Funded projects in the Department for Comparative Research on Democracies

Here you can find a selection of currently conducted research projects in the Department for Comparative Research on Democracies, which are funded by various funding institutions.

Funded projects

Reflexivity in (Forced) Migration Studies

Project members:

Dr. des. Maria Ullrich, Forum Internationale Wissenschaft (FIW)
Dr. Lena Laube, Forum Internationale Wissenschaft (FIW)
Bahia Amellal, Forum Internationale Wissenschaft (FIW)
Prof. Dr. Conrad Schetter, Bonn Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC)
Maarit Thiem, Bonn Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC)
Dr. Sandra Gilgan, Bonn Research Alliance (BORA)
Jure Leko, Bonner Institut für Migrationsforschung und Interkulturelles Lernen e.V. (BIM)
Project duration: 2024-2025 (12 Months)
Project funding: Transdisciplinary Research Area 'Individuals, Institutions and Societies' (TRA4) of the University of Bonn
Link to the project page

Forschungsgruppe "Die zivile Seenotrettung als Kristallisationspunkt des Streits um Demokratie"

Project management: Dr.'in Mareike Gebhardt (University of Muenster) and Dr.'in Lena Laube (University of Bonn)
Staff: Maria Ullrich, MA (University of Bonn), Sarah Spasiano, MA (University of Bonn)
Research assistants: Bahia Amellal, Carlotta Laumann, Jace Proske (University of Bonn)
Projek duration: 2022-2025 (36 Months)
Project funding: Gerda Henkelstiftung, Funding program "Demokratie"
Link to the project page

Benign Autocrats in Democracies. Philanthropic Foundations and their Charitable Ideas and Programs within the Horizon of Participation

Research lead: Pascal Goeke and Evelyn Moser
Staff: Ramin Bahrami and Galina Selivanova
Research assistants: Rosmery Albarran Meyer, Tim Weber
Project duration: 2019-2023 (48 Months)
Funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Link to the project page

The Nursery as a Gender Political Module of the Workfare State of Functionally Differentiated Society: Assignment of Tasks and its Implementation

Project management and editing: PD Dr. Christine Weinbach
Research assistants: Luca Voges, Niklas Ullrich
Project duration: 11/2019 - 07/2024
The project is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) as a project with own position
Link to the project page

Completed projects

Surviving in adverse environments: NGOs in the political system of contemporary Russia

Editing by Evelyn Moser and Anna Skripchenko
Project duration: 2017-2019
The project is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG).
Link to the project page

A Regime-Comparative Approach to Functional Differentiation in the People’s Republic of China

Project management and editing: Eric Hendriks
Project duration: April 2018-April 2020
The project was funded by Fritz Thyssen Stiftung.