Social Science Institute of the EKD
The Social Science Institute (SI) of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) and the Evangelical Lutheran Regional Church of Hanover is the scientific service of the EKD and the regional churches . The institute is based in the Warmbüchenviertel in Hanover .
history
The institute was founded on October 1st, 2004 by the Evangelical Church in Germany and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hanover. The institute emerged from the previous social science institute of the EKD in Bochum and the pastoral sociological institute of the Evangelical University of Applied Sciences in Hanover (PSI).
tasks
The institute carries out practice-oriented research projects and works on current topics from the fields of economy and social affairs, social change, the world of work, and the sociology of church and religion. Research results are published in the form of publications. The institute works with scientific methods based on Christian value orientations.
Projects (selection)
The institute carries out projects on various topics, e.g. B:
- Attractive parish
- Church and social spaces
- Volunteer work in church and diakonia
- Religiousness and ecclesiastical ties in the third age
- Church ties of trade unionists
- Person orientation in care
Publications (selection)
- Family-oriented personnel policy in church and diakonia. SI aktuell, Hanover 2012
- Evangelical committed - and growing. Special evaluation of the third volunteer survey. Hanover 2012
- Leadership makes the difference - working conditions for diaconal care in hospitals. LIT Verlag, 2012
- Serve instead of rule - To tame the financial markets. LIT Verlag, 2011
management
The institute is managed by a board of directors and a director . An advisory board accompanies the work of the institute.
chairman of the board
- 2004–2011: Hermann Barth
- since 2011: Arend de Vries , clergyman vice-president at the regional church office in Hanover
director
- 2004–2019: Pastor Gerhard Wegner
- since 2019: Senior Church Councilor Georg Lämmlin
Web link
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.landeskirche-hannovers.de/evlka-de/presse-und-medien/pressemitteilungen/landeskirche/2005/01/04-2378
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from October 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 52 ° 22 ′ 10.2 " N , 9 ° 44 ′ 39.9" E