Research on gender and diversity

The Institute of Psychology's Department of Youth Research focuses on basic research and how it can be used in practice. One focus is on individual and contextual developmental factors that contribute to a positive or negative psychosocial adjustment during childhood, adolescence, and early adulthood. Their research aims to develop, evaluate, and implement measures that help to prevent adjustment disorders. Learn more

The Center for Lifespan Developmental Science (CELISE) aims to offer insights that help us understand and improve human development from infancy to old age. CELISE offers a collaborative working environment for basic and applied researchers from a variety of disciplines and backgrounds. Its also provides training and networking opportunities for students and early career researchers. Learn moreExternal link

Research project: Organ Dysfunctions in Old Age: Perspectives for Young Clinician Scientists (Organ-Dysfunktionen im Alter: Perspektiven für junge Clinician Scientists, OrganAge) This funding programme is based at the Jena University Hospital and aims to promote early career physicians in pursuing a research career in translational geriatric medicine. The OrganAge programme investigates aging mechanisms to establish new therapeutic interventions and techniques. This includes interdisciplinary collaborative projects with a focus on basic and translational research that aim to implement research findings into everyday clinical practice. Learn moreExternal link 

Ageing and age diversity in the work context is a research focus of the Chair of Work and Organisational Psychology. Learn more de

Outpatient Clinic for Research and Teaching (Outpatient Clinic for Psychotherapy, Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences): The clinic's central research focus is the psychotherapeutic treatment of older patients in line with their specific needs. Pilot studies and funded research projects investigate the effectiveness of psychotherapeutic interventions in the treatment of older patients. Learn more  de^DE

In the "General Psychology II" department of the Institute of Psychology, the investigation of the subject area "Life-Span Development, Aging and Binding (LAB)" from a social-cognitive perspective has been a research focus for many years. The focus is on the social and individual construction of ageing in connection with age-related social attitudes, norms and expectations. Among other things, the interdisciplinary and international longitudinal research project "Aging as Future" investigates how individuals perceive, construct and prepare for their age and ageing. Learn moreExternal link

GRK 2155 ProMoAge: Protein modifications: Key-mechanisms of ageing (since 2016). This graduate school focuses on the study of post-translational modifications (PTMs) of cellular proteins as a key mechanism of ageing. Learn more.External link

The Jena Center for Healthy Ageing (ZGA) was established as a profile centre by the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Jena to pool and promote research, teaching, and medical care in the field of ageing and geriatric illnesses. Learn moreExternal link

Leibniz Graduate School on Aging (LGSA). The LGSA is a joint project of the Leibniz Institute on Aging - Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI) and Friedrich Schiller University Jena (FSU). The LGSA provides ambitious training and research opportunities for graduates who wish to earn a PhD in the fields of Molecular Medicine, Molecular Biology, Molecular Genetics, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Neurobiology, or Systems Biology. Aiming to aim to understand the multifaceted mechanisms that cause age-related diseases and senescence, the doctoral programme's training and research are interdisciplinary. Learn moreExternal link

Olga Klimecki at the Chair of Developmental Psychology at the University of Jena is responsible for the "Emotions" work package in the EU-HORIZON 2020 project "Medit Aging/Silver Santé Study". The Medit Aging/Silver Santé Study is investigating how interventions based on meditation training, foreign language acquisition or health training can contribute to healthy ageing. The Emotions work package investigates the role and plasticity of emotional processes and associated neuronal functions in old age. Learn more

The Professorship of Neurobiology of Ageing (Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Faculty of Biological Sciences) investigates biochemical and molecular mechanisms in the regeneration of nerve cells that can contribute to malfunctions in the body. Learn more External link^DE

Professorship of Biochemistry of Ageing (Faculty of Biological Sciences)

The Professorship of Developmental Psychology at the Institute of Psychology follows a lifespan psychology approach. Their research interests include the development of socioemotional experiences and self-regulatory processes in the course of our life. Learn more

Professorship of Immunology of Ageing (Leibniz Institute on Aging – Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI), Faculty of Biological Sciences) Learn moreExternal link

