The Institute of Sociology in Chemnitz
Sociology has been taught at the University of Technology (TU) in Chemnitz, a city with a rich cultural and industrial tradition, since 1992. In 1996, an independent Institute of Sociology was founded that currently employs about 40 academic teaching and research staff working for six chairs:
The Chairs of the Institute
- Sociology - Focus on Sociological Theories (Prof Thomas Kern)
- Sociology - Focus on Sociology of Health (Prof Peter Kriwy)
- Sociology - Focus on Empirical Social Research (currently substituted - ongoing appointment procedure)
- Sociology of Industry and Technology (Prof G. Günter Voß)
- Junior Professorship Epidemiology (Junior Prof Patrick Brzoska)
- Junior Professorship Technical Sociology - Focus on Internet and New Media (ongoing appointment procedure)
Academic Programmes & Course Structure
Studying Sociology in Chemnitz, you will be thoroughly acquainted with the entire range of theoretical and scientific concepts and concerns forming the fundamentals of the discipline. Our consecutive undergraduate and graduate programmes
are taught with a strong scientific and, therefore, theoretical-empirical orientation. In addition, we offer the inter-disciplinary programme
which is organised by the Institute.
Receiving wide academic as well as public attention, the large amount of research done in a variety of fields has distinguished the Institute since its beginnings. Irrespective of all the differences concerning the focus of their theoretical and / or empirical work, the sociologists of the Institute are united by common interests:
Our major themes: Work/Technology, Health, Globalisation
In recent years, three central and strongly interconnected “pillars“ of sociological research have evolved in teaching and even more so in research, which will be further broadened in the future:- Work, Organisation and Technology: work activities, corporate organisation, technology and media in the informatised knowledge and service society
- Health and Health Care Systems: health behaviour, the effects of social change on health structures and health technologies
- Globalisation and Social Change: changes in societal structures (networks, organisations, movements, socio-cultural structures, etc.) within an international context
Best wishes
Your Chemnitz Sociology Team ...
... and enjoy Chemnitz: "Chemnitz tanzt" + "Chemnitz, wo sonst?
