Projects of the Research Unit Labour Markets and Social Insurance

Laufende Projekte

1. Project // 01.10.2024 – 30.09.2027

   STARK-MIT-DIBI: Empowerment of girls with a migrant background through digital education

   Digital education is becoming increasingly important for individual educational biographies and societal participation in the ever-evolving technological world. This is evidenced, among others, by reports from the…

   01.10.2024 – 30.09.2027

   Labour Markets and Social Insurance
2. Project // 01.02.2024 – 31.01.2026

   The Empty Office: An International Study of Teleworking

   With the spread of remote work arrangements since the pandemic, there is growing interest in how remote working is changing the labour market and what the consequences are for the lives and well-being of workers.…

   01.02.2024 – 31.01.2026

   Labour Markets and Social Insurance
3. Project // 01.02.2024 – 31.07.2027

   WinWin4WorkLife: Healthy, inclusive and sustainable remote work futures as a Win-Win for employees and employers

   WinWin4Worklife would like to help make flexible working arrangements (Remote Working Arrangements, RWA) in Europe healthy, integrative and sustainable.
   
   The project has five main objectives:
   1) to develop an…

   01.02.2024 – 31.07.2027

   Labour Markets and Social Insurance
4. Project // 01.10.2023 – 31.01.2025

   Digital Transformation and Changing World of Work – DiWaBe 2.0

   The digital transformation and the associated increase in the use of artificial intelligence are leading to fundamental structural change in the world of work. In order to take a closer look at the effects on…

   01.10.2023 – 31.01.2025

   Labour Markets and Social Insurance
5. Project // 01.03.2023 – 30.09.2025

   Dynamic Interaction between Informal Long-Term Caregiving and Social Insurances in Germany

   This project assesses the impact of social insurance on informal Long-Term-Care (LTC) provision by family members in Germany. Family members are the most important providers of informal outpatient LTC. While…

   01.03.2023 – 30.09.2025

   Labour Markets and Social Insurance
6. Project // 01.01.2023 – 31.12.2025

   Jacobs Foundation Research Fellowship

   The Jacobs Foundation Research Fellowship Program is a globally competitive fellowship program for early and mid-career researchers whose work is dedicated to improving the learning and development of children and…

   01.01.2023 – 31.12.2025

   Labour Markets and Social Insurance
7. Project // 01.09.2022 – 31.08.2025

   Horizon Europe: Welfare Systems and Labour Market Policies for Economic and Social Resilience in Europe

   Four megatrends — technological transformations, globalization, climate change, and demographic changes — are reshaping labor markets, redefining opportunities and risks, and posing new challenges for welfare…

   01.09.2022 – 31.08.2025

   Labour Markets and Social Insurance
8. Project // 15.07.2022 – 31.07.2027

   Work Disability and Labour Supply

   This project empirically and theoretically evaluates social insurance systems for work disability. Almost all OECD countries provide universal coverage for short-term, long-term and permanent work disability.…

   15.07.2022 – 31.07.2027

   Labour Markets and Social Insurance
9. Project // 01.12.2019 – 31.01.2025

   Integration of Migrants and Attitudes towards the Welfare State

   Against the background of the strong immigration to Germany in recent years, the role of the welfare state and its legitimacy are discussed controversially. On the one hand, social policy supports the integration…

   01.12.2019 – 31.01.2025

   Labour Markets and Social Insurance