Eggs from algae, burgers made from insects and sausages from lupin seeds: new and increasingly unconventional foodstuffs are appearing on the market. They are indicative of a strong interest for…
How does social control take place in an increasingly digitalised world? Our new research project deals with this question using the example of electronic machine gambling in amusement arcades. The…
This research project explores the discourses, imaginaries, practices and consequences of public drug use from the 1970s until the present, with a focus on Western and Central European cities. Cultures…
Der interdisziplinäre Forschungsverbund „Kulturen des Kompromisses“ untersucht die sozioökonomischen, politisch-rechtlichen und kulturellen Bedingungen des Kompromisses in unterschiedlichen Kontexten, Kulturen und Epochen. Ausgehend von einer Analyse westlicher Gegenwartsgesellschaften werden die Voraussetzungen…
The growing digitalization of vital parts of life changes the relationship between humans and their bodies. This fundamental change can be observed by lifelogging. It can be summarized by diverse…
Participedia harnesses the power of collaboration to respond to a recent global phenomenon: the rapid development of experiments in new forms of participatory politics and governance around the world. We…
**SINCE 01.07.2019 THE TEAM OF DR. STEVEN ENGLER RESEARCHES AT THE FACULTY OF GEOSCIENCES OF THE RUHR-UNIVERSITY BOCHUM**. In order to legitimise political decisions on the plastic litter problem, it…
F. Tenbruck’s concept of lateral sociation (querläufige Vergesellschaftung) refers to the sociological possibility and probability that manifold sociation processes have, in all likelihood throughout history, been a feature of existing…
The project aims at reconstructing the ongoing process of communicative construction of excessive gambling as an ‘addiction’ – thus as a treatable and manageable ‘disease’. The study will examine the…
