Research Focus Areas

• Globalisation and institutional change
• Cultural and Religious Diversity and Social Integration
• Educational research

Research Foci: Associated Institutions/ Centres

• Centre for Modern Indian Studies (CeMIS)
• Institut für Demokratieforschung
• Diversity Research Institute
• Institute for Educational Science
• Institute for Cultural and Social Anthropology
• Center of Methods in Social Sciences
• Institute for Political Science
• Institute of Sociology
• Sociological Research Institute (SOFI)
• Institute of Sports Science
• Centre for Empirical Research into Teaching and Schools (ZeUS)
• Center of Modern Humanities

Promoting Research

• Research Department
• EU Office
• Technology transfer
• Funding for Doctoral Studies

Research Training Groups

• RTG 1599 "Dynamics of Space and Gender: discovering – conquering – inventing – narrating"
• RTG 1083 Generational History: Generational Dynamics and Historical Change in the 19th and 20th Century

Regulations

• Requirements for habilitation, a qualification procedure for professorships