Center for Civil Society Research 2021
David Ausserhofer
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The Center conducts research on the foundations, self-understanding, and transformation of civil society in contemporary democratic societies. Using an integrative research approach, it systematically combines protest and social movement research with the empirical analysis of political conflict structures and social capital research. By analyzing political conflicts and transformations in civil society over long periods of time, the Center provides answers to fundamental questions about the future of democracy and social cohesion.

The Center is a joint initiative of the WZB and Freie Universität Berlin launched in 2017 with funding from the Stiftung Mercator and the Volkswagen Foundation.

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Contact

Unit Office:
Katja Geiger
+49 30 25491-303
Mail: sek-zz [at] wzb.eu

Reichpietschufer 50
D-10785 Berlin
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Protest und Wahrheit

Swen Hutter on the power of demonstrations and their potential for radicalization  [19.12.2022, in German]

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Entlastungen bei Energiekosten
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Entlastung und Energiekosten

Treffsicher, gerecht oder mit der Gießkanne?

Discussion with Prof. Dr. Edgar Grande in Deutschlandfunk Kultur, 02.09.2022

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Dieter Bucht
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Mögliche Proteste im Herbst

Soziologe: Populismus vor allem von rechts ist Kernproblem

Interview with Prof. Dr. Dieter Rucht 

Deutschlandfunk, 10.08.2022

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