Institute des Fachbereichs Institute for Social Science Research and Continuing Education (IFW)

Reachability of the IFW

The IFW can be reached by telephone daily between 9:00 am and 4:00 pm at 0261/9528-230.

The IFW

has the mission
  • to support and conduct social science research.
     
  • the initiation and implementation of continuing education.
     
  • the provision and making accessible of research results of the institute.

With these tasks, the IFW performs an interface function through which knowledge is transferred between science and practice.

These are our topics:
  • Demographic change
  • Social inequality and health
  • Childhood and adolescence and developments in child and youth services
  • Social work in the migration society
  • Transnational dimensions of social work
  • Social policy, welfare associations and intermediary organizations
The tasks of the IFW in detail:
  • Support of department members in the acquisition of third-party funding for projects
  • Formation of research priorities
  • Implementation of own research projects (pro rata financing of positions via projects)
  • Supervision/supervision of (cooperative) doctorates for doctoral students of the Department of Social Sciences, e.g. within the framework of doctoral colleges
  • Support for faculty members in the concept development (planning) of continuing education courses and conferences
  • Realization of scientific advanced trainings
  • Implementation of symposia (practical transfer)
  • Implementation of scientific conferences