Topics

Social space is not only the social-geographically limited space (area, district, region), but is constructed by the acting individuals in each case: Space is created through the interaction of people. This research focus examines the interrelationship between social and spatial development. In an interdisciplinary perspective and with a special focus on the social sustainability of developments, it is taken into account that social space orientation is an increasingly important concept for action in different fields of social work. The research in this focus area serves to qualify practice, for example with regard to

• Development of social space analysis procedures;
• monitoring demographic and socio-structural developments in cities and regions;
• moderation of processes of regional cooperation;
• participatory project development with hard-to-reach social groups;
• Establishment and expansion of local network structures.

The research projects in this priority area are integrated into national and international cooperation and discourses.

Projects

• Appropriation and negotiation processes in public space - an explorative study on changed perceptions and designs of space due to the stay of refugees in two social spaces of the cities Dortmund and Düsseldorf
• Scientific monitoring of the practice of community care for the elderly (KSB) in the district of Hersfeld-Rotenburg
• BUSLAR - Citizens' Aid Associations and Social Cooperatives as Partners in the Provision of Services of General Interest - Model Development for Supplementary Assistance for Older People in Rural Areas
• Opportunities for the Right of Residence
• DIWAN - Dialogue Processes and Travelling Exhibition for a Successful Coexistence in the Immigration Society
• Formative project evaluation and scientific monitoring of "Aktion Diakonische Gemeinde: Bekämpfung Armut und gesellschaftliche Teilhabe fördern" (Diaconal Community Action: Fighting Poverty and Promoting Social Participation)
• GENTWo - Homelessness in the context of urban transformation processes using the example of Berlin Neu Kölln, research and development funding of the HS Fulda
• Gentrification in Frankfurt's Ostend?
• Older migrants in the neighbourhood
• Educational spaces - an explorative study on the distribution of educational opportunities and educational success in the city
• Community Health Management
• Gender and the appropriation of space
• ProZiS - On the transformation of professional and civic social work through immigration - Successful diversity in a socio-spatial context
• Participation despite toleration? Municipal spaces for tolerated youths and young adults
• Local Responses to Migrants with Precarious Status: Frames, Strategies and Evolving Practices in Europe (LoReMi)