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Sociology of Security and Resilience

Photo: Christine Hentschel

Research

Our research is concerned with practices, mobilisation strategies and imaginations that respond to an intensifying insecurity in the face of right-wing authoritarian politics and the ecological crisis, and examines the underlying ideas of justice, collectivity and the future.

Our research contributes to the University’s Profile Initiative Violence and Security Research

Research Projects

  • DFG-Humanities Centre for Advanced Studies “Futures of Sustainability” (2023-2027, Lead: Frank Adloff, Christine Hentschel, Stefan Aykut)
  • DFG-Cluster of Excellence Climate, Climatic Change, and Society (CLICCS): Project B3: Conflict and Cooperation at the Climate-Security-Nexus (2019-2025, Co-Chairs Christine Hentschel, Ursula Schröder)
  • DFG-Funded Research Training Group “Urban Future Making” (2025-2028, Lead: Monika Grubbauer, Co-PI: Christine Hentschel)
  • Deutsche Stiftung Friedensforschung: „Aktuelle Dynamiken politischer Intervention ‚von Rechts‘. Eine multilokale Untersuchung zur Jugendarbeit als Akteurin der Demokratiebildung“ (2025, Pilot project, Deutsche Stiftung Friedensforschung)
    (Current dynamics of political intervention ‘from the right’. A multi-local study on youth work as an actor in democracy education)

Completed Projects

  • DFG-Project „Situational awareness: sensing security in the city“, University of Hamburg (2020-2023, Lead: Christine Hentschel and Susanne Krasmann)
  • MUVE: Understanding and dealing with multiple crises (Funded by State Agency for Civic Education Hamburg, Lead: Ursula Schröder, Co-PI: Christine Hentschel)
  • Springboard Programme for bilateral UK - France / Germany ECR partnerships: „Everyday Democratic Resilience from Below“ (2024, w. Coventry University and British Council, Co-PI Nils Schuhmacher)
  • Research Training Group “Democratising Security in Turbulent Times” (Funded by Hamburger Landesforschungsförderung, 2020 – 2024, Lead: Ursula Schröder, Co-PI: Christine Hentschel) 
  • Fellowship at Käte Hamburger Centre for Apocalyptic and Post-Apocalyptic Studies (CAPAS) (Summer Term 2022, Christine Hentschel)
  • „Political interventions in the field of youth work“ (2020-2021, BAG Offene Kinder- und Jugendarbeit, LAG OKJA Nds., Arbeitsgemeinschaft Offene Türen, Fachverband Jugendarbeit/Jugendsozialarbeit Brandenburg NRW, AGJF Sachsen, AGJF Ba.-Wü., Co-PI Nils Schuhmacher)

Doctoral Projects under the supervision of Prof. Hentschel.