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This seminar focusses on why and under what conditions societies experience such forms of social stratification. Why do immigrants, woman, persons with disabilities, homosexuals, and many other groups experience systematic disadvantages, although there is a societal consensus that discrimination is undesired? In the seminar, students consult classical theories from sociology (e.g. Norbert Elias), social-psychology (e.g. Social Identity Theory), and novel approaches from complexity research, in order to identify approaches to fight societal discrimination.

Learning outcomes:

At the end of the seminar, ...

... students will know central theories of societal stratification (Elias, Social Identity Theory, Emergence of classes).

… students can reflect about the conditions under which social stratification emerges.

... students can reflect about approaches to fight dynamics of stratification.

... students know agent-based modelling, are able to implement simple models, and are able to independently analyze models.