SSW Fellow Ali Ghaznawi shares his experience participating in the two-day seminar “Starting a Business in Brandenburg,” hosted by GRÜNDEN IN PM. The seminar provided practical knowledge on business planning, legal requirements, andRead More
From February to November 2025, we implement a new project in a refugee home in Brandenburg, supported by the IKEA Foundation. This initiative is aimed at children aged 6 to 12, providing themRead More
With the support of the Partnership for Democracy Westhavelland & Nauen, we are implementing a series of workshops with refugees in the refugee home in Nauen, Brandenburg, in 2024. The topicsRead More
Since 2022, Social Science Works has published a large number of interviews with refugees in Germany. There were several motives for conducting these interviews. By learning more about the newcomers’ backgrounds, we hopedRead More
As citizens increasingly lose trust in politics and society, it becomes more important than ever for state and civilian organizations to be reliable, predictable, transparent, and decent. When citizens become more and moreRead More
The project that was described in this book was discontinued halfway through. The ways in which this happened are perhaps indicative of the struggles of Germany with migration and integration. It also tellsRead More
Migration Policy on the Run: New arrivals’ experiences of idleness, inertia and indifference In recent years, Social Science Works has conducted extensive research on the living conditions and perspectives of refugees in Germany.Read More
How did this project come about and what was the original plan? For that we have to go back to 2020. In that year, we were invited by the municipality of Rangsdorf, inRead More
The interplay between Elon Musk and the social democratic government in Brandenburg, where Tesla recently opened a Giga factory, illustrates what Charles Lindblom termed in 1977 the privileged position of business. To makeRead More
I was born in Homs, Syria to a small family—it was only me and my two sisters. I completed all of my schooling there and I graduated from high school. At this point,Read More
