Emerging from the Graduiertenkolleg “Das Neue Europa”, the Berlin Graduate School of Social Sciences has been founded in 2002.
Research at the BGSS is focused on the comparative analysis of social inclusion and democratic performance of modern societies.
This research area is concerned with the question whether and how modern societies are able to cope with contemporary problems of inclusion and exclusion, discrimination and diversity, heterogeneity and individualization.
Topics are: This research area looks at the conditions of the establishment, stability and development of democratic structures in modern societies.
Topics are: This research area is concerned with the role of scientific and non-scientific knowledge in the reproduction of democratic societies.