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of social-ecological challenges and the processes of social change as well as to relate them to one another. After completing their studies, students will have practice-oriented knowledge on social tr [...] approached as threats which have a social dimension both in their causation and in their effects. Within the scope of the program, opportunities and limits for the shaping of social transformations are reflected [...] and quantitative empirical social research methods, as well as transdisciplinary and participatory approaches. As a trans- and interdisciplinary program focused on the social sciences, Transformation Studies
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decisions. The social science infrastructure for social policy research is being thinned out, the number of social policy chairs is being reduced, and research institutes are weakening their social pol- icy [...] it by a social transfer up to the income level they would achieve if they only received the social transfer. Depending on the concrete design of the rules for crediting earned income to social transfers [...] true in general, but it is particularly true of social policy. Not only is there no shortage of diagnoses of increasing inequality, disenfranchisement, social relegation and the fear of it. They are even
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develops its own interpretation of social reality. In this sense, Reckwitz, too, states that practices are the site of the social (Reckwitz 2003). Theories of social practices revolve around microprocesses [...] orders of social difference do practice theoretical analyses show in educational institutions? • Which practices point to a connectivity between educational categories and categories of social inequality [...] approaches to educational realities have proven useful. The analytical and empirical outlook on social practices is par- ticularly promising where educational research focusses on constructions of difference
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knowledge of selected social aspects and debates in and on Europe. Emphasis is placed on current topics which raise debates of relevance to this study programme, including historical, social, cultural and b [...] dominant theoretical questions in fine arts resp. in art history and on autonomous conceptual designs. Social and individual competence: The students gain abilities which enable to them to interact in teams [...] Methodological competence: Cultural knowledge, hermeneutic understanding and logical argumentation Social and individual competence: Respect for different points of view; the ability to mediate between
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SURVEY Relates degrees of social media use with value polarization → how do people use social media? → how strongly do they adhere to or contest core democratic values? → how is social media use related to [...] What is the role of digital and social media in these value conflicts? → How far is the increazing contestation of democratic values linked to widespread use of new social media? → Are the opportunities [...] We combine a cross-country survey of media use and values with a comparative content analysis of (social) media debates. The project focuses on three core democratic value conflicts: (1) freedom of speech
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coal, Energy Research & Social Science, Volume 103, 2023, ISSN 2214-6296 , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2023.103203 Krumm, A. / Süsser, D. / Blechinger, P. (2022): Modelling social aspects of the energy [...] analyses public participation processes in the design of the energy transition and the modelling of social aspects. She has a Master's degree in industrial engineering with a focus on energy and resource [...] energy transition: What is the current representation of social factors in energy models?. Energy 239(4):121706. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2021.121706 Weibezahn, J./ Krumm, A./ Oei, P.-Y./ Färber, L
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work as cultural concepts that have laid the normative foundations for a European social model. To what extent this social model is under threat in a world of increasing political and economic internati [...] Welfare & Work Listen Labour market situations as well as societal and political views on social rights have changed substantially, particularly in the wake of intensified labour migration to and between [...] its research axis Welfare and Work, the study and critical debate of consequent problems related to social risks of unemployment, sickness and poverty in the context of changing societies, and shifting labour
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studies and social sciences. As a student in the EUCS program, you will acquire subject-specific and methodological skills in disciplines within the humanities, cultural studies and social sciences relevant [...] relevant to European Studies. In parallel, you will choose either a cultural or social science focus. You will also acquire expertise in the practical design of various fields of practice relevant to Europe [...] we could see how different issues can be analised from several points of view. Through the class Social Practice (4th semester) , we got the chance to apply the knowledge received through the several semesters
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change and new political options for a socially acceptable coal phase-out in Germany but also globally. Key facts Keywords Coal phase-out, structural change, social justice, modeling, political economy Duration [...] transformation processes so not to endanger the social acceptance of a global energy transition. The project therefore examines the design options for a socially acceptable coal phase-out plan for Germany. [...] coal phase-out which combines the goals of sustainability, security of supply, competitiveness, and social compatibility. Building on this, country case studies have been used to examine the transferability