Quantitative Methods of Empirical Social Research and Social Structure Analysis
Welcome to the pages of the Research Group
The Research Group has two thematic focuses. The methods of empirical social research provide the basis for the systematic recording, evaluation and interpretation of social facts. Social structure analysis examines the structured distribution of socially relevant characteristics and the influence and change of these structures. Prof. Dr. Katrin Golsch and her team focus on these topics in both teaching and research, dealing with issues from the field of social inequality and life course research, such as the determinants and effects of social support within couple relationships and families, the work-family conflicts of working mothers and fathers or the accumulation of social inequalities in the course of employment.
Research in this field currently focuses on the following areas:
- Social support in families and couple relationships
- Reconciliation conflicts between family and work
- Utilization of child sick days and occupational consequences
- Migration, subject-oriented perceptions of inequality and mixed methods
- Panel data analysis
In our Research Group, we offer a variety of courses for the Bachelor's and Master's degree programs at the Institute of Social Sciences.
BA:
- Methods of empirical social research
- Social structure and social inequality
- Special sociologies
- Lecture series
MA:
- We are pleased to inform you that the new Master's program "Sociological Diagnosis of the Present Time" is expected to start in the winter semester 2025/26. You will soon find detailed information on teaching here.
In addition, we offer comprehensive advice, support and guidance in the preparation of theses.
In our research café , we help you to plan and carry out empirical studies and are on hand with advice and support.
The Research Group currently consists of Prof. Dr. Katrin Golsch, Dr. Ayhan Adams, Dr. Joanna Fröhlich, Marei Beckermann (student assistant) and Melanie Jablonski (secretary).
Prof. Dr. Katrin Golsch
Fachbereich 1: Kultur- und Sozialwissenschaften
Seminarstraße 20
49074 Osnabrück
Raum: 15/302
Sprechstunde: Bitte tragen Sie sich im Stud.Ip für einen freien Termin ein.
Dr. Joanna Fröhlich
Fachbereich 1: Kultur- und Sozialwissenschaften
Seminarstraße 20
49074 Osnabrück
Raum: 15/303
Sprechstunde: Nach Vereinbarung
