Research

In the project "Environmental pressures and resources: social inequalities and health consequences" we are examining for the cities of Hanover and Braunschweig the extent to which households are affected to different degrees by environmental pollution (noise and air pollution) and have different access to environmental resources (green spaces, parks, etc.). We also ask to what extent environmental pollution and environmental resources affect the well-being and health of the population. We pay particular attention to the question of whether different population groups benefit to different degrees from the health effects of green spaces and parks.
The project is funded by the Lower Saxony Ministry for Science and Culture as part of the Pro*Niedersachsen program.
Period of validity: 01/2019 - 12/2022


The project "Environmental Justice - Social Distribution Patterns, Justice Assessments and Acceptance Thresholds of Local Environmental Impacts" deals with the social distribution of environmental impacts and how this is assessed by the population. It is carried out jointly by the University of Bern, the Georg-August University of Göttingen, the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz and the ETH Zurich.
D-A-CH research project funded by the German Science Foundation (DFG) and the Swiss National Fonds (SNF)
Period of validity: 10/2015 - 06/2020


"Flexibility forms in late employment careers and the transition into retirement – a cross-national comparison of the development of social inequality (flexCAREER II)”
Universities of Göttingen and Bamberg (together with Hans-Peter Blossfeld)
Funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG)
Period of validity: 09/2007 - 03/2010
Research staff in Göttingen: Dr. Alberto Veira Ramos and Paul Schmelzer, M.A.


"Flexibility forms at the entry into the labor market and in early employment careers – a cross national comparison of the development of social inequality (flexCAREER I)”
Universities of Leipzig and Bamberg (together with Hans-Peter Blossfeld)
Funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG)
Period of validity: 03/2005 - 09/2007


“Life Courses in the Globalization Process – GLOBALIFE”
Otto Friedrich University of Bamberg (applied together with Hans-Peter Blossfeld and Fabrizio Bernardi)
Funded by the Volkswagenwerk Foundation
Period of validity: 09/1999 - 02/2005