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2024
12/18/2024
BNE-Hackathon: school meets science
Karina Maldonado-Mariscal was invited as an expert at the BNE-Hackathon in Dortmund.
12/17/2024
Social innovations compactly: YouTube videos with the highlights of the Network Science now available
Videos on: Keynotes + panel discussion of the Social Innovation Conference in Dortmund and presentations from Workshop “Social Innovation Ecosystems”
12/16/2024
The ATMo² project has been launched
The SFS research field Sociology of Technology has officially launched the ATMo² project as its coordinator.
12/13/2024
SFS participation in the 13th State-wide Day of Gender Research Saxony-Anhalt
Christine Best holds poster lecture at the 13th State-wide Day of Gender Research Saxony-Anhalt
12/13/2024
Social innovation as one focus of the TU delegation's trip to India
sfs scientist Katrin Bauer represented the topic of social innovation and sfs on the TU Dortmund University delegation trip to India.
12/13/2024
EU-SPRI 2025 International Conference – Call for abstracts and papers
Under the conference theme ‘Shaping Societal Futures with STI Policies’
the organising committee is now welcoming proposals.
12/09/2024
Toolbox presented at PartWiss 24
At PartWiss 24, Dr Ann Christin Schulz presented the citizen science toolbox.
12/09/2024
Special Issue published: ‘The role of enabling technologies for employment of people with disabilities’
Bastian Pelka, Frauke Mörike and Lena Hünfeld publish special issue of the ‘Journal of enabling technologies’.
12/06/2024
Community Health Conference: Large participation of the research group Innovation of Inclusion
Members of the Innovation of Inclusion research group presented with colleagues at the Community Health Conference on several projects.
12/05/2024
The implications of social innovation ecosystems for research and practice
Christoph Kaletka and Marthe Zirngiebl organised the 2nd Hot Topic Workshop of the SIGU platform and discussed social innovation ecosystems.
12/05/2024
Anchoring social innovations at universities in Germany: Presentation on a recent research project
At the GWTF conference, PD Dr Christoph Kaletka and Daniel Krüger presented the approach of a recent research project.
11/25/2024
SFS presentation on ‘Industry 5.0 in Smart Manufacturing: The Need for Equilibrium in Work Organization’ at the 6th International Conference on Industry 4.0 and Smart Manufacturing (ISM 2024)
SFS represented by Thorben Krokowski at this year's ISM in Prague with a contribution on ‘Industry 5.0 in Smart Manufacturing’
10/17/2024
Dissertation by Ann Christin Schulz published in the series Dortmunder Beiträge zur Sozialforschung by Springer
Dr. Schulz has successfully published her dissertation about the potential of digitalisation for the participation of people with disabilities.
10/04/2024
Call for tracks & special sessions | 2025 EU-SPRI Annual Conference
Eu-SPRI Conference 2025 will be organised by SFS and other parts of TU Dortmund University.
10/04/2024
1st MobilKreis conference of the DIONA project in Chemnitz
As part of the DIONA project, the 1st MobilKreis conference took place in Chemnitz on 24 and 25 September 2024.
10/04/2024
TU Dortmund University colleagues give keynote speech at the FFT company anniversary
Hanna Scheerer (IIM) and Marlon Philipp (SFS) accepted an invitation from FFT to talk about the transformation of the German automotive industry.
10/02/2024
SFS presentation on “The Vision of Industry 5.0 in the Construction Industry” at the 16th Organization, Technology and Management International Conference
SFS represented by Thorben Krokowski at this year's OTMC in Šibenik with a contribution on “Industry 5.0 in the construction industry”
10/02/2024
Social Engagement in Hubs4Circularity
Circular Economy – The Pathway towards a Sustainable Development
10/02/2024
Start of the Greenteam project in Emsland
37 employees from different administrative departments took part in the two opening workshops in the Emsland district.
09/26/2024
Strengthening transnational cooperation: sfs team from the SmartVille project visits Zambia
Diverse project activities as part of an 8-day project meeting in Lusaka, Kabwe and Livingstone
09/20/2024
SIGU Platform university conference: Social innovations are gaining increasing attention in the university landscape
To meet the growing demand for social innovations, universities need to break new ground. Conference participants discussed measures.
09/19/2024
The 16th ISIRC in Bern in Review
Strongly represented sfs sets new impulses at the 16th ISIRC with lectures and own streams and wins award
07/23/2024
AWIEW with presentations at EASST-4S 2024
AWIEW with a presentation at this year's EASST-4S 2024 conference in Amsterdam.
07/05/2024
Kick-off event for the AUFBRUCH project in Düren
The kick-off event of the graduate cluster AUFBRUCH took place on 2nd of July. The Social Research Centre is involved in a doctoral project.
07/05/2024
Innovation, Inclusion, Participation: sfs Research Group at HCI-Conference
Successful inclusion requires new inclusive practices
07/02/2024
DIONA research project at the three-day International Sustainability Transitions Conference (IST 2024) in Oslo
In June, IST 2024 took place in Oslo, where research findings in the field of sustainable transformation were presented.
