Regular & Affiliated Fellows
BIGSSS hosts more than 90 international fellows in its PhD Programs. Please find below their research profiles, publications and contact information.
Regular Ph.D. Programs
- Research Training Group "Social Dynamics of the Self" (SELF)
- DAAD-GSSP "Global Dynamics of Social Policy and Social Cohesion" (GSPSC)
- DAAD-GSSP "Global Inequality, the Middle Classes and the Welfare State" (GloWel)
- BIGSSS-departs / EU COFUND
- DFG Excellence Initiative
Affiliated Ph.D. Program
Visiting Ph.D. Program
DFG Excellence Initiative
Research Interests
- Work and Retiremeent
- Immigration Studies
Research Interests
- Institutional Economics
- Economic Sociology
- Income Inequality
- Relative Deprivation
- Trust
Research Interests
Organizational Sociology
Social Theory
Welfare State and Labour Market
Qualitative Methods
Research Interests
Global governance and international organisations
Political Sociology
Armed conflict & Forced migration
Peacekeeping, humanitarianism, development aid, particulary in regards to the 'Protection of Civilians'
Qualitative methods/ Ethnography
Geographic focus: Central and East Africa
Research Interests
- Social inequality, perceptions of relative deprivation
- Emotions
- Populism
- Comparative social research
- Methods of social research
- Experimental research
- Social norms
- Perceptions of injustice
Research Interests
Political Sociology
Education
Research Interests
- Health inequality
- Welfare states
- Systematic review and meta-analysis
- Reproducible research
Job
BIGSSS Senior Coordinator of the Deans' Office
Service areas
- Internal organization, processes & management
- Event management
- Public relations (PR material)
- Social media & newsletter
BIGSSS-departs / EU COFUND
Research Interests
Coming from Serbia, my interests focus mainly around societal outliers—Roma children and families, LGBTIQ adolescents, and gifted underachieving pupils. I am currently working on a project investigating the interplay of individuals' personal values and values they are exposed to while interacting with their immediate social groups, and its effects on subjective well-being.
- Child and Adolescent Psychology
- Educational Psychology
- Mental Health
- Values
- Personal Construct Psychotherapy
- Mixed Methods
Research Interests
Digital anthropology
Interpretive sociology
Philosophy of language
Philosophy of mind
Grounded Theory
Netnography & multi-sited ethnography
Thematic & qualitative content analysis
Research Interests
I conduct research on Global Regulatory Governance, focusing on the intermediary actors operating in transnational and state regulation process of labor standards. I am particularly interested in studying the strategic behaviours employed by the stake-holding actors, including work on governance tactics, legislative instruments, and the role that constitutional characteristics and contemporary industrial relations play in shaping these strategies.
My ongoing project looks at relations among key actors (e.g. Ministry of Labor, the tripartite representatives and International Labor Organisation (ILO), international organisations (IOs), ad-hoc initiatives, international and national non-governmental organisations (INGOs & NGOs), and contemporary social movements…). I further investigate how the network of these actors shapes their strategic intervention towards the promotion of labor standards in specific institutional settings.
