Transformation, Housing and Social Spatial Development (TRAWOS)

• Implementation of social science research and practical projects in the context of demographic, economic, technological, social, and cultural change
• Integrating research and practice through applied research, consulting, and participatory knowledge transfer
• Integrating research and teaching through research seminars, research internships, lecture series, or final dissertations
• Creating and fostering a public forum for discourse on issues of regional and social spatial development, as well as on civic engagement and democratic political culture

• Structural change and innovative regional development in Upper Lusatia with a focus on demography, migration, integration, gender and governance
• Urbanity in medium-sized towns and new concepts of rurality in peripheral areas
• Socio-ecological transformation and its management
• Social, political and civic inclusion and participation as well as democratic cultural development
• Cross-border aspects of working, living, housing and cooperation under post-communist conditions
• European and regional integration processes in the border triangle

Main areas of work