Institute for Social and Cultural Research
The Institute for Social and Cultural Research e. V. ( ISK ) was a non-profit organization, which in 1988 by scientists at the University / Polytechnic Duisburg (head of the later, including Gerhard Jahn Community College in Duisburg ) and Thomas Rommelspacher was founded.
The content of the work done was shaped by the Ruhr area , the region in which the institute was located: an industrial city landscape in which many social problems are more pronounced than elsewhere in Germany . Many of the institute's projects related to the city of Duisburg, the seat of the ISK.
Range of services of the institute
- Preparation and application-oriented analysis of databases that are available in authorities and social organizations but have not yet been used
- Qualitative studies that provide information about self-help potential, coping strategies and interpretation patterns of individual population groups
- Needs and supply analyzes that improve the rationality and accuracy of social planning
- Impact studies that provide information about the effectiveness, efficiency and social acceptance of current and newly initiated programs of action
- Development of strategic concepts, scientific support and advice on model projects
- Further training, organization of specialist conferences, symposia, etc.
In order to ensure that the results of scientific research do not remain without consequences, the ISK also carried out practical projects - on its own or in cooperation with suitable institutions - in which new findings and innovative concepts are tested as models.
The institute's priorities were projects in the area of career choice orientation (within the framework of the School - Economy / Working Life project ), social reporting , migration and aging research .
The ISK was commissioned by the Ministry of Health, Social Affairs, Women and Family of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia to scientifically support the state initiative dementia . The initiative was launched with the aim of developing or bundling measures and projects to improve the situation of people with dementia and their relatives. The tasks of the scientific support included in particular the evaluation and support of more than model projects. The Institute for Social and Cultural Research e. V. - in coordination with the Kuratorium Deutsche Altershilfe - offered a website with information on the model projects and held workshops on special aspects. The institute took part in the consultation and coordination discussions at the state level.
Projects in the context of “ Voluntary engagement by senior citizens” received nationwide attention. The infopool nrw software commissioned by the ISK was used by numerous senior citizens' agencies across the country.
The ISK website seniorenagentur.de was a pioneer in arranging volunteer work via the Internet.
ISK series of publications
- Life in old age
- Social report on the city of Duisburg (interim report)
- Social report on the city of Duisburg (final report)
- Between advice and public communication
- An interim balance of the Duisburg senior citizens' offices
- Chances of district-related work for the elderly
- Report on the work of the Duisburg senior citizens' offices
- Competencies between resignation and multi-activism
- An exploratory study on the development of action potentials for post-occupational employment in old age
- Senior Agency Manual
- A guide to modernizing volunteering. "Paths to care" - development of neighborhood-related action concepts for older people with a migration background (Author: Dipl. Soz.-Wiss. Siamak Farhur )
Research reports from the ISK
- Scientific support for the " Marxloh " project
- Independent living in old age in Duisburg
- Elderly people in Duisburg
- An empirical study of the living situation and leisure activities of the 55 to under 70 year old population
- Meeting places for older citizens in Duisburg
- Analysis of the offer and visitor structure
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- Scientific support for internships
- Migration studies (Dipl. Soc.-Wiss. Siamak Farhur)
- Self-determined living in old age in Duisburg (Rolf Bäumer, Dipl. Soz.Wiss. Siamak Farhur)
- "Neighborhood-based action plans for older migrants" (Dipl. Soz.-Wiss Manfred Hielen)
- Care for dementia patients today and tomorrow - where is the journey going? (Gerhard Jahn)
- Examples of regional platforms for career choice orientation
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information on software "infopool nrw" , German education server