06/21/2024
SFS presentation on "Trustworthy AI" at the 2nd World Conference on Data Science & Statistics
Social science participation by the SFS at this year's World Conference on Data Science & Statistics from June 17-19 in Amsterdam.
06/17/2024
Social innovation as a topic at this year's International Schumpeter Conference (ISS) in Gothenburg
International experts discussed a.o. new conceptual and analytical approaches to understanding social innovation
06/12/2024
Eu-SPRI conference 2024 discusses science, technology and innovation for better worlds
The Eu-SPRI conference took place from 5-7 June 2024 at Twente University (NL).
06/11/2024
International experts discuss at the Social Innovation Impact Measurement Conference in Calgary
Experts from Europe and Canada discuss challenges and opportunities of impact measurement and evaluation for social innovation
06/07/2024
SPIRE-SAIS Final Conference
On May 23, the SPIRE-SAIS final conference on skill needs in the EU’s energy-intensive sectors took place at the IBZ of TU Dortmund University.
06/05/2024
Discussion series “Work and democracy”
The network “labor and trade union research” of the University Alliance Ruhr (UA Ruhr) is organizing the discussion series “Work and Democracy”.
05/21/2024
Circular economy at the Circularity Days in Wolfsburg
The Circularity Days held at the Open Hybrid LabFactory on May 15 and 16 are intended to promote exchange between science and industry.
05/21/2024
The Role of Higher Education Institutions (HEI) in the Ecosystem of Social Innovation
The conference of the Platform for Social Innovation and Social Enterprises will take place on September 17, 2024, at TU Dortmund University.
05/16/2024
Sustainable mobility at the STS conference at TU Graz
At the STS conference at TU Graz, researchers explored various questions relating to sustainable mobility.
05/14/2024
Sonja Kirschall's PhD thesis published open access, funded by Open Library Community
Sonja Kirschall publishes her doctoral thesis on the theorization of haptic and tactile reception of audiovisual media with transcript
04/29/2024
Researchers in the DIONA project explore "steel in transition" at Thyssenkrupp Steel
On April 2, 2024, researchers in the DIONA project visited the Thyssenkrupp Steel plants in Duisburg-Beeck.
04/26/2024
Ann Christin Schulz completes successfully her doctorate
Ann Christin Schulz (sfs) has defended her dissertation on "The potential of digitalisation for the participation of people with disabilities".
04/25/2024
Sozialforschungsstelle represented with 2 Horizon Europe projects in the Global Gallery
In the style of a vernissage, outstanding projects from TU Dortmund University will be presented during the event with a poster presentation.
04/25/2024
Towards Digital Ecosystems for Social Innovation (SIDEs): Success factors, challenges and opportunities
Examples from Latin America and Europe show how digital ecosystems can support social innovation.
04/23/2024
New mobility in the Sauerland region?
Representatives of the city and Stadtwerke Menden discussed an innovative mobility system in the Sauerland region with the NeMo.bil project.
04/12/2024
Easy Reading at the Maker Faire Ruhr in the DASA Arbeitswelt Ausstellung
Project team presents the Easy Reading browser plugin to strengthen digital participation on the internet to visitors to the 7th Maker Faire Ruhr.
04/03/2024
Handbook on Social Innovation and Social Policy published, with contribution from the sfs.
Handbook on Social Innovation and Social Policy published. The sfs contributed with a chapter on Social Innovation and Sustainable Development
03/20/2024
SPIRE-SAIS Final Conference “Shaping the Future: Emerging Skills for A Sustainable EU Process Industry” will take place at the TU Dortmund on 23 May 2024
SPIRE-SAIS Final Conference “Shaping the Future: Emerging Skills for a Sustainable EU Process Industry” will take place at the TU Dortmund on 23 May.
03/15/2024
SmartVille project team visits LAB University in Lappeenranta
The SmartVille project team visited the LAB University of Applied Sciences in Lappeenranta (Finland) for a first face-to-face meeting.
03/14/2024
Expert workshop held as part of the STABLE research project
As part of the project "STABLE – Social Transformation of the Building Sector", a workshop with experts took place on 11 March 2024.
03/14/2024
Erasmus+ project on student mental health started at the Social Research Centre
Erasmus+ project SUNMENTORS (Support for University Student Mental Health - Training for Teaching Staff) has been started.
03/12/2024
The book from the ESSA project: Industry 4.0 and the road to sustainable steelmaking in Europe – Recasting the Future
The anthology on the transformation of the steel industry, its effects and solutions for the future has been published.
03/06/2024
Commission of Experts for Research and Innovation (EFI) recommends measures to strengthen social innovation in research and practice Praxis
The Commission of Experts supports the measures set out in the National Strategy for Social Innovation and Enterprises for the Common Good.
02/28/2024
IS2H4C Kick-off meeting last week in Enschede (NL)
Dr. M. Kohlgrüber and C. Behrend from the Social Research Centre represented TU Dortmund University at the kick-off meeting for the new EU prproject.
01/24/2024
EcoDesign 2023 combines ecological and social sustainability
Members of the Sociology of Technology research group visited EcoDesign 2023 in Nara, Japan.
