10/27/2026

Wrap-Up-Discussion of the Research Project "Kleinvermieter*innen in Deutschland"

Research Meets Discussion: We Present Key Findings and Invite You to Join the Conversation at the Dortmunder U.

10/20/2026

Spring Conference of the DGS Section on Social Inequality and Social Structure Analysis in Dortmund

Call for Papers for the conference "Are You Doing Well? Privileged Social Positions and Their Dynamics" on March 12–13, 2027

10/06/2026

Focus on Social Inequalities: Presentations by the Department at the DGS Conference

Through presentations, ad hoc groups, and other contributions, the department was actively represented at the 2026 DGS Congress in Mainz.

08/16/2026

Review published in sub\urban - Zeitschrift für kritische Stadtforschung

Philipp Kadelke reviews Michael Byrne’s Beyond Generation Rent

08/01/2026

A warm welcome, Lucas Cé (he/they)!

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05/28/2026

Contribution to edited volume published

"Fragile Behausungen" - Philipp Kadelke publishes an article on the uncertainties associated with rental housing

05/06/2026

Congress of the German Sociological Association 2026

Numerous contributions from our team

04/27/2026

Welcome to the team, Marie Bahr!

Active support for our landlord project

04/27/2026

Our research in public news

Nicole Burzan and Philipp Kadelke on wealth distribution in Germany

04/13/2026

Nicole Burzan in an interview with Deutschlandfunk Kultur

Nicole Burzan reported on research findings on wealthy families in Germany

03/28/2026

What are the social impacts of current housing policies?

Presentation at the Federal Working Conference of the German Tenants' Association

03/06/2026

Price winner

Philipp Kadelke is awarded the Peter A. Berger Section Prize for his dissertation

02/24/2026

Participation in Winter School of the RN05 [ESA]

Nico Steinmann took part in the RN05 [ESA] Winter School in Trento (Italy) from February 16-20.

02/12/2026

How wealth is created and passed on - final event of a research project by TU Dortmund University and SOFI Göttingen

Joint project "Wealth as a social relationship" by TU Dortmund University and SOFI Göttingen investigates the creation and transmission of wealth

01/28/2026

Call for Papers

Contributions sought for edited volume on the topic of rental housing in temporal percpectives

01/13/2026

Nico Steinmann on SWR Mixtalk

Nico Steinmann will be a guest on SWR Mixtalk on 14.01.2026 on the question "What makes cosplay so special?".

01/07/2026

Wrap-up forum of the project "Wealth as a social relationship"

The event will present key results of the research project from the Department of Social Sciences and provide an opportunity for discussion.

12/17/2025

Recognition

Philipp Kadelke receives Dissertation Award of the Department of Social Sciences

11/12/2025

Research article released

New empirical insights from Philipp Kadelke into the nexus of inequality and housing

10/16/2025

Essay "Relationships of violence" published

New essay on the relationship between gender, masculinity and violence published

10/15/2025

Welcome to the team, Azra!

New additions to the department since 01.10.2025

10/01/2025

Goodbye and new responsibilities

Dr. Miriam Schad is starting her work at the Institute for Social-Ecological Research in Frankfurt

08/28/2025

Presentation at ESA RN05 Midterm Conference in Prague

At the conference "Uncharted Territories in the Sociology of Consumption" of the Research Network "Sociology of Consumption" (ESA), Nico Maximilian…

08/20/2025

On the interplay between space and conflict

A new anthology contribution by Miriam Schad and Bernd Sommer on transformation conflicts has been published.

07/24/2025

"Weimarer Immobilienrechtstage 2025"

Presentation by Philipp Kadelke at symposium

07/24/2025

Housing policy attitudes in Germany

Questionnaire successfully submitted to the GESIS Panel

06/15/2025

Three questions for ...

