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Social Sciences Department

We teach and conduct research in the fields of political science, sociology and digital public health. Among other things, we deal with democracy and participation, migration, transnationalization, political systems and political cultures, political education, health and the labour market.

In Siegen, you will study social sciences in an interdisciplinary and research-oriented way. You will experience which research questions the social sciences ask themselves and which theories and methods they use to reflect on and try to answer these questions. If you are interested in studying, researching or doing an internship abroad, you will benefit from the cooperation between the social sciences at the University of Siegen and universities and other institutions worldwide. A degree in social sciences opens up a wide range of professional opportunities.

Uni Siegen, Gebäude, Seminar für Sozialwissenschaften
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Prof. Dr. Dockweiler as an expert for the ARD production "Quarks Daily"

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Study on integration council elections in NRW: AfD strong where competition is lacking

In a joint study, researchers from the Universities of Siegen and Duisburg-Essen examined the success of the AfD in the 2025 integration council elections in NRW.

Prof. Dr. Nicole Milman-Dörr
Research

Misogyny and hate images online

Under the direction of Prof. Dr. Nicole Milman-Dörr, an international team in the social and media sciences is researching how misogynistic content, especially AI-generated images and videos, influence teenagers and young adults via social media such as TikTok, Instagram or X.

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Campus Life
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Announcement of the Tim Spier Study Award 2026

The Sociology and Political Science departments award the Tim Spier Study Prize to outstanding theses written between the summer semester 2025 and the winter semester 2025/26. The prize is awarded to university graduates who have submitted a Bachelor's or Master's thesis in the social sciences since the deadline of the last award ceremony (31.03.2025). The prize is endowed with €750 for a Bachelor's thesis and €1000 for a Master's thesis. The prize money will be split if there are several prize-worthy theses. A PDF copy of the thesis, the reviews and a short biography of the author must be submitted for assessment. Self-nominations are also possible. Nominations are possible until March 31, 2026.

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Prof. Dr. Christoph Strünck is the new Chairman of the German Political Science Association

At this year's DGfP annual conference in Freiburg, Christoph Strünck was elected as the new chairman.

Laudatorin Jessica Kuhlmann, M.A., BA-Preisträgerin Franziska Brandt, MA-Preisträgerin Rutu Gole und Seminarsprecher Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Bergem

Summer Festival of Social Sciences 2025 with presentation of the Tim Spier Study Prizes

The social scientists of the University of Siegen came together on July 9, 2025 for their summer party and awarded the Tim Spier Social Sciences Study Prize to the best Bachelor's and Master's thesis of the past year.

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Inaugural lecture by Prof. Dr. Wohnig: Ambivalences of political education

Inaugural lecture by Prof. Dr. Alexander Wohnig

"Ambivalences of political education"

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Colloquium of the Department of Didactics of Social Sciences

The colloquium Didactics of Social Sciences is an exchange format in which student papers, doctoral projects, research projects and texts from the field of civic education are discussed. We see the colloquium as a place for collegial consultation and discussion of work and projects relating to civic education in schools and extracurricular activities in the broadest sense. All interested parties are invited to participate at any time and present their own work and projects.

From the department

Here you will find interesting facts from and about the Department of Social Sciences.

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Research cooperations

Our academics have joined forces in various institutions .

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Study

Are you studying a degree program supervised by us?

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Seminar activities

You can find out what makes us so special as a seminar here.

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Bergem

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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Christoph Dockweiler

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