Social media are useless for civic and political participation: experiences with a project in Germany
The political participation of young people in general and rural youth in particular is not ...
Final Report on the Project Empowering Refugee Children in Rangsdorf
Starting in August 2022, Social Science Works conducted a project with children in Rangsdorf who ...
Our Europe for All – Civic engagement among young European citizens in Berlin and Brandenburg
Democratic institutions around the world seem to be losing appeal for an increasing number of ...
Plattelandsjongeren, Politieke Participatie en Sociale Media: Ervaringen met een Project in Duitsland.
De politieke participatie van jongeren in het algemeen en die van jongeren op het platteland ...
Does the support of democratic values lead to higher degrees of individual social tolerance? A case study from Germany
In an increasingly interconnected world in which national borders are losing significance, promoting social tolerance ...
Deliberating Discrimination, Antisemitism, Racism, Sexism, Homophobia in Volatile Schools in Hamburg: Why was there a wall between East and West Germany and not one between the North and the South?
In 2019 Social Science Works enjoyed a close cooperation with a district-school in Hamburg. We ...
Recruiting Participants for a Workshop on Gender Equality in Berlin: Lessons Learned
Many of today’s democracies are in crisis, when considering the decreasing levels of voter turnout, ...
Was will eine Frau eigentlich? On discussing Gender Equality in Germany.
Gender equality is a pivotal topic in many of the deliberative workshops we have implemented ...
Angry, but not bad people on the Brandenburg countryside
We are in a small town in rural Brandenburg and talk for two days with ...
Talking straight to youngsters in Hamburg
We are in a less affluent part from Hamburg for a two-day Workshop. About 70% ...
“People have to work!” A Deliberation at a Secondary School in Brandenburg
This “Schule mit Courage” in a town East of Berlin has in total 330 pupils. ...
A Deliberative Workshop with Chechen
Since 2016 Social Science Works has implemented more than forty rows of workshops with refugees ...
Deliberating Homosexuality: Empirical Observations and Analyses
Like many other western countries, Germany still has medical doctors, therapists and priests that believe ...
The Rewards from Deliberation: Researching the Feedback of our Workshops
by Hans Blokland and Raíssa Silveira Since 2016 Social Science Works has organized and implemented ...
Long Read: Our Fellows Respond To Right Wing Populist Arguments
This year, Social Science Works has been working on the project ‘Deliberation Against Populism’ in ...
Alienation Online: An Analysis of Populist Facebook Pages In Brandenburg
This year, as part of the Social Science Works project ‘Deliberation gegen Populismus’ we have ...
Deliberation Against Populism: Reconnecting Radicalizing Citizens In East Germany & Elsewhere
In the deliberative project “Deliberation against Populism” we organized two events with citizens from Brandenburg, ...
New Neighbors – Here, But Not Yet At Home
The article here was published in German in Die Linke’s Lotta magazine: issue 12, January 10, ...
Recruiting Men To Civil Society Projects: Trials & Tribulations From The Front Line
This year we have been working with the Landeszentrale für politische Bildung in Brandenburg to ...
Rural Regeneration by Connecting Bigger Social Solutions
Complex social issues are often more easily resolved when they are connected up with ...