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New Publication: merzWissenschaft 2025 on the topic “Media and Emotions”
The new merzWissenschaft Yearbook 2025 focuses on the topic of “Media and Emotions.” Edited by Margreth Lünenborg and Katrin Döveling, the volume opens with an editorial that outlines current developments in emotion and affect research within media and communication studies.
Nov 19, 2025 | Journalism Studies
Sustainable supply chains through seals and laws
Article by Prof. Partzsch in Forest Policy and Economics
Nov 13, 2025 | Center for Comparative Politics with a Focus on Environmental and Climate Politics
Chocolate without rainforest destruction: why laws are more important than seals
Lecture by Prof. Partzsch as part of the Biodiverse Berlin lecture series
Nov 13, 2025 | Center for Comparative Politics with a Focus on Environmental and Climate Politics
IfS Coffee & Talks
Seminar room 323, Garystr, 55 and via Webex (hybrid)
Nov 07, 2025 | Institute of Sociology
‘Greening’ international trade
New peer-reviewed article in Global Environmental Change
Nov 05, 2025 | Center for Comparative Politics with a Focus on Environmental and Climate Politics
New publication Far-right agenda setting: How the far right influences the political mainstream
Daniel Saldivia Gonzatti, Teresa Völker
Nov 04, 2025 | Political Sociology
New publication: Social media sampling is an effective way to access hard to survey populations and low prevalence groups
Dennis Klinke, Jannes Jacobsen, Manuel Dierse, Thorsten Faas Denis Gerstorf, Hannah Helal, Swen Hutter, Jule Specht
Nov 04, 2025 | Political Sociology
New publication How local brokers keep interaction going: pro-refugee communities after heightened mobilization
Clara van den Berg, Swen Hutter
Nov 04, 2025 | Political Sociology
Institute Council Meeting
05.11.2025, 10:00-11:30 a.m. (sharp), hybrid (Seminar Room 323, Garystr. 55 & Webex)
Nov 03, 2025 | Institute of Sociology
Panel Discussion on 27.11.2025: “Guardians of Democracy and Inclusion?”
Oct 30, 2025 | Sociology with Focus on Gender Studies
27.+28.11.2025: Workshop “Contested Spaces of Democracy and Inclusion in European Universities”
Oct 30, 2025 | Sociology with Focus on Gender Studies
EU supply chain law watered down to a paper tiger?
Prof. Partzsch in Der Tagesspiegel
Oct 30, 2025 | Center for Comparative Politics with a Focus on Environmental and Climate Politics
New Publication: „Shame must change sides: Affective media practices and the Mazan rape cases on TikTok“
The rise of digital platforms has transformed feminist activism, reshaping how sexualized violence is discussed, witnessed, and challenged. In a new article published in Media, Culture & Society , our colleagues Annabella Backes , Margreth Lünenborg , and Kerstin Schankweiler examine responses to the Mazan rape cases on TikTok, focusing on survivor Gisèle Pelicot’s powerful statement: “Shame must change sides.”
Oct 29, 2025 | Journalism Studies
MA Sociology Information Session for first semester students
Wednesday, 29.10.2025; Ihnestr. 21, 14195 Berlin: Lecutre hall B; 16:00 - 18:00
Oct 24, 2025 | Master of Arts "Sociology – European Societies"
Job posting for 1 Research Assistant (postdoc) (m/f/d) full-time job limited to 3 years
Oct 22, 2025 | Social Stratification and Survey Methodology
New publication: Affective connotations according to LLMs
Diego Dametto, Aidan Combs, Christophe Blaison, Renee Leung, Aarti Malhotra, Tobias Schröder, Jesse Hoey, Lynn Smith-Lovin
Oct 20, 2025 | Sociology of Emotions
New research project: Gender role and justice attitudes
Oct 16, 2025 | Social Stratification and Survey Methodology
Workshop on Qualitative Research Methods
Friday, 17 October, 13:00-16:00 pm | Lecture Hall C, Garystr. 55
Oct 15, 2025 | Institute of Sociology
