The Akademie für Soziologie (German for Academy for Sociology) is a scientific organization of social scientists that do empirical research in Germany. A call for the new organization was published in April 2017 with 112 signatories. The academy was founded in Mannheim in July of the same year. Its president is Thomas Hinz.
German sociologists were divided about whether a new organization was needed or divisive.Jörg Strübing's blog posts on the academy on the website of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie (German Society for Sociology)Zoff im Glashaus, Konstantin Nowotny, Der Freitag, 13.2.2018
The academy is recognized by the German Research Foundation as one of the two societies for the empirical social sciences.Ein Quexit in der Soziologie?, Gerald Wagner, FAZ, updated on 23.01.2019
Conference April 2018 in Munich – Wachsende Ungleichheit – gespaltene Gesellschaft? Aktuelle Beiträge der empirisch-analytischen SoziologieÄngste und Sorgen der Mittelschicht, Ingeborg Breuer, Deutschlandfunk, 12.4.2018Wachsende Ungleichheit – gespaltene Gesellschaft?, Nikolaus Nützel, Bayerischer Rundfunk, 4.4.2018
See also Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie International Sociological Association
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External links Akademie für Soziologie