News (German)

PhD Position in project «Causes, Contexts, Consequences: Understanding Immigrant Integration through Citizenship» (80%)

The Departement of Sociology offers a PhD position per March 15 in an SNF project. The position is time-limited and 80% for 4 years.

Postdoc Position in DIGINEQ at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB)

The Centre for Demographic Studies (CED) and Department of Sociology from Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) are looking for an outstanding social scientist to fill in a 3-year Postdoc position funded by the ERC Consolidator Grant project DIGINEQ – «Digital Time Use, Adolescent Well-Being, and Social Inequalities».

PhD Position in DIGINEQ at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB)

The Centre for Demographic Studies (CED) and Department of Sociology from Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) are looking for an outstanding social scientist to fill in a 4-year PhD position funded by the ERC Consolidator Grant project DIGINEQ – «Digital Time Use, Adolescent Well-Being, and Social Inequalities».

💬 Public talks at SUZ cancelled ❌: Beate Völker on «"Still not belonging to us?" Safety perceptions and collective social capital in areas with different migration histories in the Netherlands»

👉🏻 «Current Sociological Research CSR» public talk series
📆 December 3, 2024, 12:15-13:45
👤 Guest speaker: Beate Völker
📍 cancelled

Every semester, our Department hosts a series of public talks (colloquiums) on the topic of «Current Sociological Research (CSR)» with local researchers and invited guest speakers.

New publication by Larissa Fritsch et. al: «Does culture improve affective well-being in everyday life? An experimental sampling approach»

The study explores how cultural participation influences daily well-being using Experience Sampling Methodology (ESM). Unlike previous studies, it uses ESM to gather real-time data from over 270 respondents through mini-questionnaires over a week.

Reminder: last chance to RSVP for «Status and health: from immunity to society» by the Center for Human Immunology

The recently established Center for Human Immunology (CHI) will start a series of talks and discussions whereby in each session one speaker will cover a topic of human immunology and another speaker a related topic of social science, healthy aging, and data science. Every session will be followed by a networking apero.

New Event: Valentina Petrović presents her book «Structural Origins of Post-Yugoslav Regimes»

Valentina Petrović presents her book «Structural Origins of Post-Yugoslav Regimes» in a panel discussion hosted by Matica Bosnia and Herzegovina. The event takes place on the November 29 in the Karl der Grosse, Zürich.

New Event: Guest Lecture by Mette N. Svendsen on «Questions of nearness: An ethnography of how piglet research contributes to human reproduction»

This talk brings together research piglets in an experimental setting and preterm infants in intensive care in Denmark to investigate questions of nearness.

The lecture will be online via Zoom on Friday, 29 November 2024, from 2.00-3.45pm (CET).

New article: The Increase in Refugees to Germany and Exclusionary Beliefs and Behaviors

In 2015–16, Germany experienced a rapid and controversial increase in refugees that varied substantially across German districts. Against this background, Marco Giesselmann, David Brady, and Tabea Naujoks explore change in exclusionary beliefs and behaviors.

New Article: Geographical and aesthetic inclusiveness: A new cultural worldview? The case of nine European countries

Jordi López-Sintas, Tally Katz-Gerro, Jörg Rössel, and Simon Walo explore whether Europeanization, globalization, and migration processes have led to a new exclusionary cultural worldview and the possible underpinnings.