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Research Area 1: Restructuring of domestic political conflict

Politicizing Immigration
Head
Prof. Dr. Edgar Grande, Prof. Dr. Swen Hutter
Staff
Carolin Herrmann
Duration: October 2018 - September 2021
Funding: WZB
European elections and political structuring. A comparative analysis
Head
Prof. Dr. Edgar Grande
Dr. Daniela Braun
Staff
Dr. Guillem Vidal
Tobias Schwarzbözl
Duration: July 2016 - June 2020
Funding: DFG
Regional inequalities and the tradeoff between cohesion and competitiveness
Head
Dr. habil. Dieter Plehwe
Staff
Moritz Neujeffski
Duration: 2018-2022
Funding: Stiftung Morgen

Research Area 2: New landscapes of contestation

Political Protest and Radicalization (WZB Protest Monitoring)
Head
Prof. Dr. Edgar Grande, Prof. Dr. Ruud Koopmans, Prof. Dr. Swen Hutter
Staff
Dr. Sophia Hunger, Dr. Eylem Kanol, Teresa Völker
Duration: 12/2019-11/2024
Funding: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
Political Parties in Movements
Head
Prof. Dr. Swen Hutter
Staff
Dr. Endre Borbáth
Duration: October 2018 - June 2021
Funding: VolkswagenStiftung
Raising the Stakes: Issue Linkages, Social Movements, and Populism
Head
Prof. Dr. Swen Hutter
Duration: July 2021 - September 2023
Funding: VolkswagenStiftung
Think Tank proliferation: stratification of knowledge organizations and policy related expertise
Head
Dr. habil. Dieter Plehwe
Duration: 2019-2022
Funding: WZB

Research Area 3: Civil society and social capital

The Potentials of Civil Society: Solidarity and Crisis Management
Head
Prof. Dr. Swen Hutter
Staff
Dr. Endre Borbáth
Duration: 2020
Funding: Berlin University Alliance (BUA)
The Activated Civil Society - An analysis of the sustainable impact of civic engagement on social capital and the common good
Head
Prof. Dr. Edgar Grande, Prof. Dr. Swen Hutter
Prof. Dr. Sabrina Zajak (DeZIM)
Staff
Clara van den Berg
Dr. Elias Steinhilper (DeZIM), Prof. Dr. Helen Schwenken (IMIS)
Duration: January 2020 - January 2023
Funding: Federal Ministry of Education and Research

Research Area 4: Data

Data Portal on Political Conflict and Protest in Europe
Head
Prof. Dr. Edgar Grande, Prof. Dr. Swen Hutter
Prof. Dr. Hanspeter Kriesi
Duration: October 2019 - September 2023
Funding: VolkswagenStiftung, European University Institute