The Center is "out and about"

20 September 2019

From 23-27.09.19 the conference "Great Transformation: The Future of Modern Societies" will take place at the University of Jena. A large part of our team will be located in Jena to take impulses with them. In addition to Frank Adloff and Sighard Neckel, Philip Degens and Martina Hasenfratz will enrich the conference programme with their own contributions. The conference is hosted by the DFG Research Group "Landnahme, Beschleunigung, Aktivierung. Zur (De-)Stabilisierung moderner Wachstumsgesellschaften" and the German Society for Sociology.

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