Research Interests
- Social Complexity
- Agent-based modelling
- Immigrant Integration
Research Interests
- Sociology of the Family
- Intersectionality
- Elderly-Care Arrangements
- Gender and Social Policy
- Feminist Methodology
- Life Course Research
Research Interests
- Informal sector labour
- Welfare State, Social Protection
- Gender and the informal employment
- Welfare State for the informal sector labour
Research Interests
- Emerging powers
- Chinese entrepreneur networks
- New Silk Road
- Social network analysis; qualitative interviews
DAAD-GSSP "Global Dynamics of Social Policy and Social Cohesion" (GSPSC)
Research Interests
My research interest span around these fields:
- Housing inequalities
- Urban development
- Disaster risk management
- Urban informality economy
Research Training Group "Social Dynamics of the Self" (SELF)
Research Interests
Culture, Moral Judgment, Social Cognition, Implicit measures
Research Interests
- Social Cohesion
Research Interests
- Norms
- Human Morality
- Attitudes
- Prejudice
- Inter/Intra-Group Relations
- Intergroup Conflict
- Integration
- Social Identity
- Human Evolution
- (Cross-)Cultural Psychology
Research Interests
- Cultural Psychology
- Self across different cultural backgrounds
- Values
- Acculturation
Research Interests
- Welfare states and social policy
- Redistributive preferences
- Deservingness opinion
- Family policies
- Gender inequalities
DAAD-GSSP "Global Inequality, the Middle Classes and the Welfare State" (GloWel)
Research Interests
- Family Solidarity
- Social Policy
- Welfare State
- Attitudes
- Labour Market Inequalities
- Quantitative Methods
- Survey Methodology
Research Interests
Care work; Elderly; Emotional labour; Gender inequality; Class inequality; Qualitative methods; Latin American research; Feminist studies
Research Interests
Social Comparison, Subjective Social Status, Social Stratification, Redistributive Preferences
Research Interests
- Care work
- Feminist political ecology
- Feminist political economy
- Qualitative methods
- Rural sociology
Visiting Program
BIGSSS, Constructor University
Visiting PhD 07-12/2023 (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul)
Affiliated Ph.D. Program
Research Interests
Healthcare Systems in Central and Eastern European Countries (CEECs)
The Welfare State in Central and Eastern European Countries (CEECs)
International Organizations especially the World Bank and IMF
Health Financing Policies and Politics
Research Interests
Noncognitive skills (particularly grit and self-control)
Positive psychological approach to personality
Educational inequalities
Research Interests
- Distribution and diffusion of national and global patterns of labour law
- (International) Organisations, their actors and power
- mixed-methods research
- workers representation, especially works councils
Research Interests
- Migration studies and Transnationalism
- Long-Term Care Policy
- Gender, Labour Market and Social Policy
- Qualitative Research
Research Interests
- Healthcare Systems in East-central Europe
- Quality of health care
- Patient safety
- Patient rights
Research Interests
Sociology of the Family
Intergenerational Value Transmission
Qualitative & Quantitative Research Methods
Research Interests
- Institutional Economics
- Institutional Change
- Political Economy of Institutions
- Coastal Blue Economy
- Environmental Governance
- Common-Pool Resource Governance
- Co-management regimes
Research Interests
- Intergenerational Inequality
- Family and intergenerational reproduction
- Extracurricular activities and skill development
Research Interests
- Social policy in Ukraine under conditions of war
- Social care for internally displaced people
- Civil society
- Democratic processes in post-soviet countries
Research Interests
Strategies and Actors of Economic Transformation
(Historical) Regionbuilding
Structural Policies in Socialism and Capitalism
Research Interests
- Future of Work
- Digitalisation
- Digital Economy
- Decent Work
- Platform governance
- Data Work
- Artificial Intelligence
Universität Bremen, Forschungsinstitut Gesellschaftlicher Zusammenhalt (FGZ)
Tel.: +49 421 218-58548
Research Interests
Various developments are increasingly challenging social cohesion, such as anthropogenic climate change, globalisation or populism. In particular, the nature of the latter, including its effects on European democracies, has become the focus of my research interest in recent years.
Research Areas
Migration Studies
Social Policy
Political Theory
Comparative Politics
Social Stratification
Qualitative Methods
Quantitative Methods
Research Interests
I am interested in abstract concepts, modelling, and designing to build pragmatic solutions
considering spatial and statistical aspects. I am inspired by interdisciplinary methodologies while
shaping my frameworks.
Research Interests
- Transition
- East Germany
- Entrepreneurship
- Vocational Training
- Life-long Learning
Research Interests
Comparative Political Economy, Public Opinion, Public Policy, Quantitative Research Methods.
Research Interests
- Social policy
- Identities
- Public policy
Research Areas
Social Policy
Welfare State Research
Development Research
Comparative Politics
Quantitative Methods
Research Interests
- Party Positioning
- Natural Language Processing
- Parliamentary Debate Analysis
Research Interests
- Migration studies
- Diaspora studies
- Cross-cultural psychology
- Belongingness
- Longing
- Otherness
- Subjectivation
- Narratives analysis method
Research Interests
- Social protection policies across the Global South
- Social inclusion
- Family policies
- Gender and the welfare state
Research Interests
Theoretical interests:
- Sociology of the Life Course
- Family Sociology
- Gender Studies
Research methods:
- Methods of Causal Inference in the Social Sciences
- Longitudinal Data Analysis
Research Interests
Discourses, path dependencies and actors of the political and economic transformation in Poland
Higher education policies in the context of welfare and economic policies
Parliamentary debates and party positions on higher education policies in Poland since 1989