Research projects

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Cinema in the GDR – Reception History 'from Below'
Project management
Several Duration
06/2019 - 05/2022 Funding
Several donors
456 000 €
Christiane Kuller: Until now, the history of GDR cinema has been written primarily as a history of state film policy and production, with research largely ignoring the perspective of moviegoers. This is the point of departure for the citizen science research project "Cinema in the GDR", whose goal is to develop an everyday history of GDR cinema together with contemporary witnesses.
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Erfahrungen von sozial benachteiligten Menschen im ehrenamtlichen Engagement – Was können Organisationen für die Förderung des Engagements daraus lernen?
Project management
Bettina Hollstein Duration
04/2022 - 03/2023 Funding
Deutsche Stiftung für Engagement und Ehrenamt:
70 000 €
On the basis of qualitative interviews with socially disadvantaged volunteers in different contexts, their approaches to volunteering, their experiences in volunteering, their motives and also their perspectives, wishes and suggestions for shaping volunteering will be illuminated. Within the framework of a Citizen Science approach, the conditions for the success of the commitment of people who are particularly affected by social inequality will be developed.
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HEATCOM - Behavioural data for effective heat communication
Project management
Dr. Mirjam Jenny Duration
11/2023 - 12/2026 Funding
Bundesministerium für Gesundheit (BMG):
911 000 €
The project "Behavioural data for effective heat communication – HEATCOM" investigates how citizens behave in heat situations, which factors influence their protective behaviour and which interventions could contribute to health-promoting adaptation. The aim of the project is to generate evidence that can be used by relevant organisations, authorities or the public health service to design specific communication campaigns and intervention programmes. The project will be carried out using the…
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Social Justice under the Condition of Scarcity- social-ethical research on the future of social security in Germany on the condition of controlled and uncontrolled migration
Project management
Prof. Dr. Elke Mack Duration
01/2016 - 12/2019 Funding
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG):
344 000 €
Elke Mack: With reference to the newer philosophical and Christian-ethical debate on immigration, a set of ethical criteria will be developed, which spell out when, to what extent and in which form the admission of immigrants in western welfare states like Germany is a universal obligation, normatively just and ethical, while at the same time considering the limited capacities of national social institutions.
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UncertainTEAM – target group oriented communication of scientific uncertainty in multiple crises
Duration
11/2023 - 10/2026
The project brings together perspectives from communication science, sociology, psychology and educational research to answer the overarching question of how research communication and journalism should best deal with uncertainty in science. To this end, quality criteria and ways of presenting scientific uncertainty based on them will be worked out and tested with the participation of journalists, science communicators and citizens. Successful communication of uncertainty should 1) create an…

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