Following on from the first Grand Challenge Initiative on SocialCohesion of the Berlin University Alliance, the Oxford Berlin Research Partnership is supporting three interdisciplinary projects, which will focus on topics relating to social cohesion, as part of the first funding round.

FAIRWORK Germany

Improving Working Conditions for Platform Workers in Germany

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Principal Investigators: Prof. Dr. Mark Graham (University of Oxford), Prof. Dr. Jan Kratzer (Technische Universität Berlin), Prof. Dr. Maren Borkert (XU Exponential University)

Co-Applicants: Dr. Alessio Bertolini (University of Oxford), Fabian Ferrari (University of Oxford), Prof. Dr. Manuela Bojadžijev, (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), Dr. Moritz Altenried, (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), Dr. Natalia Strobel (Technische Universität Berlin)

Transitions and Social Cohesion in the Context of Multiple Crises

Understanding social cohesion in the context of Colombia’s transition from war to peace, the impact of Venezuelan migration on South America, and the global pandemic.

Principal Investigators: Dr. Annette Idler (University of Oxford), Prof. Dr. Sérgio Costa (Freie Universität Berlin)
Co-Applicants: Dr. Markus Hochmüller (University of Oxford), Dr. Jan Boesten (Freie Universität Berlin)

Oxford-Berlin Initiative on Museums as Spaces of Social Cohesion and Conflict

An Interdisciplinary Cooperation in the Field of Museum Studies

Principal Investigators: Prof. Dr. Dan Hicks (University of Oxford), Prof. Dr. Bénédicte Savoy (Technische Universität Berlin)