About our Work<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div>How<\/strong> and under what conditions<\/strong> do civil society actors engage in interaction dynamics<\/strong> that foster or break social cohesion? The project\u2019s aim is to deliver transformative insights<\/strong> into the crucial, yet ambivalent, links between civil society and social cohesion<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>- <\/i><\/span>\n
The joint project implements an ambitious empirical research agenda<\/a> on the ambivalent consequences of civil society for social cohesion.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>- <\/i><\/span>\n
It brings together researchers<\/a> in the social sciences, the humanities, and computer science, from Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin, Humbold-Universit\u00e4t zu Berlin and Technische Universit\u00e4t zu Berlin.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>The joint project is funded by the Berlin University Alliance <\/strong>Grand Challenges: Exploration Projects Social Cohesion initiative<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>![\"Berlin](\"https:\/\/www.explore-interactions.de\/cohesion\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/logo_alliance_uni_01-460x295.png\")
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\nCohesion<\/p><\/h2><\/div>
<\/i><\/i><\/span>Our understanding<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>\nSocial cohesion is widely understood as a desirable feature of social formations and usually implies stability, solidarity, social integration, and some form of togetherness<\/em>. The concept is used to characterize entities of various sorts, from small groups to local communities to nation-state societies. A family can be cohesive, a neighborhood, an organization, or a religious community can be, but we usually would not speak of cohesion as of a person. Etymologically, this is reflected in the concept\u2019s roots in chemistry, where it describes forces of attraction that bind similar molecules to one another, as in a drop of water. In the social world, cohesion is widely deemed desirable because it implies low levels of intractable conflict, high levels of cooperation and integration, and strong communal and emotional bonds.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
How<\/strong> and under what conditions<\/strong> do civil society actors engage in interaction dynamics<\/strong> that foster or break social cohesion? The project\u2019s aim is to deliver transformative insights<\/strong> into the crucial, yet ambivalent, links between civil society and social cohesion<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div> The joint project implements an ambitious empirical research agenda<\/a> on the ambivalent consequences of civil society for social cohesion.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li> It brings together researchers<\/a> in the social sciences, the humanities, and computer science, from Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin, Humbold-Universit\u00e4t zu Berlin and Technische Universit\u00e4t zu Berlin.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul> The joint project is funded by the Berlin University Alliance <\/strong>Grand Challenges: Exploration Projects Social Cohesion initiative<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> Social Social cohesion is widely understood as a desirable feature of social formations and usually implies stability, solidarity, social integration, and some form of togetherness<\/em>. The concept is used to characterize entities of various sorts, from small groups to local communities to nation-state societies. A family can be cohesive, a neighborhood, an organization, or a religious community can be, but we usually would not speak of cohesion as of a person. Etymologically, this is reflected in the concept\u2019s roots in chemistry, where it describes forces of attraction that bind similar molecules to one another, as in a drop of water. In the social world, cohesion is widely deemed desirable because it implies low levels of intractable conflict, high levels of cooperation and integration, and strong communal and emotional bonds.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Our research subjects<\/h2><\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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\nCohesion<\/p><\/h2><\/div><\/i><\/i><\/span>Our understanding<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>
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