Research of the Faculty of Sociology at Bielefeld University
Research at the Faculty of Sociology is diverse and spans a range of subdisciplines in Sociology, Political Science and Social Anthropology. One distinct trademark is cross-disciplinary work, such as for example in research on world society, gender or labour market research.
The gender gap in fair earnings: the effect of male and female supervisors
Adriaans J, Sauer C, Kirsch A, Wrohlich K (2026) 24(2): 1169-1192.
2026 JournalArticle PUB-ID:3012367
The East–West Gap in Pay Fairness Perceptions Converged Between 2009 and 2023
Adriaans J, Sauer C (2026) .
2026 JournalArticle PUB-ID:3017351
Perceived fairness of division of labor and relationship satisfaction
Adriaans J, Bohmeier M, Sauer C (2026) 38: 348-362.
2026 JournalArticle PUB-ID:3019212
Simon M (2026) In: Performances of Protest and Resistance: Contesting Russia's Nationalism. Meerzon Y, Listengarten J, Sklez V (Eds); Bloomsbury Publishing Plc: 227-244.
2026 BookChapter PUB-ID:3020086
Liu Y (2026) 11: 1780253.
2026 JournalArticle PUB-ID:3018000
Designing Beyond Anthropomorphism: Human- and Robot-Like Error Recovery for Robot Navigation Errors
Garcia Goo H, Schadenberg B, Schneider S, Evers V (2026) In: Proceedings of the 26th ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents. Lucas G, Neff M, Gillies M, Kopp S, Clavel C (Eds); New York, NY, USA: ACM: 1-12.
2026 ConferencePaper PUB-ID:3020050
Research projects
The Faculty of Sociology works on a wide range of research topics. These research topics range from work and digitalization, migration and social theories, to world society and world politics.
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Research subjects
In addition to individually and collaboratively conducted research and writing projects, much of the research is externally funded, ranging from single to collaborative and long-term projects.
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8. September 2026 - Digi-Gap: Neues Verbundprojekt gestartet
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8. September 2026 - Elena Esposito erhält den Balzan-Preis 2026
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26. August 2026 - ZfS: Aushandlungsprozesse um technologisches und symbolisches Kapital - Artikel ahead of print erschienen
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25. August 2026 - New book: Worldviews of Ice
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13. August 2026 - RTG 2951: Second MoCaF Fact Sheet Published
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13. August 2026 - Zeitschrift für Soziologie: Call for Papers für Schwerpunktheft "Kulturelle Praktiken und Prozesse transnationaler und globaler Ungleichheiten"
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26. Juli 2026 - “Interdisciplinary Dialogue Often Happens in the Spaces In Between” RTG 2951 Doctoral Researcher Varsha Joshi on her Participation at the IMISCOE 2026 Conference in Girona
