Allgemein – Seite 2 – Dr. Sebastian Lang

13. Juni 2021

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Strengthening Causal Reasoning in Research on Inequality, Poverty and Mobility: New Methods for Answering Old Questions?

The question of why has become increasingly important and popular across different fields of research (c.f. Pearl & Mackenzie 2019). However, this is not really surprising as many research questions – for example, in the area of inequality, poverty and mobility – are definitely of a causal nature. Nevertheless, it seems as if economists are more successful in providing causal inference. (...)

23. Dezember 2020

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Workshop report „Causality in the Social Sciences II“

Based on our amazing experiences attending the workshop on “Causal Inference in the Social Sciences” at the University of Leipzig in summer 2019, we decided to host a follow-up workshop at the German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW) in Hanover. The subsequent workshop “Causality in the Social Sciences II” has been integrated into the scientific activities of DZHW’s research cluster “Empirical Methods in Higher Education and Science Studies”. Causal analysis is one thematic focus among others. The particular objective of this workshop was to bring together young scholars from different fields to discuss all questions related to causality. (...)

3. Juni 2020

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Prejudices against the unemployed – empirical evidence from Germany

Prejudices against the unemployed pose an enormous threat to their self-confidence and can make it difficult for them to re-enter the labour market, resulting in further long-term unemployment. Given these high costs for the unemployed and for society as a whole, our knowledge of prejudices against the unemployed is surprisingly scarce. We focus on the question of what determines the strength of prejudice among employees. By applying social identity theory, we assume that people who are disadvantaged in the labour market in general, also hold stronger prejudices. In addition, we assume that social status mediates this association and that self-efficacy moderates it. (...)

22. Mai 2020

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Workshop – Causality in the Social Sciences II

The workshop "Causality in the Social Sciences II" will take place in October 8 and 9, 2020 at the German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW) in Hanover. The conference is organised by Sebastian Lang and Ulrike Schwabe within the Research Cluster Empirical Methods of Higher Education Research and Science Studies. The workshop is financially supported by the German Academy of Sociology and the DZHW. (...)