Prof. Dr. Nicole Burzan about her current research projects

05/16/2025

Congress of the German Sociological Association 2025

Numerous contributions by the chair team

03/17/2025

Welcome

Lorenzo Paciello joined our team

02/27/2025

Presentation at a section conference

Philipp Kadelke reveal new reserach results regarding the relationship between tenancy law and social inequality

01/20/2025

Dissertation from Philipp Kadelke available now

A sociology of the homeownership status

01/01/2025

Review published in Soziologische Revue

A discussion by Nicole Burzan and Philipp Kadelke on status work as a mode of life conducts for the middle classes

11/17/2024

New research article published

Philipp Kadelke reveal in a cross-country comparison: private landlordism is a phenomenon of the privileged

11/06/2024

Kick-off PostdocLab

First meeting of the third party funded cross-university working group "Urban Conflicts" (with the member Philipp Kadelke)

10/30/2024

Welcome to our team!

Nico Steinmann joins the team of the Chair of Sociology with a focus on social inequalities in November

09/12/2024

“Lesezeit” research semester for Nicole Burzan

During the winter semester, Miriam Schad represents the professorship.

09/04/2024

Funding successfully acquired

The working group on the topic of "urban conflicts over property" is funded by the College for Social Sciences of the UA Ruhr

08/21/2024

Workshop on right-wing populism

Philipp Kadelke runs a workshop at the conference "The extreme right in Hesse: Analysis and counterstrategies"

04/11/2024

Presentation at the Conference of German Association of Sociology

Under the theme "Classes, classifications, classifications", Philipp Kadelke will speak on the topic of rented living and class

04/11/2024

Ready, set, go: DFG-funded reserach project starts

This month we are taking the first steps in our research project on private small-scale landlords in Germany

02/14/2024

The tenancy as a relationship of fragility?

Presentation by Philipp Kadelke at the conference "Fragile Dwellings" @ Technische Hochschule Nürnberg

01/24/2024

Article in easy_social_sciences (GESIS) published

Who are the beneficiaries of rent payments? Social positions of landlords in Germany

01/23/2024

Dissertation successfully defended

It's done! Philipp Kadelke graduates with honours at the chair

12/01/2023

It's always the fault of the others

Review from Philipp Kadelke published: "Klimarassismus - Der Kampf der Rechten gegen die ökologische Wende"

11/27/2023

Nicole Burzan is a new DFG review board member

11/27/2023

"ThyssenLesezeit" funding approved.

11/16/2023

Visit to the Observatório da Energia Eólica

Miriam Schad speaks at the Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza/Brazil

10/31/2023

Climate protection as a matter of indivial resposibility?

Article published on the relationship between poverty and environmental attitudes

10/16/2023

Polarized worlds - Contributions from the chair

Conference transcript from the German Association of Sociology 2022 released

10/06/2023

VW-Symposium "Perspectives on Social Inequality and Wealth" in Hanover

Project presentation at the interdisciplinary symposium of the Volkswagen Foundation on October 4 and 5 in Hanover, Germany

09/01/2023

Private landlords in Germany: Social situations, positioning, and courses of action

Third-party funding: The German Research Foundation support our reserach project

07/13/2023

New publication in the project "Wealth" published and presentation announcement

New publication by Nicole Burzan and Berthold Vogel published by Soziopolis and presentation announcement from the "Wealth" project

07/10/2023

Landlords and Tenants: A matter of class?

Article published in Critical Housing Analysis

05/09/2023

Feminist perspectives on fatherhood: Benjamin Neumann as panelist

The event series on the successful handbook goes into the next round on 11.05.23

04/04/2023

Welcome!

Maya Halatcheva-Trapp new in the chair

03/14/2023

Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic

Findings on social ties of middle-class families are published

12/13/2022

Global Inequalities and Energy Transition

Workshop participation at the University of Utrecht (Netherlands)

11/17/2022

TU Dortmund awards Rudolf Chaudoire Prize

Award for two outstanding postdocs

07/29/2022

Climate cultures and inequality

Book contribution published in Routledge series