The Social Science Works Blog

Resisting democratic decline: deliberation and some lessons from Germany and beyond

Hans BloklandMay 11, 2023deliberation,democracy,democratic decline,Fishkin,germany,political community,political competence,poltical participation,populism,Robert Dahl

Final Report on the Project Empowering Refugee Children in Rangsdorf

Kim BloklandApril 26, 2023integration in Germany,learning disadvantages,refugee children,refugee homes

Politics is no Match for Business: Charles Lindblom, Elon Musk and the Privileged Position of Business

Hans BloklandApril 13, 2022Brandenburg,Charles Lindblom,elites,Elon Musk,privileged position of business,public opinion,social democracy,social inequality,Tesla

Contemptuous Encounters: How Internalised Beliefs about Work and Self-Esteem Create a System of Mutual Resentment

Phillip ReissenweberMarch 11, 2022Bullshit Jobs,Contempt,David Graeber,deliberation

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

Hans Blokland & Paola Perrin de BrichambautFebruary 6, 2022Berlin,community of values,deliberation,European identity,European Parliament,European Union,political participation,youth,Youth Dialogue

Exploring the many Facets of Failure in Academia

Mafalda Sandrini and Kata KatzJanuary 17, 2022academic life,academic progress,academic research,failure,paradigms

Plattelandsjongeren, Politieke Participatie en Sociale Media: Ervaringen met een Project in Duitsland.

Hans BloklandNovember 23, 2021deliberatie,Duitsland,Facebook,Instagram,jongerenwerkers,plattelandsjongeren,politieke educatie,politieke participatie,sociale media

Charles Lindblom on the Market, Elites, Inequality and our Inability to Think Clear

Hans BloklandJune 22, 2021business,Charles Lindblom,competition of ideas,elites,impairment,incrementalism,manipulation,market system,mutual adjustment,pluralism,Robert Dahl,social inequality,social progress

Planning a future together: Could Eisenhüttenstadt use some deliberative democracy?

Hans BloklandJune 1, 2021city planning,deliberation,democracy,dying towns,Eisenhüttenstadt,planning,Potsdam

The Rwandan Genocide: A Rwandan Perspective

Yusril NurhidayatMay 26, 2021colonialism,Eugenics,genocide,Hutus,reconciliation,Rwanda,Tutsis

Wild and Infectious: The Stigmatization of Refugee Children in Greece

Franziska MeierMay 8, 2021discrimination,education,Greece,integration,refugee children,stigmatization,trauma

Sex trafficking of Nigerian women: how the Italian asylum system deals with victims

Alessia ArbustiniMay 4, 2021Centro Donna Giustizia,human smuggling,human trafficking,Italian asylum system,Nigerian women,sex trafficking,voodoo

Giving a face to refugees: A story from Thessaloniki

Stavroula KapsogeorgiApril 17, 2021Greece,human smuggling,integration,Kurds,refugees,Syria,Thessaloniki,Turkey

Loneliness, unhappiness, consumerism and its political consequences: observations and predictions of Robert E. Lane

Hans BloklandApril 3, 2021consumerism,depressions,happiness,loneliness,Neoliberalism,populism,Robert Lane,well being

Vaccination Tourism – The Dangers of A New Niche

Asaf LeshemMarch 27, 2021Covid,European Union,Israel,Pandemic,Serbia,tourism,Vaccination

Does the support of democratic values lead to higher degrees of individual social tolerance? A case study from Germany

Yusril NurhidayatMarch 1, 2021democratic values,religion,respect,tolerance

Opportunists in Political Education for Democracy, Freedom and Respect: The Long Road of Democratization.

Hans BloklandDecember 18, 2020Akademie für Staats- und Rechtswissenschaft der DDR,Brandenburg,DDR,democratization,German press,Landeszentrale für politische Bildung,Martina Weyrauch,political education,SED,Totalitarianism

Towards inclusive urban policy-making: a cultural rights perspective

Paola Perrin de BrichambautJuly 8, 2020cultural rights,gentrification,Seven Sisters Market,urban renewal

Muslim women in Germany: A look at gender inequality and integration

Emma edenJune 4, 2020Chechnya,gender equality,Islam

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?

