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European welfare
states are facing major structural challenges: an ongoing employment
crisis, growing social inequality and an approaching crisis of the
public health system. In the search for solutions to social
problems, however, the focus is too much on fighting the symptoms in
a short-term perspective rather than on long-term prevention. The
research area “Education, Work and Life Chances” focuses on the
systematic evaluation of societal structural change and the problems
resulting from it. The core question is how institutions in the area
of state and civil society can be structured in a way that enables
them to contribute to employment, social integration and increased
quality of life. Is it true that we are “running out of work” and
that employment conditions are becoming more and more flexible and a
burden for our health? How can institutions be re-arranged in a way
that true gender equality can be realised in all realms of society,
including the labour market and politics? How are different states
changing their social security systems, and what are the
consequences in the face of demographic change and growing
internationalisation?
The research area includes the research units “Inequality and Social Integration“ and “Skill Formation and Labour Markets“, as well as the research groups “Public Health“, “National Education Panel Study: Vocational Training and Lifelong Learning“, “Education and Transitions into the Labour Market“ and the research professorships: “Demographic Development, Social Change and Social Capital” and “Social and Political Theory“. The Emmy Noether Junior Research Group: “‘Love’, Work, Recognition” also forms part of the area. Together, these groups organise a seminar series including internal and external lectures. |
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