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Dates for resit exams and registration periods

Registration procedure: Registration for the resit exam, stating your student ID number and the specific lecture, must be submitted by March 18, 2026 (deadline) via the service office ([a2]ifs.beratung@uni-muenster.de).

1st date: March 24, 2026, 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m., Room SCH 121.554
Methods I, Prof. Dr. Legewie
Social Structure, Diversity, and Culture in the Transformed Working Society, Prof. Dr. Ernst
Social Structure, Culture, and Social Practice (both lectures, Prof. Dr. Tezcan

2nd session: March 25, 2026, 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m., Room SCH 121.554
Basic Sociological Concepts and Fields of Research, Prof. Dr. Michalowski

3rd session: March 26, 2026, 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m., Room SCH 121.554
Statistics I, Prof. Dr. Legewie
Family, School, Youth – Socialization in Childhood and Adolescence, Dr. Heimken

 

Theses in sociology: Information (exchange) event

  • Are you nearing the end of your sociology studies and have questions about your thesis?
  • Are you studying sociology and want to find out early on exactly how the process of writing a thesis works?
  • Are you interested in discussing theses and the thesis supervision situation at the institute with IfS lecturers in an informal setting?
Then this event is just right for you!
It addresses fundamental and frequently asked questions about sociology theses and gives you the opportunity to talk to lecturers. It is primarily aimed at students in advanced semesters, but students in the middle and early stages of their studies are also welcome.

When? February 4, 2026, 12:15 p.m. – 01:45 p.m.
Where? Institute of Sociology, Room 520
Who? Prof. Dr. Nicolas Legewie, Prof. Dr. Ines Michalowski, Laura Rademacher, M.A., Dr. Björn Wendt

New professor for migration, diversity, and social cohesion

The Institute of Sociology is delighted to welcome Prof. Dr. Nihad El-Kayed, who took up her position as Professor of Migration, Diversity, and Social Cohesion on January 1, 2026. In January, she will already be offering a block seminar entitled “Social Structures, Hierarchies, and Inequalities – Theoretical and Empirical Approaches.” Registration and further information are available directly from Prof. Dr. Nihad El-Kayed.

New Erasmus partnership with Ankara University

Starting in the winter semester 2026/27, there will be a new Erasmus partnership between the IfS and Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi. The Middle East Technical University in Ankara is one of the most renowned and largest universities in Turkey. The language of instruction is English.

Information about studying at ODTÜ can be found here. Information about the Department of Sociology can be found here.

The application deadline is January 31, 2026. All questions can be answered by the Erasmus Advisory Service.

Conference "The Specter of Fascism"

Prof. Dr. Sven Reichardt (University of Konstanz) and Prof. Dr. Levent Tezcan and Prof. Dr. Özkan Ezli (University of Münster) are organizing a conference on the topic “The Specter of Fascism”. The conference will take place in the Center for Cultural Studies Research, Bishop's Villa of the University of Konstanz (Otto-Adam-Straße 5, 78467 Konstanz) on March 26th & 27th, 2026.

The program can be viewed here.

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Münster-Barometer: New date in spring

The “Münster Barometer” project seminar will take place this spring from February 17 to March 13, deviating from the KVV. The exact dates can be found in the schedule. The Münster Barometer is conducted in cooperation with the Westfälische Nachrichten and the Münstersche Zeitung newspapers and surveys the opinions of Münster residents twice a year. In small working groups, all phases of an empirical survey—from questionnaire design to data collection and evaluation to presentation of results—are carried out in a practical manner.

If you are interested, please send an email to Marko Heyse.

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Institute Colloquium

Why are there classic state wars again? Have we learned nothing from the wars of the last century?

Dr. Kevin-Rick Doß seeks the answer to these questions not only in collective repression processes, but also in the phenomenon of “poverty of experience”. We experience a lot, but we cannot convert this experience into social experience: what we experience can no longer be narrated, it is muted.

Where is this poverty of experience reproduced? Perhaps also where sociology has directly reflected on the relationship between war and history? To what extent can the nature of war be made narrable, and why does this narrability fail?

This exciting lecture will be given at the next institute colloquium on December 17, 2025. It starts at 2:00 p.m. in the conference room (553a) at the Institute of Sociology. No registration necessary!

