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Dr. Franz Erhard is a researcher in the Department of Sociology at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Siegen. His office is located at Adolf-Reichwein-Str. 2, 57076 Siegen (Room AR-K 404), with contact number +49 (0) 271-740 2577.
His research focuses on qualitative analysis of structural change and social innovation, poverty and welfare systems, sociology of violence and conflict, and sociology of religion with emphasis on thanatology. Current projects include the BePart initiative (2022-2025) involving Zittau-Görlitz University of Applied Sciences and neo.NET eV, examining social innovations in transformation processes. Recent publications analyze labeling in transformation contexts (2025), Lusatia's structural change (2024), and methodological debates in sociology (2024). He actively contributes to academic discourse through invited lectures on poverty, identity politics, and social innovation at institutions including University of Hamburg, University of Leipzig, and international conferences.
- Social Innovations as Labeling in Current Transformation Processes (2025)
- Participation in Structural Change – Understanding Social Innovations in Lusatia (2024)
- Beyond the Formation of Camps (2024)
His academic activities span national and international conferences including ISA World Congress, BSA Annual Conference, and DGS Congresses. He organizes academic events such as the "Public Sphere Change and Identity Politics" conference (2023) and co-leads research workshops on sociologies of disorder. Current teaching includes the seminar "East Germany – Sociological findings on a region".
