SOCIUM
| SOCIUM - Research Center Inequality and Social Policy | |
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| Category: | Research Center |
| Carrier: | University of Bremen |
| Legal form of the carrier: | Public corporation |
| Facility location: | Bremen |
| Type of research: | Basic research |
| Subjects: | Social sciences |
| Areas of expertise: | Health Sciences , Political Science , Sociology , Economics , Law |
| Management: | Frank Nullmeier |
| Homepage: | www.socium.uni-bremen.de |
The Research Center Inequality and Social Policy ( SOCIUM ) is an interdisciplinary research facility at the University of Bremen . It deals with research on the social, economic, political, cultural, organizational, legal, historical and socio-medical bases, consequences and changes of social inequality and social policy. In addition, SOCIUM examines the relationship or interactions between inequality and social policy. The SOCIUM emerged from a renaming and expansion of the Center for Social Policy (ZeS).
history
The forerunners of SOCIUM were the two social science research institutes, the Center for Social Policy (ZeS) and the Institute for Empirical and Applied Sociology (EMPAS), each of which was the sponsor of the DFG Collaborative Research Centers 597 (Statehood in Transition) and 186 (Risks and Status Passages in the Life Course). The ZeS was one of the most important German research institutions in the field of social policy. On February 4, 2015, both institutes were merged into SOCIUM.
research
Research at SOCIUM is interdisciplinary. Scientists from the health sciences, political science, sociology, economics and law are involved in it. In addition to their research activities, the members of the SOCIUM teach in various courses at the University of Bremen. The SOCIUM is the central institute of the research area Social Change, Social Policy and the State of the University of Bremen .
structure
The SOCIUM is divided into six departments:
- Theoretical and normative foundations
- Political Economy of the Welfare State
- Inequality Dynamics in Welfare Societies
- CV, CV Policies and Social Integration
- Social inequality and social policy: health, care and old age
- Method research