Research

The aim of the interdisciplinary joint project "User-centred AI-based detection of fake news and misinformation" (NEBULA) is the transparent, AI-based detection of fake news and misinformation in security-relevant situations as well as the target-group-oriented presentation of the detection results to promote media literacy. The three-year project began on 1 July 2022 and is headed by Prof. Dr. Hektor Haarkötter.

In the CrossComITS research project, communication scientists are using empirical methods to investigate the cyber security of vulnerable groups. As part of the project, an online community on cyber security issues for vulnerable groups is being established. In addition to the Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, the University of Siegen, the Catholic University of Applied Sciences North Rhine-Westphalia and NanoGiants GmbH from Düsseldorf are involved in the joint project.

Home office and forms of hybrid work (such as the combination of home office and on-site office) are two major issues that have shaped our work since the beginning of the Corona pandemic. The study examines the work situation of H-BRS employees in the home office and the on-site workplace. The aim is to find out how H-BRS employees experience their work in order to derive initial starting points for concrete measures to support hybrid work.

The research project Sustainable Labour Migration headed by Prof. Dr. Michael Sauer analyses different transnational skills and mobility partnerships in Georgia, Kosovo and Vietnam, each with a view to migration paths to Germany. The research project will run until the end of August 2022.

The Requamo study to measure the sustainability of medical rehabilitation has come to an end after 10 years with a final symposium in March 2022. The project, which has been presented in over 50 publications, is considered a milestone in rehabilitation research. With a follow-up of up to 6 years, the rehabilitation effects were examined for the first time on an individual and on an economic level. The Multiple Outcome Criteria Index (MOC) developed is now available for routine monitoring of rehabilitation in Germany.

Esther Schüring, the head of the Master's programme "Analysis and Design of Social Protection Systems" has published the Handbook on Social Protection Systems together with Markus Loewe, head of a research team at the German Development Institute (DIE).

Research is also being conducted in our comparatively young Department of Social Policy and Social Security Studies. In the following, we introduce the doctoral candidates and their supervisors.