Professorship of Clinical Psychology of Childhood and Adolescence (Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities)

Professorship of Computational Biology of Ageing  (Leibniz Institute on Aging – Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI), Faculty of Biological Sciences) Learn moreExternal link

Professorship of Molecular Genetics (Leibniz Institute on Aging – Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI), Faculty of Biological Sciences) Learn moreExternal link

The Professorship of Public Finance's research team focuses on how people understand and feel towards old-age security in Germany. Their research highlights relevant factors and their effects on financial planning behaviour. Learn moreExternal link

The Professorship for Social Pedagogy at the Institute of Educational Science focuses on youth research and topics such as heterogeneity and normality in social pedagogical practice Learn more  de^DE

Zentrum für Altersforschung Jena (ZAJ) Interdisciplinary research and education in the field of ageing with links to the life sciences (medicine, pharmacy, biology), the social and behavioural sciences, the humanities, mathematics, and computer science. Learn more

The Jena Center 20th Century History (Institute of History, Faculty of Arts and Humanities) brings together various interpretations and research perspectives on the history of the 20th century. Learn more External link^DE

The Centre for Research on Right-Wing Extremism, Democracy Building and Social Integration (KomRex) connects researchers from different disciplines working on research topics such as right-wing extremism, democracy building, and social integration. Learn more External link^DE

Research at the Chair of Applied Ethics focuses on analyzing and dealing with conflicts in medicine, business and genetic engineering. In addition, research projects on human dignity and related human rights form the basis for finding humane solutions. Learn more de

The research focus on group processes at the Chair of Social Psychology (Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences) aims to explore theoretical and empirical approaches to understanding relationships within and between groups and their influence on human behavior. In particular, the focus is on investigating the emergence and change of conflict and cooperation as well as attitudes and behaviors, which can be described in general terms as discrimination and tolerance and more broadly as hostility and aggression versus acceptance and social support. Learn more

The joint research project ‘Führungsethik als Ethik in den Wissenschaften’ (Leadership Ethics as Ethics in the Sciences and Humanities) aims to develop a curriculum that teaches leadership ethics to students in STEM subjects. This will allow students to learn how responsible leaders can reflect on the moral concepts, values and goals they are confronted with in their work environment. The research project is a project of the Universities of Tübingen, Mainz and Jena as well as the Centre for Quality Assurance and Development and the Wittenberg Center for Global Ethics. Learn moreExternal link

The Research Group on Leadership Ethics investigates how responsible leadership is possible in the face of social and economic change. Learn more External link^DE

The Global Applied Ethics Institute (GAEI) is an international think tank and research consortium focusing on ethical issues relevant to businesses, public policies, and academia. Supported by the Ethics Centre at the University of Jena, GAEI promotes ethical discourse and action through research, networking, and consulting. Learn moreExternal link

The Chair of Organization, Leadership, and Human Resource Management at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration conducts research on topics such as corporate responsibility and leadership responsibility. Learn moreExternal link

Work in progress on the question: How to deal with racism, sexism and anti-Semitism in classical philosophy? The Professorship of Philosophy's research team on practical philosophy critically examines the topics of racism, sexism, and anti-Semitism in philosophy. Learn moreExternal link

Under the heading of ‘Diversitätsmedizin’ (diversity medicine), Professor Marie von Lilienfeld-Toal's research group is investigating the influence of diversity-related factors such as gender, age or ethnicity - and their interaction - on the course of diseases. The goal is to advance individualised medicine. In this context, the team is also working on an innovative and interdisciplinary teaching project on  discrimination-conscious and diversity-oriented teaching aimed at medical students in the clinical semester, and is intended to convey basic knowledge about diversity in medicine and (structural) discrimination as well as critical awareness of this. Central to the teaching concept is the idea of intersectionality. Professor Lilienfeld-Toal heads the working group "Diversity and Individual Medicine" (founded in 2021) of the German Society of Hematology and Medical Oncology e.V. (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hämatologie und medizinische Onkologie e.V. (DGHO), which was founded in 1937. Learn moreExternal link

