This is an overview of the research program. You will find more detailed information here. 

Research projects are planned in four life areas. One additional methodological project complements the research program.

Politics

• The Transformation of Political Economies (Prof. Christine Trampusch, Prof. Hans-Jürgen Andreß)

• Programmatic Supply Strategies of Political Parties (Prof. André Kaiser, Assist. Prof. Ingo Rohlfing)

• Party members in democratic states (Assist. Prof. Ingo Rohlfing, Prof. Achim Goerres)
• The development and proliferation of politically relevant norms in democracies (Prof. Achim Goerres, Prof. Detlef Fetchenhauer)

Economy

• Income and Living Standard in International Comparison (Prof. Martina Fuchs, Prof. Hans-Juergen Andreß)

• Social disparities in education and labor markets (Prof. Marita Jacob, Prof. Martina Fuchs)

• The Impact of Culture and Economy on Values and Attitudes (PD Hermann Dülmer, Prof. Elmar Schlüter)

• Socially Responsible Economic Behavior (Prof. Bettina Rockenbach)

Civil Society

• New Living Arrangements in Europe (Prof. Michael Wagner, Prof. Hans-Jürgen Andreß)

• Partners' Employment Situation and Partnership Quality (Prof. Michael Wagner, Prof. Karsten Hank)

• A Comparative Study of Divorce Risks (Prof. Michael Wagner, Prof. Karsten Hank)

• Intergenerational relations (Prof. Karsten Hank)
• Cross-national and life-course perspectives on health (Prof. Karsten Hank)
• The social-welfare state and life situations (Prof. Hans-Jürgen Andreß, Prof. Achim Goerres, Prof. Christine Trampusch)

Culture

• Attitudes towards migrants (Prof. Elmar Schlüter, PD Hermann Dülmer,  Prof. Hans-Jürgen Andreß)

• Integration of Ethnic Minorities (Prof. Clemens Kroneberg, Prof. Hans-Jürgen Andreß)

• Crime and Delinquency in Comparative Perspective (Prof. Clemens Kroneberg)
• Individual and societal determinants of life satisfaction in intercultural comparison (Prof. Detlef Fetchenhauer)

Methods

• Meaning analysis of multidimensional concepts in a factorial survery (PD Hermann Dülmer, Prof. Wolfgang Jagodzinski)