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.

Navigating the two worlds of academic and public communication: the case of sociologists in Germany during the COVID-19 pandemic

Tönsfeuerborn T, Hauck K, Volle J, Kaldewey D (2026) 13(1): 355.

JournalArticlePUB-ID:3015835

Chronic back pain and headaches in a nationwide study of the working population in Germany: Prevalence, symptom severity, associated burden, and related demographic and psychosocial factors

Sattler S, Baumann N, Zerbini G (2026) .

JournalArticlePUB-ID:3016030

At the Right Time: Temporal Precision in Personalised Medicine

Hofmann D, Esposito E (2026) 48(4): e70180.

JournalArticlePUB-ID:3015595

Die Prekarität der Demokratie. Studien zur kritischen politischen Theorie

Flügel-Martinsen O (2026) Bielefeld: Transcript.

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Theories of Radical Democracy: Laclau, Mouffe, Rancière, Butler

Flügel-Martinsen O (2026) In: Žižek Handbook. Finkelde D (Ed); London: Bloomsbury.

BookChapterPUB-ID:3006369

Laclau and Hegemony

Flügel-Martinsen O (2026) In: Žižek Handbook. Finkelde D (Ed); London: Bloomsbury.

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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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