Search
Research topics
Research topics
Research topics
The PROSOCIAL project is a large collaborative project funded by Leibniz 2025-2028. Institutional partners involved are, among others, RWI Essen, University Hamburg, PIK and many expert individual researchers like Mark Andor (RWI), Andreas Lange (U Hamburg), Lorenz Goette (NUS), René Bekkers (VU Amsterdam), Steffen Huck (WZB), Isabel Thielmann (MPI), Linus Mattauch (PIK & TU Berlin), and others.
Research fields
The Network
Research fields
Labor shortages and skills mismatches pose significant challenges for Germany and other advanced economies, which are further exacerbated by the retirement of the baby boomer generation, the digital transformation and the ecological transformation of the economy. These developments are fundamentally changing labor demand, task structures and skill requirements, leading to a growing mismatch between skills offered and skills needed.
Research fields
This project investigates the underlying causes of gender gaps in the labor market, emphasizing skill mismatches, task divisions, social norms, and implicit gender biases.
By employing quasi- and survey-experimental methods with data from Germany and OECD countries, the research examines policies like parental leave and public child care.
It explores the effects of these factors on skill development and wage perceptions, particularly related to parenthood status and cultural norms.
Research fields
Digital technologies are reshaping how people encounter, select, and understand the news. While online platforms and artificial intelligence can make information more accessible, they can also prioritize sensationalist content, reduce exposure to diverse perspectives, and make it harder to distinguish reliable journalism from misinformation. At the same time, a growing number of people are disengaging from the news altogether.