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Congratulations on two new grants!

Two projects involving our researchers at the Department of Sociology studying generational family diversity and birth rate changes respectively have been granted research funding by the SNF and the PRC. Bravo! 

Steinmetz, S., Rossier, C., Gauthier J.-A., Le Goff, J.-M., Zinn, I., Gesine, F., Mira, N.S., Rössel, J., Rost, K.,Giesselmann, M., Rossier, C. (2024), 
(Un)changing gender relations, family dynamics, and fertility in Switzerland from a comparative perspective (GenFam) (GenFam).
SNF, 2’585’211 CHF.
Read more about the Swiss National Science Foundation project here.

 

Staub, K., Burkhard, T., Rost, K. (2025), 
Towards a better understanding of the ongoing decline in the birth rate in Switzerland: Updating trends and exploring the potential of dataset triangulation.
PRC Seed Grants, 20,000 CHF.
Read more about the project here on the Population Research Center website here.

Weiterführende Informationen

Jörg Rössel

 Jörg Rössel's Research focus areas are sociological theory, empirical cultural sociology, social stratification, political sociology, and comparative historical sociology. He researches and teaches at the Department of Sociology since 2008 as an Ordinarius of Sociology.

Marco Giesselmann

Marco Giesselmann coordinates and conducts the training in data management and data analysis at the Department of Sociology. His research is devoted primarily to the impact of institutions on individual living conditions.

Katja Rost

Katja Rost's area of research is economic and organizational sociology. She is co-director of the URPP Human Reproduction Reloaded.

URPP Human Reproduction Reloaded | H2R

The University Research Priority Program  «Human Reproduction Reloaded | H2R» seeks to understand and provide policy guidance on the societal impact and legal challenges of rapidly changing medical technology on human reproduction.

Read more about the URPP "Human Reproduction Reloaded"

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