[EN]Edition Sigma

englischConsumers can influence markets through their consumption behaviour—whether by consciously choosing or rejecting certain products and consumption patterns, or by loudly protesting, for example in demonstrations against climate change. But how far does the power of consumers extend? How [...]

englischWhat kind of benefits does volunteering (not) entail from a volunteer’s point of view? What barriers to their involvement do potential volunteers face? The project ‘Ehrenamt der Zukunft’ (Voluntary Work of the Future) explores these questions empirically from the users’ perspective. [...]

englischThe thematic focus of this yearbook is concerned with the various relations of „art“ and „technology“. It seeks to interrogate and reflect their conceptual filiations, their complementarities and mutual stimulations, and contrasts and tensions. The very notion of the „work“ challenges us to [...]

englischDesigning a digital and flexible Federal Administration Authority in Germany is of utmost importance. In addition to reducing bureaucratic structures and increasing employer attractiveness, the main goals are to maintain and promote the skills, motivation and health of its employees in a [...]

englischRobots, artificial intelligence, big data, mobile work, Industry 4.0—the world of work is undergoing a digital revolution which is changing the different tasks performed by the workforce. This book provides answers to the question of the extent to which digitalisation has already found its [...]

englischChallenged by demographic and socio-economic structural change, Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, a county in southern Thuringia, has been declared a shrinking region with all its consequential effects; nevertheless, it stands for resilience and self-assertion. The polarities to be found there make the [...]