scott, or Marion Fourcade, the moral economy perspective examines expectations of unequal reciprocity and distributive claims in economic relations; ideas of systemic legitimacy resting on mutual obligations between dominant and dominated groups; or political priorities tied to assumptions about the (un)deservingness and moral worth of social groups. Moral economy approaches focalize the ideational and institutional architecture of capitalist societies by parsing how legitimacy and hegemony are embedded in everyday moral reasoning. In addition these approaches also often look at social practices, struggles, and forms of critique centered around the violation of moral claims. 

At our workshop, we want to discuss work in the moral economy paradigm that sheds light on the current “polycrisis” composed of geopolitical turmoil, economic shocks, ecological breakdown, as well as crises of care and political legitimacy. 
    What can the moral economy perspective teach us about the way capitalist societies navigate these crises? 
    To what extent do crises open up a space in which dominated groups can critique inequality and demand a renegotiation of the implicit social contract? 
    How do demands and political responses informed by existing moral economies deepen inequality and domination? 
    How do institutions like the welfare state or social and eco-social policies seek to mend rifts in the moral economy? 
    What are moral background assumptions that make some developments (such as migration) but not others (such as poverty and extreme wealth) appear as crises? 
    And what is the explanatory status of moral economy as a concept? For instance, are popular moral sentiments and subjective aspirations a driver of political and economic action, or are they merely a symptom of existing power relations? Is moral economy about agency or structure? And if both, how exactly? 

These are some of the questions we want to discuss with a group of international scholars. 

We invite papers taking a moral economy perspective to empirically research or theorize the current conjuncture. Papers can be at all stages of development, the event is meant to collaboratively discuss work in progress. We especially welcome submissions from doctoral and post-doctoral researchers. Limited funds are available to assist with travel and accommodation for those lacking institutional support.

Please send an abstract of max. 500 words to: laura.lueth@uni-hamburg.de, till.hilmar@univie.ac.at and linus.westheuser@hu-berlin.de 

Deadline for abstract submissions: 7 April, 2025

The workshop is supported by the Economic Sociology Section of the German Sociological Association (DGS), the Research Unit Economic Sociology at the University of Hamburg, and the Research Unit Macrosociology at Humboldt University Berlin.
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Till Hilmar @tillhilmar.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
#Durkheim has the first and the last word: How was #solidarity differently expressed in public discourse in 🇮🇹 and 🇩🇪 during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic? Our new article asks how the notion was framed on Twitter/X in both countries #sociology journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Futures of Sustainability @fos-uhh.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
'Degrowth, Planung, Transformation' - day 1 of our workshop in cooperation with THE NEW INSTITUTE Impressions of the presentation of @kohei-saito.bsky.social and the subsequent panel with @kzimmermann.bsky.social @christophsorg.bsky.social @matthiasschmelzer.bsky.social
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Nora Waitkus @norawaitkus.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
🚨Three more days to apply!🚨 Two full time PhD positions on economic inequalities, broadly defined 💸💰📈🎓 E13, 100%, 4+1 years in Heidelberg 🏰 adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de/info/INFO_FD...
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Stellenausschreibungen an der Universität Heidelberg
Infosystem der ZUV
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Boyd van Dijk @boydvandijk.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
a cool postdoc opportunity, on the politics of climate change - while working together with @fgenovese.bsky.social www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLQ634/p...
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Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Oxford
An academic position as a Postdoctoral Researcher is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional academic job opportunities.
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Katharina Zimmermann @kzimmermann.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Job alert! Six days left to apply: 2 years, 100% FTE, fantastic team, great opportunities, huge EU-wide project on welfare states' responses to social risks in times of climate change - more info here: www.uni-hamburg.de/stellenangeb...
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Ausschreibung
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Katharina Zimmermann @kzimmermann.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Freu mich schon sehr drauf, mit Linus @lwestheuser.bsky.social über die Triggerpunkte zu diskutieren! Kommt dazu, wenn ihr am 29.1. in Hamburg seid! bit.ly/Triggerpunkt...
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Triggerpunkt Klimaschutz?, 29 January, 18:00-20:00h (in German)
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Katharina Zimmermann @kzimmermann.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
I am really looking forward to discussing my work with the fabulous team and fellows @fos-uhh.bsky.social ! Join us on Wednesday, if you are around!
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Boris Holzer @fernschreiber.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
📢 Das "Handbuch Sozialstrukturanalyse", hg. von Petra Böhnke und @dirkkonietzka.bsky.social, ist online - mit aktuell 40 Beiträgen, u.a. von @andreashaupt.bsky.social @cdiehl.bsky.social @factistic.bsky.social u.v.a.m.: link.springer.com/referencewor...
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Handbuch Sozialstrukturanalyse
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Simon Lohse @simonlohse.bsky.social · 18/12/2023
My institute is looking for a new assistant professor interested in socio-ecological transformations and sustainability. Here's the full job ad: ru.nl/en/working-a... #STS #philsky
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Wim Van Lancker @wimvanlancker.be · 24/11/2023
Our workshop on Climate Change and the Welfare State, Growth, and Public Support is taking place today at KU Leuven, with @bpalier.bsky.social @kzimmermann.bsky.social and many others. We'll be asking though questions, we aim for open discussion, and we'll hopefully be able to forge new bonds.
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Minna van Gerven @minnavangerven.bsky.social · 01/11/2023
The call for #ESPAnet2024 stream conveners is out now. the location is Tampere, Finland, 28-30 August 2024. The event is organised by @helsinkiuni and @TampereUni jointly. DL 1st December 2023 and information can be found from our website espanet-tampere2024.org
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Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · 30/10/2023
✨🌟Call for Papers🌟✨ Acta Sociologica is happy to publish the call for papers for a new special issue: 'Social investment in action' which will be guest-edited by Ditte Andersen and Magnus Paulsen Hansen! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Special issue: ‘Social investment in action’ - Ditte Andersen, Magnus Paulsen Hansen, 2023
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Julian Heide @julianheide.bsky.social · 16/10/2023
Was denken eigentlich Menschen in Armut über sexuelle Diversität, Migration und Sozialpolitik? Und passt das zur vermuteten Spaltung zwischen Kosmopoliten und Kommunitaristen? Die Antwort: Es ist komplizierter. Mehr hier:
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Testfall Armut. Zum Zusammenhang von Ungleichheitseinstellungen und sozialer Lage - KZfSS Kölner Ze...
In contemporary social theory, it is often assumed that cosmopolitan attitudinal complexes are found in upper social strata, whereas lower social strata are characterized by communitarian values. This...
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Wim Van Lancker @wimvanlancker.be · 11/10/2023
Are you an early career researcher working on social policy and/or social work related issues within #sociology? Apply for the Jos Berghman welfare studies stipend and come join our team at KU Leuven in Belgium for a three month research stay. All details here 👉 www.spsw.be
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