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