Gender and age are factors included in all research activities at the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry. Including them as central analytical dimensions allows for a ‘personalized’ pharmacotherapy. Research at the department also focuses on the gender-specific and personalized regulation of inflammatory processes and their pharmacological therapy (Gender Medicine/Personalized Pharmacotherapy). Learn more de 

Under the heading of ‘Diversitätsmedizin’ (diversity medicine), Professor Marie von Lilienfeld-Toal's research group investigates how diversity-related factors such as gender, age or ethnicity — and their interaction — influence the course of diseases. The aim is to advance the field of individualized medicine. In this context, the team is also working on an innovative and interdisciplinary project on discrimination-conscious and diversity-oriented teaching  aimed at medical students in their clinical semester. By gaining a basic understanding of diversity in medicine, and the (structural) discrimination associated with it, students develop a critical awareness. Central to the teaching concept is the idea of intersectionality. Professor Lilienfeld-Toal is head of the ‘Diversity and Individual Medicine’ research group which was founded in 2021. The research group belongs to the German Society of Hematology and Medical Oncology e.V. (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hämatologie und medizinische Onkologie e.V. (DGHO), founded in 1937. Learn moreExternal link

Gender and age are central research aspects at the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry. Including them as analytical dimensions allows for a ‘personalized’ pharmacotherapy. Their research also focuses on the gender-specific and personalized regulation of inflammatory processes and their pharmacological therapy (Gender Medicine/Personalized Pharmacotherapy). Learn more External link

Research at the Department of Gender History (Institute of History, Faculty of Arts and Humanities) focuses on the connection between gender and religion, the gender history of the bourgeoisie in the 19th century, gender in (sub-) urban space, and the connection between gender, consumption, and material culture. Learn more External link^DE

#Gender relations, care and social reproduction are among the main research topics of the Institute of Sociology. Their research focus is on analysing (changing forms of) masculinity and family structures, couple relationships, and shifting sexualities. Adopting a broad concept of work — including unpaid house and care work — the Institute also studies the crisis of social reproduction and shifting relations of care and caring in times of rapidly changing family structures, welfare states, and demographics. A further research project focuses on the factors that cause young women to stay in the ‘leaky tech pipeline’. A gender-sensitive perspective is standard practice in all research areas. Learn moreExternal link

The Collaborative Research Centre's Property Inequality in the Private Sphere is part of the Structural Change of Property project and concerned with couple-specific property arrangements. Research focuses on how hegemonic property and gender norms are reproduced and possibly transformed. Learn moreExternal link

At the Institute of German Linguistics, PD Dr. Barbara Aehnlich's research includes areas such as gender linguistics.

As a Professor of Musicology with a focus on 19th century music, Prof. Nina Noeske has spent many years researching musicology with a focus on gender studies. She is co-editor of MUGI (Music and Gender on the Internet) and works at the Institute of Musicology, a shared research body of the University of Music Franz Liszt Weimar and Friedrich Schiller University Jena. Read moreExternal link 

Among others, the Junior Professorship of Systematic Theology (and Social Ethics) at the Faculty of Theology focuses on feminist theology and theological gender studies. Learn more  de

Phonetic variation between genders is one of the main research areas at the Department of Speech Science (Institute of Germanic Linguistics, Faculty of Arts and Humanities). Their research aims to explore acoustic and articulatory differences in female and male sound production and to determine which of these aspects are acquired behavioural patterns as opposed to physiological and anatomical features. Learn more de

Gender and age are central research aspects at the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry. Including them as analytical dimensions allows for a ‘personalized’ pharmacotherapy. Their research also focuses on the gender-specific and personalized regulation of inflammatory processes and their pharmacological therapy (Gender Medicine/Personalized Pharmacotherapy). Learn more External link

