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Department of Social Sciences
The picture shows the EF 50 building in the summer © Jürgen Huhn​/​TU Dortmund

Dr. Arne Niederbacher

Portrait Dr. Niederbacher © Aliona Kardash​/​TU Dortmund

Research focus

Cultures of contemporary society (e.g. youth cultures, protest cultures, adoption cultures, student cultures)

Ethnography

Sociology of knowledge