Here you can find an overview of the 39 work packages being addressed in the current funding period of RISC (2024 – 2029).
For an overview of the 109 research projects that were implemented during the first funding period (2020 – 2024), please refer to our German website.
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B_08 - Segmentation of Social Milieus and Their Mutual Evaluation
This work package (WP) is situated within Research Focus 3 and aims to expand the existing data from the project BRE_F_03 through an additional mixed-methods study with a particular focus on marginalized groups and migrants. Within the research area and its focus, the WP makes a…
» View detailsB_09 - Intergroup Conflicts and Symbolic Boundary-Drawing Practices in Digital Social Networks
This work package (WP) builds on research on so-called “perceived polarization” and on the implicit assumption that diagnoses of societal division must always be understood as mediated by communication and perception. Unlike survey-based studies and group discussions on perceived…
» View detailsB_10 - Qualitative Panel: Milieu-Specific Practices of Endangering and Safeguarding Social Cohesion
06/2024 – 05/2029
This work package (WP) has been conducted since June 2020 in close cooperation between the sections Bremen and Göttingen and is being continued in the second funding phase of RISC with the inclusion of the Hamburg section. Building on international research on political polarization and…
» View detailsD_06 - Transformation of the Societal Order of Deliberation
06/2024 – 05/2029
The aim of this work package (WP) is to contribute theoretical and conceptual groundwork that helps address the guiding questions of Research Area D concerning the foundations and conditions of societal debates over knowledge, values, and identities. Using the concept of a “deliberative…
» View detailsD_07 - Prototypes of Social Cohesion
Digital platforms and social media are typically perceived as problematic when it comes to questions of social cohesion. Facebook, X/Twitter, and TikTok are associated with radicalization and hate speech and are therefore considered a threat; platforms such as Airbnb, Deliveroo, and Uber…
» View detailsD_09 - Allyship: Solidary Engagement, Identity, and Social Cohesion
06/2024 – 05/2029
Democratic societies are characterized by ongoing processes of negotiation over interpretive authority, normative frameworks, identities, and participation, which require continual reconfigurations of collective action. As a specific practice of such action, this work package (WP) offers…
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