The Institute of Psychosocial Medicine, Psychotherapy and Psychooncology at Jena University Hospital is conducting research as a consortium partner as part of the interdisciplinary "Together4Trans" project (01/2024-07/2026) to develop a new S3 guideline (S3-LL) on healthcare for gender incongruence (GI). While the two currently existing guidelines focus either on questions of diagnosis, indication and psychosocial aspects or on somatic treatments, this project aims to update the interdisciplinary perspectives and integrate them into an S3 guideline. Learn moreExternal link

As part of the research project "Participatory development of an e-mental health intervention for LGBTQI+ people - ethics and evaluation (Queer - EMH)", a randomized controlled exploratory clinical trial to improve the mental health of LGBTQI+ people with SAD disorders is being designed at the Institute of Psychosocial Medicine, Psychotherapy and Psychooncology at the University Hospital in close cooperation with representatives of the target group. Learn moreExternal link

The Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Jena University Hospital conducts research and provides advice on the topic of transidentity in minors. Learn more

In order to optimize diagnostics and therapy for both sexes, identifying gender-specific differences in prevalence, risk factors, diagnosis and treatment is an integral part of research and clinical practice at the Central Emergency Unit. Learn moreExternal link

Work in progress: How to deal with racism, sexism and anti-Semitism in classic works of philosophy? The Professorship of Philosophy's research team in the department of practical philosophy critically examines the topics of racism, sexism and anti-Semitism in philosophy. Learn moreExternal link

At the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, the Chair of Public Finance focusses on issues of gender economics as part of their research agenda. Lern moreExternal link

The C-I-R-C Center for Intervention and Research on Adaptive and Maladaptive Brain Circuits Underlying Mental Health comprises a team of more than 60 psychiatrists, psychologists, neuroscientists, and psychotherapists in Jena, Magdeburg, and Halle (Saale). Their research aims to develop novel concepts for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric disorders and put them into practice. Members include Jena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, the Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology in Magdeburg and the DLR Institute of Data Science. Learn moreExternal link

Research at the Institute of Sport Science's education unit focuses on inclusion in sports and society. This includes research on inclusive physical education inside and outside of school, concepts of the ‘Self’ and the ‘Other’, social acceptance and stigmatization of people with disabilities, as well as ageing in parents of children with cognitive disabilities’. Learn more External link^DE

The University of Jena (Chair of Earth Observation) participates in the European research consortium environMENTAL (2022 - 2027) which investigates the role of environmental factors in the development of mental illnesses. Learn moreExternal link

The University Hospital's Post-COVID Centre was designed for individuals who suffer from persistent health impairments following an infection with COVID-19. The centre focuses on interdisciplinary research collaborations for an improved understanding and treatment of post-COVID in adults and children. Working together closely, the centre's experts aim to develop a comprehensive, interdisciplinary research and care concept for patients of all ages. Lern moreExternal link

The Professorship of Clinical Psychological Intervention focuses on psychotherapy research, the experience and professional support of caregiving relatives, and approaches to resource activation. Learn more  de^DE

The Clinical Department of Trauma, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery at Jena University Hospital is headed by Univ.-Prof. Dr med. Dr rer. nat. Gunther O. Hofmann. The department focuses on orthopaedics and trauma surgery, reconstructive surgery and hand surgery in research, teaching, and treatment. Learn more External link^DE

The interdisciplinary Research Unit "Social Potentials in Autism" approaches autism from a broad viewpoint and tries to better understand the core and complementary characteristics as well as the causes of autism, keeping in mind the complexity and variability of autism. Our ultimate aim is to enhance psychological health and to reduce obstacles that can prevent autistic people from developing to full potential. Learn more

In various clinical studies on treatment-resistant depression, researchers at the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy have investigated the neurobiological mechanisms underlying the response to various treatments. Learn moreExternal link

The joint research project ‘VorteilJena—Prevention through Participation’ is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). It aims to develop, evaluate, and produce practical tools for schools, company employees and senior citizens in order to promote health and fight modern widespread diseases such as depression and obesity. Learn moreExternal link

