Current research projects
Demographic and social reproduction of education: an international study
Project management part 1: Dr. Gordey Yastrebov
Employees: Vanessa Wittemann, Zuzana Zilincikova
Duration: Until 30th April 2024
Project management part 2: Prof. Dr. Thomas Leopold
Employees: Vanessa Wittemann
Duration: Till 31. August 2025
ENHANCE
Principal investigators: Sebastian Sattler (Cologne) and Prof. Dr. Guido Mehlkop (Erfurt)
Further contact person: Prof. Dr. Clemens Kroneberg
EUPopLink: Linking euroscepticism and populism: causes and consequences (COST Action, 2024-2027)
Project management: Prof. Dr. Alexia Katsanidou
Duration: 2024-2027
FReDA
Project management: Carolin Thönnissen, Rüdiger Lenke & Nina Schumann
Duration: January 2020 - December 2024
Friendship and violence in adolescence 2024 (FuGJ 2024)
Project management: Prof. Dr. Clemens Kroneberg
Scientific staff: Alexandra Heyden, Maximilian Pickartz, Fiona Seiffert
Student assistants: Amelie Breer, Marie Moneke
Future and Career plans before before high school graduation (ZuBAb study)
A cooperation project between the University of Cologne and the Berlin Social Science Center (WZB)
IRISCC: Integrated Research Infrastructure Services for Climate Change Risks (Horizon Europe, 2024-2027)
Project management: Prof. Dr. Alexia Katsanidou
Duration: 2024-2027
Juvenile delinquency in urban school and residential contexts
PI: Prof. Dr. Clemens Kroneberg
Scientific Staff: Dr. Christof Nägel
Student Assistants: N.N.
Kinmatrix
Management: Prof. Dr. Thomas Leopold
Duration: 1. April 2020 - 1. April 2025
Men4Dem: Masculinities for the future of European democracy (Horizon Europe, 2025-2027)
Project management: Prof. Dr. Alexia Katsanidou
Duration: 2025-2027
Political reforms to promote in-company training. An empirical analysis of the minimum training allowance and training premium
Project management: Prof. Dr. Marita Jacob, Lukas Fervers
Employee: Lina Tobler
Duration: till 31.08.2025
Push*Back*Lash: Antigenic Backlash and Democratic Pushback (Horizon Europe, 2023-2025)
Project management: Prof. Dr. Alexia Katsanidou
Duration: 2023-2025
Social networks and well-being: A multi-method study
PI: Prof. Dr. Lea Ellwardt
Staff members: Amelie Reiner, Paula Steinhoff
TWIN4DEM: Strengthening Democratic Resilience Through Digital Twins (Horizon Europe, 2025-2027)
Project management: Prof. Dr. Alexia Katsanidou
Duration: 2025-2027