[EN]Edition Sigma

Ungleichheit, Existenzängste, die gesellschaftliche Spaltung in Arm und Reich – der soziale Frieden in Deutschland scheint zu bröckeln. Die politischen Parteien versprechen als Heilmittel mehr Soziale Gerechtigkeit. Doch was bedeutet das? Mehr Chancengerechtigkeit? Mehr Teilhabe oder mehr [...]

englischPrevious research into the causes of academic failure among students both from and not from a migrant background has traditionally focused on empirically and qualitatively measurable problems young people have fitting in between milieu-specific patterns of perception, thought and action and [...]

englischAgainst the backdrop of the discussion on Industry 4.0, this book investigates the car industry’s experiences with automation so far and its impact on work. The book’s examination of developments at Ford, Toyota and Volkswagen over the past 100 years generates surprising insights into [...]

englischNarratives of technology-related transformations or, in German discourse, of ‘turnarounds’, such as the ‘Energiewende’, are currently experiencing a heyday. In particular, scenarios of a post-fossil fuel transformation frame technology as the key to mastering the path to a climate-neutral [...]

englischThe topic of resilience has received attention in the behavioural sciences since the 1950s. In particular, the Kauai Longitudinal Study by Emmy Werner was groundbreaking in terms of resilience research. In recent years, this research has also attracted the interest of the consumer sciences. [...]

englischThis anthology is based on the interdisciplinary project ‘FindMyBike: legal and technological concepts for the transmission of time-based geodata on a criminological and administrative science basis’. In this project, technological concepts for the location of theft-prone objects were [...]

englischGood legislation and good administrative action are of great importance for the social acceptance of politics and administration. Unfortunately, however, they are often unclear, bureaucratic and poorly tailored to the needs of citizens. How can the accessibility and addressability of [...]