Hans BloklandMarch 4, 2020Antisemitism,dark tourism,deliberation,Euthanasia killings,homophobia,political education,racism,sexism

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

Anne FlakeDecember 23, 2019civil society,deliberation,gender equality,political participation,recruitment

All the lonely people – the epidemic of loneliness and its consequences

Gabrielle DenmanNovember 18, 2019loneliness

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

Hans BloklandSeptember 23, 2019deliberation,gender equality,Gleichberechtigung

Angry, but not bad people on the Brandenburg countryside

Hans BloklandJune 5, 2019AfD,Brandenburg,deliberation,populism

Talking straight to youngsters in Hamburg

Hans BloklandMay 7, 2019deliberation,homophobia,political education,racism,sexism

Emotions and Political Deliberation

Phillip ReissenweberApril 8, 2019deliberation,emotions in deliberation

The trouble with tourism in Barcelona – A problem beyond Barcelona

Akram YacobApril 1, 2019gentrification,tourism

“People have to work!” A Deliberation at a Secondary School in Brandenburg

Hans BloklandMarch 14, 2019basic income,deliberation,homosexuality,political education

A Deliberative Workshop with Chechen

Hans BloklandMarch 6, 2019Chechnya,deliberation,research on deliberation

Deliberating Homosexuality: Empirical Observations and Analyses

Hans BloklandFebruary 28, 2019deliberation,homophobia,homosexuality

The Rewards from Deliberation: Researching the Feedback of our Workshops

Hans BloklandJanuary 23, 2019deliberation,feedback research,research on deliberation

Countering Radicalization: What the Research on Deliberation and Radicalization Teaches us

Hans BloklandOctober 7, 2018deliberation,deradicalization,extremism,radicalization

“Super Volunteerism”: A Grass-Roots Solution to Global Prejudice

Christina PaoSeptember 4, 2018

Robert A. Dahl on Pluralism, Democracy and Deliberation

Hans BloklandJuly 19, 2018democracy,pluralism,political science,Robert Dahl

Challenging extreme claims for truth: How to deliberate the open, pluralist society with monist thinkers

Hans BloklandJune 4, 2018deliberation,extremism,islamism,monism,pluralism

The Crisis of Masculinities – A Brief Overview

Jeanne LendersMay 10, 2018gender,masculinity,populism

Charles Edward Lindblom, In Memoriam

Hans BloklandApril 24, 2018deliberation,impairment,incrementalism,Lindblom,pluralism,usable knowledge

How to deliberate fundamental values? Notes from Brandenburg on our approach.

Hans BloklandFebruary 20, 2018civil society,deliberation,democracy,integration,pluralism

Equipping Civil Society for a Data-Driven Future

Dan MeehanFebruary 15, 2018civil society,impact measurement

Branding of cities: to whom is the city advertized and what fundamental idea lies behind it?

Oktay TuncerFebruary 6, 2018Berlin,creative class,Florida,gentrification

Constructief praten met meer en minder gevestigde burgers over wereldbeschouwingen

Hans BloklandJanuary 18, 2018Social Science Works

How Postmodernism Advanced Populism: An Inside Story From The Netherlands

Hans BloklandDecember 21, 2017art subsidies,Bourdieu,cultural politics,populism,postmodernism,the netherlands

Why Does Fieldwork Matter? Reflections On Immersion, The Everyday & Knowledge Creation In Hong Kong

Johannes PetryNovember 10, 2017conferences,international exchange,networking,relevant dissertations,research,socially relevant social science

Long Read: Our Fellows Respond To Right Wing Populist Arguments

Social Science WorksNovember 7, 2017deliberation,democratization,echo chambers,eu,europe,migration,political participation,populism,radicalization,refugee crisis,troubles and issues

British-European Tourism After Brexit: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Asaf LeshemJuly 11, 2016brexit,tourism,uk

The French “Crisis of Authority” Is A Crisis Of The Authorities

BerengereGouraudMay 25, 2016authority,democracy,france,populism

Deliberation Against Populism: Reconnecting Radicalizing Citizens In East Germany & Elsewhere

