In addition to various conceptual projects, which you can find on the team members' pages, the following empirical research projects are being carried out in relation to the focus areas:

Area 1: Types of Social Order and New Forms of Collective Action

► Leibniz Science Campus “Resiliences” funded by the Leibniz Association:

Interdisciplinary collaborative project on methodological, substantive and theoretical challenges of resilience research

Roles: Principal Investigator Robert Jungmann; Project management Alexandra Busch and Martin Endreß

Duration: 10/2024-10/2027

► “Masterminds of a Realizable Energy Transition? Epistemic Influencing Strategies of Think Tanks as Field Activities” funded by the DFG:

Mixed-methods study on the generation of expertise and scenarios by think tanks in the energy transition.

Roles: Project management Robert Jungmann, assistance Takis Jakob

Duration: 11/2024-11/2027

► “Recursive Standardization in the Energy Transition. On the Transformation of Energy Supply” funded by the DFG:

Interdisciplinary study on the negotiation and relation of technical, legal, political and social norms of the energy transition between companies, associations, ministries, courts and other organizations

Roles: Collaboration Robert Jungmann; Project management: Cristina Besio, Margrit Seckelmann, Arnold Windeler

Duration: 07/2023-07/2025

► “SIEU” Funded by the Excellence Initiative as Part of the UniCat Cluster of Excellence:

Mixed-methods study on interorganizational cooperation between working groups in chemistry, physics, biology and engineering for the biocatalytic production of green hydrogen.

Roles: Collaboration: Robert Jungmann; Project management: Nina Baur

Duration: 10/2011-10/2016

► “Labor criticism and new forms of protest on the subreddit r/antiwork” with own funds: 

Qualitative study on the framing of criticism of contemporary working conditions and its consequences for the mobilization of new forms of online protest in the US

Roles: Project management Robert Jungmann, collaboration Takis Jakob and Max Schmidt

Duration: 02/2023-02/2026

► MoMasU, EU-funded practical project based at ISBW gGmbH in Neustrelitz:

Comparative study on the reflexive linking of digital and demographic transformation in small rural businesses. Care services, daycare centers and training companies are being compared. In particular, the strategic-critical collection of information about future developments, anticipated knowledge and skills as well as the use of future visions for decision-making in the companies are examined.

Roles: Consulting and collaboration Robert Jungmann and Iwona Wyzgol

Duration: 04/2021-07/2022