Research Focus Areas

This page provides an overview of the institute's main focus areas. In order to learn more about the research activities of our other SUZ-members, please refer to section Faculty Mid-Level and PD.

• sociological theory and history of sociological theory
• methods of empirical social research
• labor, education and profession
• generations and family
• youth, seniority, curriculum
• culture and values
• migration and transnationalism
• sociology of justice
• social structure and change
• sociology of economics and organisation
• social policy and welfare

• Marlis Buchmann: Life course, social stratification and mobility, sociology of education, occupation and labour markets, social and cultural change
• Eldad Davidov: Methods and empirical social research, international comparisons, structural equation models, panel data, attitudes and values, decision theories
• Heiko Rauhut: social norms and cooperation, analytical sociology, experimental game theory, sociology of science and quantitative science studies, social networks, quantitative sociology
• Katja Rost: Economic and organizational sociology, digital sociology, social networks, diversity
• Jörg Rössel: Sociological theory, empirical cultural sociology, social stratification, political sociology, comparative historical sociology
• Michael J. Shanahan: Life course sociology (theory and methods), integration of life course and molecular genetics, life course models of health
• Marc Szydlik: Social stratification, life course, labour market, generations, empirical research

• Peter-Ulrich Merz-Benz: Sociological theory and its history, history of ideas, fundamental theory of social sciences, cultural sociology