Aftercolorblindness Plakat 2

After Colorblindness: The Emerging Racial Order in the US

Ray argues that the colorblind racial order in the United States is ending, if not already over. The colorblind era is defined by formal race neutrality in legal proceedings and sanctions for the types of overt discrimination that was normal under Jim Crow. Current white nationalist movement ideologues, thinking about and planning the remaking of the state, are distinct from the colorblind era, as they call for state interventions that further white dominance. Join us to hear Victor Ray unpack the emerging racial order and its implications for the United States today.

Lecture on Thursday, 20th of November, at 14:15 at the Institute for Sociology, in the lecture room (SCH5), Scharnhorststraße 121. Contact Ines Michalowski.

Introduction to QISPOS and SLcM

This introduction is aimed at students of all sociology degree programs for whom the examination management systems QISPOS or SLcM are new. Following a brief introduction, you will have the opportunity to complete your exam registrations on site. Students from higher semesters are also welcome to seek advice if they encounter any issues with QISPOS.
You can carry out your exam registrations either on one of the computers in the computer lab or by bringing and using your own mobile device such as a laptop or tablet.

Date: November 19, 2025, 12:00 p.m. (c.t.), Room 121.503 (right-hand computer seminar room in the Institute of Sociology)

Career Advice

New at the institute of sociology:

Sociology students can take advantage of career advice in the institute of sociology from the Employment Agency Münster-Ahlen.
Further information can be found here.

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Welcome-Event for First-Semester Students 2025

New at the University of Münster? Just started studying Sociology? Especially in the beginning, it can be quite challenging to find your way around a new institute. To make your start a little easier, we would like to warmly welcome all new students on Tuesday, October 14, 2025, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.!

Join us for the First-Semester Welcome Event in the courtyard (in case of bad weather: SCH 121.5) and get to know the lecturers, the SoPoPool, BEMA, and the student office.

Planned schedule:
1) Welcome by the Managing Director
2) Introduction of the departments
3) Presentation of BEMA, SoPoPool, the erasmus office, and the student office
4) Informal part with drinks, music, and snacks

results of the seminar slot distribution online

The IfS announces that the results of the seminar slot distribution for the coming semester are now available online. All students who applied for a seminar slot are invited to check the overview to see which seminars they have been assigned to.

The procedure for allocating seminar slots was carried out exclusively for the seminars listed in this
list. For all other courses, no allocation procedure was necessary, i.e., a place is guaranteed if registration has been completed in the HIS/LSF portal.
Further registrations for a few remaining places will be possible shortly in the HIS/LSF portal.

If you have any questions or require clarification, the student office will be happy to help.
 

| Deadline: 15.9.

Re-writing exams | Sose 2025

The registration for the late registration exam with indication of the matriculation number takes place until 15.9.2025 (Exclusion date) via the service office (ifs.beratung@uni-muenster.de)

Date 1: Tue, 23.9.2025, 10 am c.t. (admission from 10:00 am), room SCH 121.554 (or lecture hall SCH 121.5):

  • Inside out - Outside in: Introduction to sociological theory, Prof. Dr. Renn
  • Family, school, youth - socialization in childhood and adolescence, Dr. Heimken

Date 2: Thu, 25.9.2025, 10 am c.t. (admission from 10:00 am), room SCH 121.554 (or lecture hall SCH 121.5):
  • Statistics II, Dr. Heyse
  • Societal structure, culture and social practice, Prof. Dr. Michalowski
  • Societal structure, culture and social practice, Prof. Dr. Tezcan

From the winter semester 2026/27, there will be a new Erasmus partnership between the IfS and the Uniwersytet Gdański in Poland.

The Institute of Sociology in Gdańsk is one of the most renowned sociological institutions in Poland and offers a wide range of courses in Polish and English (especially in the field of social sciences).

The application deadline is January 31, 2026.

If you have any questions, please contact the Erasmus Advisory Service at IfS Münster.

| New Chair | Methods

Prof. Dr. Nicolas Legewie returns to the Institute

On June 1, 2025, Prof. Dr. Nicolas Legewie will take over the professorship for Methods of Empirical Social Research at the Institute of Sociology at the University of Münster. He has already stood in for the professorship in the winter semester 2023/24 and in the summer semester 2024 and can now be reached again at his previous e-mail address (nlegewie@uni-muenster.de).

We are delighted to welcome him back and look forward to working with him in the future!

Regulation on dealing with suppressed numbers

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