SOCION vacancies

SOCION (Social Cohesion Consortium) addresses a pressing challenge of our time: fragmentation in societies. Social cohesion is ‘society’s fabric’ and is key to sustainable societies and citizens’ well-being. However, it is increasingly undermined by the erosion of and polarization between communities, factions and groups. In this project, psychologists, social historians, demographers, philosophers and sociologists work with each other and with civic organizations to generate and integrate insights into how connections between individuals, groups and institutions contribute to new pathways to and forms of social cohesion.

Are you one of the 17 PhD candidates that will work with us to implement this mission?

The core research question is:

How can connections between individuals, groups, and institutions be strengthened without unintentionally unravelling them elsewhere in society?

The program currently consists of 6 thematic clusters encompassing 17 research projects:

1. Migration
2. Dynamics of Social Cohesion in the Face of Climate Change
3. Care and Families
4. Policies and Social Cohesion
5. Understanding Social Cohesion in the Face of Inequalities: Concepts, Methods, Evaluations
6. Normative Assessment of Social Cohesion

Find all vacancies through the apply button; you will find them listed at the bottom of the SOCION information page.