Hans BloklandOctober 13, 2017deliberation,democracy,policy making,political malaise,political participation,populism,radicalization

Berlin’s Evolving Relationships With Its Memorials

Asaf LeshemOctober 6, 2017Berlin,dark tourism,tourism

Shy Tories & Virtue Signalling: How Labour Surged Online

Sarah CoughlanJune 16, 2017democracy,social media,uk

Taking people seriously: a new approach for countering populism and furthering integration

Hans BloklandMay 11, 2017academic research,deliberation,democracy,integration,populism,respect

The Center Does Not Hold: The Supply & Demand of the New Right’s Success

Martin NeiseMay 4, 2017democracy,europe,populism,uk,US,welfare systems

Progressive Neoliberalism & the Pull of Populism

Lily CichanowiczApril 21, 2017authority,democracy,populism,uk,US

The Limits Of Survey Data: What Questionnaires Can’t Tell Us

Sarah CoughlanMarch 7, 2017academic research,deliberation,democracy

The Wave: The Rise Of European Far-Right Populism

Patrick SullivanFebruary 15, 2017AfD,democracy,europe,germany,populism

Yolocaust, Austerlitz & Uploading Holocaust: Dark Tourism Goes Public

Asaf LeshemFebruary 9, 2017academic research,Berlin,dark tourism,tourism

New Neighbors – Here, But Not Yet At Home

Sarah CoughlanJanuary 22, 2017deliberation,democracy,refugees

The Identity Politics Of Being A Foreign Body

Lily CichanowiczJanuary 4, 2017authority,Berlin,civil rights,policy making,refugees

Recruiting Men To Civil Society Projects: Trials & Tribulations From The Front Line

Sarah CoughlanDecember 22, 2016democracy,participation,policy making,refugees

Intellectual monocultures, black swans & the failure of economics: lessons from the global financial crisis and austerity

Johannes PetryNovember 7, 2016austerity,intellectual monocultures,neoclassical economics

Rural Regeneration by Connecting Bigger Social Solutions

Hans BloklandSeptember 28, 2016democracy,policy making,poverty,refugees,tourism,welfare systems

How The EU Referendum Campaign Poisoned The UK’s Political Discourse

Sarah CoughlanJune 27, 2016brexit,democracy,participation,uk

How NYE Turned German Political Debate Upside Down

Sarah CoughlanJune 3, 2016democracy,germany,refugees

Some Countries Are More Corrupt Than Others And We Shouldn’t Be Afraid To Say So

Niklas KossowMay 27, 2016corruption,democracy,policy making

The Social Dilemma Of Berlin’s Booming Tourism Industry

Asaf LeshemApril 9, 2016Berlin,gentrification,policy making,tourism

How To Debate Values In A Diverse Europe

Hans BloklandApril 1, 2016democracy,pluralism,radicalization,refugees,tolerance

Debating Values & Identity With Newcomers & European Natives

Hans BloklandMarch 3, 2016deliberation,democracy,participation,policy making,refugees

Ted Cruz, Global Warming, & The Need For Data Transparency In Politics

Namwan LeavellFebruary 11, 2016democracy,policy making,transparency,US

What To Do Against Clientelism, Nepotism & Corruption?

Sergiu BuscaneanuNovember 20, 2015corruption,democracy,policy making

Do People Know What They Want? Social Scientific Responses

Hans BloklandNovember 10, 2015deliberation,democracy,participation

Lessons From Political Science On Participation & Democratization

Hans BloklandSeptember 28, 2015deliberation,democracy,democratization,participation

Keeping Social Science Relevant: Society Needs Clear Prose

Christian KippSeptember 14, 2015academic research,policy making

For My Next Trick I Shall Eliminate Child Poverty

Sarah CoughlanAugust 23, 2015child poverty,policy making,poverty,uk,welfare systems

What Do Education Scholars Know?

Hans BloklandAugust 4, 2015academic research,usable knowledge

Are There Too Many PhDs?

Hans BloklandJuly 15, 2015academic research

Academic Conferences Should Be Outlawed

Hans BloklandJuly 7, 2015academic research,conferences,tourism

Economists Looking For God

Hans BloklandJune 22, 2015academic research,neoclassical economics