How and under what conditions do civil society actors participate in interactions that promote or disrupt cohesion? The goal of the project is to examine social cohesion as it is driven and continuously developed through social interactions. Cohesion is not viewed solely as a normative ideal but as a property of social relationships and interactions across various scales and modalities that manifest in direct encounters, groups, and society as a whole. Our team will develop a new conflict- and interaction-based theory of cohesion in contemporary society, integrating perspectives from the social sciences, humanities, and computer science, along with partners from civil society and politics.

Prof. Dr. Christian von Scheve, Freie Universität Berlin
Prof. Dr. Jule Specht, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Prof. Dr. Monika Schwarz-Friesel, Technische Universität Berlin
Prof. Dr. Jan Slaby, Freie Universität Berlin
Prof. Dr. Barbara Pfetsch, Freie Universität Berlin
Prof. Dr. Hanna Schwander, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
PD Dr. Simon Koschut, Freie Universität Berlin
Prof. Dr. Swen Hutter, Freie Universität Berlin
Prof. Dr. Ursula Hess, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Prof. Dr. Verena Hafner, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Prof. Dr. Denis Gerstorf, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Prof. Dr. Thorsten Faas, Freie Universität Berlin