The joint project of the University Hospitals of Jena, Magdeburg, Leipzig and Rostock is investigating different aspects of the long-term health consequences of various groups affected by SED injustice in 12 sub-projects. The network is supported by personalities from politics, science, associations of those affected and others. The Jena site is responsible for 3 sub-projects (sub-project "Organized violence in the GDR", sub-project "Basic scientific investigation into the psychobiological consequences" and sub-project "Curricular training for case work in professions dealing with former victims of persecution - structural development"). Learn moreExternal link

In the research project "Eloquent Silence - Nazi Eugenics Crimes and their Consequences", biology education scientists, historians and theater educators are researching the lives of those affected in Weimar and Jena, tracing the thought patterns that made these crimes possible and that find their foundations in social Darwinism and the economization of human beings through time to the present day and exploring the question of how we today - also as a society - deal with people who are not capable or capable in a different way. Learn moreExternal link

AARMENA - Academic Alliance for Reconciliation in the Middle East and North Africa AARMENA is an alliance of more than 45 universities and other higher education institutions. It includes scholars and academics who conduct joint research in trans-, inter-, and multi-disciplinary settings and who establish teaching programmes, curricula, and opportunities for the promotion of early career researchers in the subject areas of reconciliation, conflict transformation, and peacebuilding. AARMENA developed from the research of Prof. Dr Martin Leiner (Scientific Board Director, Friedrich Schiller University Jena) and Dr phil. Iyad Muhsen AlDajani (Research and Executive Director, Research Director for the Middle East and North Africa region). Learn more

The Centre for Culture- and Religion-Sensitive Education (FZRB, Faculty of Theology) offers further training for educational professionals and parent education programmes for migrant women. In doing so, it makes a valuable contribution to intercultural dialogue and social cohesion. Learn more de

The Department of Intercultural Studies and Business Communication (Faculty of Arts and Humanities) researches interculturality in communication and cultural studies. Learn moreExternal link

Institute of Education and Culture (Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences) Learn moreExternal link

German as a Foreign and Second Language and Intercultural Studies (Faculty of Arts and Humanities). Learn more de

The Institute of Near Eastern Studies, Indo-European Studies and the Archaeology of Prehistory to Early Middle Ages hosts six professors and their staff who represent the subjects of Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Oriental Studies, Indo-European Studies and Archaeology of Prehistory to the Early Middle Ages. The institute runs four seminars to represent these different fields. Learn more

International EU-funded project: ‘Key Inclusive Development Strategies for LifeLong Learning’ (KIDS4ALLL). This project aims to develop and implement a multilingual e-learning platform that supports children and young people (in particular migrant children) by pairing them up with a learning buddy. The project includes nine European universities and one university from Turkey and Israel, respectively. The digital platform offers content in eight educational areas that cover key lifelong learning competences. The buddy system promotes the inclusion of children and young people at risk of exclusion and raises intercultural awareness among all participants. Learn more External link

Research at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration's Chair of Economic Policy focuses on the regional integration and economic cooperation with Africa, the political economy of international relations, and a value-driven foreign economic policy. Learn moreExternal link

The Centre for Research on Right-Wing Extremism, Civic Education and Social Integration (KomRex) focuses on the potentials, preconditions, and challenges related to the integration of migrants and refugees. One of their major aims is to transfer their research findings to politics, practice, and civil society. The centre's research also focuses on right-wing extremism and democracy building. Learn more de

Running appointment procedure for a Junior Professorship of ‘Intercultural Communication with a Focus on Mobility and Diversity’

The main research areas of the Professorship of International Relations (Institute of Political Science, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences) include intra-state conflicts, with a focus on ethnic conflicts and secession, and international conflict management, with a focus on prevention, mediation, sanctions, intervention, and reconciliation. Learn more External link^DE

Professorship of Intercultural Communication (Intercultural Studies and Business Communication, Faculty of Arts and Humanities) Learn more External link

Professorship of Intercultural Human Resource and Organizational Development (Intercultural Studies and Business Communication, Faculty of Arts and Humanities) Learn more External link

