Projects of the SOCIUM

Research at the SOCIUM usually is organized in projects carried out by its departments, many of them being financed through third party funding. The SOCIUM receives essential support from institutions such as the German National Research Foundation (DFG), the VolkswagenFoundation, and other public and private organizations, i.e. health insurances.


Transatlantic stakeholder mapping, policy analysis, and co-development of future guidance for responsible AI use in Healthcare and Public Health (GUIDE-AI)
Research Team: Laura Maaß (Head of project); Bacon, Simon; Baglivo, Francesco; Bruschi, Mario; De Angelis, Luigi; Forberger, Sarah; Holl, Felix; Le Meur, Nolwenn; Maumy, Myriam; Ngangue, Patrice; Peker, Şükran; Reinschlüssel, Anke; Scarsi, Nicolò; Zeeb, Hajo

New Politics of the Ageing Welfare State? Comparing Political Outcomes and Policy Feedback of Long-term Care Policies
Research Team: Johanna Fischer (Head of project); Leiber, Simone (Head of project); Heinz Rothgang (Head of project); Meika Sternkopf; Viero, Davide; Migyeong Yun

Welfare States and Protest
Research Team: Sebastian Haunss (Head of project)

Socially Motivated Reasoning in Social Policy Evaluation: Studying the Causal Effects of Social Policies on Citizens’ Political Attitudes and Behavior
Research Team: Sarah Berens (Head of project); Markus Tepe (Head of project); Wegner, Eva (Head of project)

Project Z: Central Tasks of the Collaborative Research Center
Research Team: Sonderforschungsbereich "Globale Entwicklungsdynamiken von Sozialpolitik" (SFB 1342), Universität Bremen

Knowledge, Epistemic Marginalization, and the Politics of Resentment
Research Team: Blatter, Joachim (Head of project); Lukas Haffert (Head of project)

Primary care, Regulation, Implementation, Motivation, and Attitudes toward Artificial Intelligence (PRIMA-AI)
Research Team: Forberger, Sarah; Förster, Katharina; Reinschlüssel, Anke; Schmiemann, Guido; Westphal, Max

Young carers in the Federal State of Bremen - Challenges, needs and regional support services
Research Team: Heinz Rothgang (Head of project); Thomas Kalwitzki; Weiß, Corinna

Contentious Politics in the Digital Age (CoPoDi)
Research Team: Brockmann, Hilke (Head of project); Geise, Stephanie (Head of project); Sebastian Haunss (Head of project); Sophia Hunger (Head of project); Thomas Kern (Head of project); Lorenz, Jan (Head of project); Nonhoff, Martin (Head of project); Patrick Sachweh (Head of project)

EPIC: Expertise and Politicization in COVID discourse
Research Team: Sebastian Haunss (Head of project); Padó, Sebastian (Head of project); Johannes Kühling; Vikhrova, Nina