Research and transfer
CCST
Publications
Political Science Applied (PSCA)
Political Science Applied (PSCA) is a freely accessible, peer-reviewed online journal. It is published by the International Infrastructure Dialogue Centre (IDC e.V.) in Vienna in cooperation with CCST members Prof. Dr. Jakob Lempp and Dr. Jan Niklas Rolf as co-editors. The aim of PSCA is to provide a practice-orientated approach to political science and its fields of application. The aim is to show - particularly by means of examples - where and how the theories, approaches and methods of political science are used in practice. The practical relevance is to be established through an orientation towards political counselling, through a specific policy orientation, through reference to political education or teaching, but also through cooperation with institutions from political or administrative practice. Both academics and practitioners are invited as authors.
All issues are available at www.psca.eu.
Further scientific publications by CCST members can be found on the following page of the Faculty of Society and Economics.
Research projects
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TransRegINT The project Transformation of the Lower Rhine Region - Innovation, Sustainability and Participation (TransRegINT) is a project of Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences that is being funded as part of the Innovative University funding initiative from January 2023 to December 2027. With TransRegINT, we are taking responsibility by jointly developing the future of the Lower Rhine region through exchange, applied research, pilot projects and capacity building. In doing so, we are guided by the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations (SDGs). Project duration: January 2023 - December 2027 Involved members of the CCST: Dr. Vanessa Meinen, Prof. Dr. Oliver Serfling, Prof. Dr. Ingrid Jungwirth, Prof. Dr. Jakob Lempp, Taisiya Lebedeva, Luisa Emelie Baumgart, Hanna Berzau Further information on the project: TransRegINT |
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TRAM The Transnational Labor Migration in the Euregio (TRAM) project is the first to comprehensively examine the experiences of transnational migrant workers in the meat and agricultural industries who live on the German side of the border in the Euregio Rhine-Waal and are employed in the Netherlands and North Rhine-Westphalia. As part of the research project, cross-border exchange structures and an action plan for social counselling will be created. The core of the research project is to gain insights into the living and working situation of transnational labour migrants in the Euregio and to develop models for good work and good housing for transnational labour migrants. Project duration: June 2023 - May 2026 Involved members of the CCST: Prof. Dr. Ingrid Jungwirth, Marius Glassner Further information on the project: TRAM |
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Work Migration between Borders The cooperation project Work Migration between Borders examines for the first time the conditions of labour migration in the Euregio Rhine-Waal region, in particular the precarious working and living conditions of migrant workers who maintained central areas of the economy and society during the Covid pandemic. In collaboration with Radboud University Nijmegen, legal regulations, media discourses and political and social measures to support migrant workers will be analysed in order to develop recommendations for improving their conditions. A subsequent project (TRAM) will also analyse the experiences of the migrants themselves. Project duration: June 2021 - August 2022 Involved members of the CCST: Prof. Dr. Ingrid Jungwirth, Marius Glassner Further information on the project: Work Migration between Borders |
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Research Cooperation with Rwanda in Applied Macroeconomics The university cooperation project ‘Research Cooperation with Rwanda in Applied Macroeconomics’, in which the Faculty of Society and Economics at Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences was involved from 2015 to 2017, supported capacity building in Rwanda's universities and government institutions in the field of quantitative macroeconomics. Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences carried out a needs analysis and then developed training modules and a ‘bridge programme’ for Master's graduates to prepare them for a doctorate. The aim of the cooperation was to strengthen the Rwandan education system by increasing the number of well-trained specialists and to promote a lasting partnership with the University of Rwanda. Project duration: November 2015 - June 2017 Involved members of the CCST: Prof. Dr. Oliver Serfling, Prof. Dr. Jakob Lempp Further information on the project: Research Cooperation with Rwanda in Applied Macroeconomics |
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Unique challenges for returning to the workforce - Women with chronic illness or disabilities The empirical study, led by Prof. Dr. Ingrid Jungwirth, examines the conditions for women with chronic illnesses and disabilities to return to work in the Münsterland region. The aim is to identify facilitating and inhibiting factors in order to develop suitable interventions for this target group, using both statistical data on the labour market situation and qualitative expert interviews. The study looks at disability as a social construction and examines how gender relations and labour market conditions influence the educational and professional careers of women with disabilities or chronic illnesses. Project duration: January 2018 - May 2018 Involved members of the CCST: Prof. Dr. Ingrid Jungwirth Further information on the project: Unique challenges for returning to the workforce - Women with chronic illness or disabilities |
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Neighborhood development in Kleve: A research project in collaboration with the city of Kleve A research project on neighbourhood development in Kleve is being carried out at Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences under the direction of Prof. Dr. Ingrid Jungwirth in cooperation with the city of Kleve to investigate the living situation of residents in an urban neighbourhood. The aim of the project is to use qualitative interviews and a household survey to identify fields of action for municipal planning and to create a socio-economic profile of the residents that takes into account the effects of poverty, migration background and labour market integration on housing and neighbourhood relations. Project duration: October 2017 - March 2018 Involved members of the CCST: Prof. Dr. Ingrid Jungwirth, Prof. Dr. Jakob Lempp Further information on the project: Neighborhood development in Kleve |