Activities
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Perspectives on Wealth 2026
On 17 and 18 March 2026, the Volkswagen Foundation hosted the symposium „Perspectives on Wealth 2026“ at Herrenhausen Palace in Hannover, bringing together researchers from all projects funded under the foundation’s initiative Perspectives on Wealth. The symposium served as a platform to present and discuss preliminary findings, to explore ways of increasing the projects‘ visibility and impact, and…
Cohesion in times of disruption
On 9 October 2025, WESOREL member Nhat An Trinh presented project research at the annual conference of the Research Institute Social Cohesion (FGZ) in Leipzig. This year’s conference was held under the heading „Cohesion in times of disruption“ and gathered scholars from across the FGZ network and beyond to discuss how social cohesion is shaped, strained, and…
Distributing wealth, uniting society?
On 23 September 2025, WESOREL member Nhat An Trinh contributed to the special session „Distributing wealth, uniting society? A discussion on wealth inequality and social cohesion“ at the 42nd Congress of the German Sociological Association (DGS) in Duisburg. The session was convened by Diana Lengersdorf (Bielefeld) and WESOREL principal investigator Fabian Pfeffer (Munich), and it brought together…
Wealth & Social Cohesion 