Professorship of Intercultural Business Communication (Intercultural Studies and Business Communication, Faculty of Arts and Humanities) Learn more External link

The Chair of Public Finance's research at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration focuses on different aspects of how international specialists can be successfully recruited and integrated into the labour market. Learn moreExternal link

Funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), ReDICo—Researching Digital Interculturality Co-Operatively is a research network that includes German universities and their international partners. Combining innovative internet studies with intercultural communication, their research focuses on intercultural modes of action and discourses in digital spaces. The network is coordinated by the University of Jena and offers targeted support and networking opportunities for early career researchers. Learn more External link

The Diaspora Studies Research Network (FZRB, Faculty of Theology) is dedicated to the study of diasporas in the past and present and examines their political, cultural and religious dynamics. Learn more

The Thüringer Zentrum für Interkulturelle Öffnung (Thuringian Centre for Intercultural Opening) has been part of the Institute for German as a Foreign and Second Language and Intercultural Studies since 2018. The centre offers advice, support, and orientation for organizations and companies committed to continuous improvements in the areas of intercultural opening and diversity management. Learn more External link

WOM–Weltoffen miteinander arbeiten in Thüringen. (WOM—Working together as a multicultural team in Thuringia). The WOM project consists of an interdisciplinary team and includes staff from the departments of economic geography, finance, and intercultural business communication. The project aims to develop communication, organizational, and personnel development measures to support Thuringian organizations in successfully and sustainably implementing intercultural openness. These measures serve to create a mutually supportive welcoming culture and promote intercultural competence and open-mindedness in Thuringia, especially in the world of work. Learn more External link

Work in progress: How to deal with racism, sexism and anti-Semitism in classic works of philosophy? The Professorship of Philosophy's research team in the department of practical philosophy critically examines the topics of racism, sexism and anti-Semitism in philosophy. Learn moreExternal link

The research focus of the Chair of Religious Education (Faculty of Theology) is the study of religion and religious education processes in families, schools and communities from an empirical, historical and systematic perspective. Learn more de

Junior Professorship of Systematic Theology and Ethics at the Faculty of Theology. Learn more de

The Martin Buber research unit is a cooperation project between The Academy of Sciences and Literature in Mainz, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Goethe University Frankfurt/Main and the National Library of Israel. The unit is part of the Jena Center for Reconciliation Studies. Learn more

Professorship of Islamic Studies at the Institute of Near Eastern Studies, Indo-European Studies and the Archaeology of Prehistory to the Early Middle Ages. Learn more External link

The Research Centre ‘Confessional-cooperative religious education in Thuringia’ (FZRB, Faculty of Theology) researches current development processes and their didactic continuation of confessional-cooperative religious education. It cooperates closely with the Catholic Faculty in Erfurt and the Pedagogical-Theological Institute of the EKM. Learn more de

The Research Centre for Religion and Education (FZRB, Faculty of Theology) is dedicated to scientific research into religious change in global and religious contexts and its implications for religious education processes. Learn more

The Research unit "Higher Jewish Schools in the Long 19th Century" (FZRB, Faculty of Theology) explores the school programmes of Jewish-run secondary schools in order to analyse their social and educational history transnationally and diachronically. Learn more

Establishment of a W3 Professorship of Educational Science with a Focus on Inclusion and Heterogeneity in the Educational System (Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences).

The Chair of Economic Policy explores the interconnections between inclusion (i.e. the participation of broad sections of the population in economic and social processes), and institutional framework conditions in society from the perspective of ‘Inclusion and Development’. Learn moreExternal link

‘DIY Society? Informal Economies and Social Participation in Poor Rural Areas" (2020 -2023) — A research project funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) Part of research into ‘Participation and the Common Good’, this research project sets out to explore how informal economies, self-help and support structures in structurally weak rural areas are organized, where and how they replace previously public provisions and what significance they acquire in conditions of rural flight and shrinkage, social inequality, and municipal funding shortfalls. The project also investigates the conditions under which these informal structures promote participation and enhance the common good — and by contrast — those instances where they (may) risk establishing an exclusive kind of solidarity, facilitating processes of social polarization, revitalizing traditional gender roles, and undermining professional standards. Learn moreExternal link

