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The failing integration of newcomers in Germany: can Artificial Intelligence help?

June 17, 2025 by Hans Blokland, Project reports, refugees and integration No Comment 0 Views

Since 2016, Social Science Works has carried out dozens of integration projects with and for refugees for a wide range of clients. In addition, we have conducted extensive quantitative and qualitative research, particularlyRead More

Social media are useless for civic and political participation: experiences with a pr

September 29, 2023 by Hans Blokland, by Hans Blokland, Project reports, Social Criticism No Comment 7 Views

The political participation of young people in general and rural youth in particular is not optimal. Consequently, they are underrepresented in politics, which in turn affects the extent to which their interests areRead More

Final Report on the Project Empowering Refugee Children in Rangsdorf

April 26, 2023 Project reports, refugees and integration No Comment 4 Views

Starting in August 2022, Social Science Works conducted a project with children in Rangsdorf who live with their parents in the two refugee homes located in the community. These are often children whoRead More

Our Europe for All – Civic engagement among young European citizens in Berlin a

February 6, 2022 by Hans Blokland, by Paola Perrin de Brichambaut, Project reports No Comment 4 Views

Democratic institutions around the world seem to be losing appeal for an increasing number of citizens. Many of the debates in Western social and political science and philosophy in recent decades have revolvedRead More

Plattelandsjongeren, Politieke Participatie en Sociale Media: Ervaringen met een Proj

November 23, 2021 by Hans Blokland, by Hans Blokland, Project reports No Comment 4 Views

De politieke participatie van jongeren in het algemeen en die van jongeren op het platteland in het bijzonder is niet optimaal. De betrokkenen zijn dan ook ondergerepresenteerd in de politiek, hetgeen weer gevolgenRead More

Does the support of democratic values lead to higher degrees of individual social tol

March 1, 2021 by Yusril Nurhidayat, Project reports No Comment 9 Views

In an increasingly interconnected world in which national borders are losing significance, promoting social tolerance is critical. Unfortunately, maintaining harmony and peace in emerging multicultural societies has proven challenging. This article shows theRead More

Deliberating Discrimination, Antisemitism, Racism, Sexism, Homophobia in Volatile Sch

March 4, 2020 by Hans Blokland, Project reports, Research No Comment 6 Views

In 2019 Social Science Works enjoyed a close cooperation with a district-school in Hamburg. We formed two groups of about 12 pupils each that volunteered to participate in our deliberative project on discrimination,Read More

Recruiting Participants for a Workshop on Gender Equality in Berlin: Lessons Learned

December 23, 2019 by Anne Flake, Project reports No Comment 4 Views

Many of today’s democracies are in crisis, when considering the decreasing levels of voter turnout, party membership, and trust in established political institutions and actors (Blokland 2011, 1ff; Dalton et al. 2004, 124).Read More

Was will eine Frau eigentlich? On discussing Gender Equality in Germany.

September 23, 2019 by Hans Blokland, Deliberation, Project reports No Comment 5 Views

Gender equality is a pivotal topic in many of the deliberative workshops we have implemented in the last couple of years in Germany. Originally, German authorities considered it important to discuss the rightsRead More

Angry, but not bad people on the Brandenburg countryside

June 5, 2019 by Hans Blokland, by Hans Blokland, Deliberation, Populism, Project reports, Research No Comment 4 Views

We are in a small town in rural Brandenburg and talk for two days with 32 long-term unemployed people. Most of them are older than 50. They opted to become a part ofRead More

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