(Un)Solvable Problems?
Social Science Perspectives on the Challenges of our Times
Online event series at the WZB
15 September to 8 December 2023, on Fridays from 9 to 10 a.m.
Our society is facing many challenges: the loss of trust in politics, doubts about democratic processes, climate change, demographic upheaval, wars, loss of wealth and increased social inequality. The problems are becoming increasingly complex, and there are no simple solutions. All of this creates uncertainty.
The WZB researches basic social problems and therefore has a special mission. For this series of events, all research departments have joined forces to place challenges like these in the major lines of development of our time.
The researchers cannot offer big solutions, but they can share their knowledge. Findings from their analyses are intended to inform and enrich politics, business and society.
The events will be available on all common podcast platforms.
Events
Das Ende des Sozialstaats? Verteilungskonflikte und die Schulden der Schuldenbremse
Jutta Allmendinger and Michael Wrase
Is American Democracy Unreformable? The Anatomy of an Enduring political crisis
Daniel Ziblatt and Maximilian Steinbeis
The Asylum Lottery: The Challenges of Refugee Policy Making
Ungleichheit, Unzufriedenheit und Populismus
„Egal, wie man es macht“?! Double Binds in der Arbeitswelt
Lena Hipp and Jens Riedel
Globale Herausforderungen und Demokratie
Zugang zu Kindergärten, Schulen und Universitäten – gerecht oder ungerecht?
Dorothea Kübler and Felix Weinhardt
Warum ist es so schwer, Staaten und ihre politische Führung für rechtswidrige Angriffskriege zur Verantwortung zu ziehen, und wie könnte das verändert werden?
What good is social science in times of crisis? Lessons/Answers from Corona
(Un)lösbare Probleme = (un)lösbare Konflikte? Protest und gesellschaftliche Polarisierung in der Klimafrage
What is democratic resilience and why do we need an analytical concept of it?
Attraktivität der beruflichen Ausbildung in der Krise?