Institute of Sociology at Friedrich Schiller University of Jena. The institute's main research areas include distributional and social structures, educational trajectories, the study of class relations and conflicts, as well as the analysis of welfare state institutions and social policy instruments and their impact on social inequality. Another research focus includes property relations, an area that has been neglected in sociology for decades due to its traditional focus on the distribution of income and goods. Learn moreExternal link

The ‘Bioeconomy and Inequalities’ junior research group investigates inequalities associated with growth in the bioenergy sector, one of the most significant sectors of the emerging bioeconomy. The project included a number of case studies analysing emergent changes in labour relations, knowledge production and technology, as well as political decision-making and commercial structures in the transnational bioenergy sector. Drawing on approaches from the sociology of global inequalities and world-systems theory, it analysed material flows and trade relations between South America and the European Union as well as between South America and China. Key dimension of social inequality such as gender, class and ethnicity are systematically formed integral part of the project's research design. Learn more

Collaborative Research Centre ‘Structural Change of Property’. This collaborative research centre investigates fundamental structural changes of property that could be observed from 1989 at the very latest. The research centre includes a total of 23 subprojects at five different locations in Germany: Friedrich Schiller University Jena (speakership), the University of Erfurt, FU Berlin, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, and the Technical University of Darmstadt. Learn moreExternal link

The Chair of Economic Policy explores the interconnections between inclusion (i.e. the participation of broad sections of the population in economic and social processes), and institutional framework conditions in society from the perspective of ‘Inclusion and Development’. Learn moreExternal link

The Department of Cultural Anthropology and Cultural History imparts knowledge of cultural diversity, differences and identities through practical, research-based learning and inspiring discussions that foster a shared community of practice. Research at the department explores how peoples' identities are shaped and how they interact with one another by analysing social and cultural phenomena and conflicts within their historical and contemporary contexts. Learn more

The BMBF junior research group “FLUMEN - Mentalities in flux: imaginaries and social structure in modern circular bio-based societies” studies from a sociological and historical perspective how people’s basic mindsets, attitudes, and common imaginations change through the rise of the bioeconomy. Researchers explore the social consequences of energy and resource transformations that are moving societies away from the use of fossil fuels and other non-renewable resources and turning them towards a production based on biological materials and renewable forms of energy. Learn moreExternal link

The Jena Center for Reconciliation Studies (JCRS, Faculty of Theology) looks at the dynamics of reconciliation in societies in conflict or transition. Learn more

The Schumpeter Center for Research on Socio-Economic Change (JSEC) focuses on the dynamics of change in society caused by technological and social innovations, the increasing impact of newly industrialzed and developing countries in the worldwide division of labour, as well as migration, population ageing, or the conflicting processes of regulation and deregulation. Learn more

The Junior Professorship of Global Inequalities and Socio-Ecological Change (Institute of Sociology, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences) and the ‘Bioeconomy and Inequalities’ junior research group investigate social inequalities associated with the expanding bioenergy sector. Learn more

Peace and Reconciliation Research are the main research areas of the Professorship of Systematic Theology and Ethics. The professorship oversees several lines of funding, research, publications and early career researchers. Learn more  de

Focusing on group processes, the Professorship of Social Psychology (Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences) aims to explore theoretical and empirical approaches to understanding the relationships within and between groups and their impact on human behaviour. Learn more

The Chair of Economic Policy explores the interconnections between inclusion (i.e. the participation of broad sections of the population in economic and social processes), and institutional framework conditions in society from the perspective of ‘Inclusion and Development’. Learn moreExternal link

The KomRex - Centre for Right-Wing Extremism Research, Democracy Education and Social Integration is a scientific research institution of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena. Our main research focus include right-wing extremism and populism, radicalization, democracy education and promotion as well as social integration. Learn more