Chair of Sociology (Prof. Dr. Reiner Keller)

Welcome to the Website of the Chair of Sociology at the University of Augsburg (Prof. Dr. Reiner Keller)

 

 

How is knowledge produced in societies? What counts as knowledge?
What consequences are associated with (certain) knowledge production? Who is involved in knowledge production? How is knowledge distributed? What conflicts of knowledge and interpretation exist, and how do they unfold?

 

The research at the Chair of Sociology focuses on processes, preconditions, and consequences of social knowledge production. We investigate knowledge controversies and conflicts of interpretation in the public spheres and social sub-areas such as science, law, politics, and economics using discourse and dispositive analytical tools. Thematically, our field of work centers on discourse research, sociology of knowledge and culture, sociology of the environment and risk, sociological theory, and French sociology.

 

News

June 24, 2025

Office hours during summer semester break 2025

The consultation hours of Prof. Dr. Reiner Keller will take place in summer 2025 (starting from 25.07.2025) on the following dates (online, always between 2 and 3pm):

 

  • 06. august
  • 19. august
  • 10. september
  • 30. september

 

Please register via the secretary's office.

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June 16, 2025

The student registration period for exams/modules in the summer semester 2025 has started! (16.06. - 26.06.2025)

Registrations for exams/modules are possible from 16.06.2025 to 26.06.2025 (start and end 12:00 noon).

 

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June 11, 2025

Consultation hours in the summer semester 2025: Prof. Dr. Reiner Keller

 

The consultation hours of Prof. Dr. Reiner Keller will take place in the summer semester 2025 (starting from 28.4.2025) on the following dates (in presence or online):

 

  •     Wednesdays, 11.30 am - 12.30 pm.
Unfortunately, the regular consultation hour on Wednesday, 9.7.2025, has to be canceled.

 
Please register via the secretary's office.

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March 20, 2025

SKAD Autumn School - Registration open!

The next Autumn School ›The Sociology of Knowledge Approach to Discourse (SKAD)‹ will take place from September 15 to 17, 2025.

Further information on the Autumn School, registration process and general conditions of participation can be found here:

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Secretary's Office

Brigitte Ploner

 

Phone: +49 821 598 -4074

Fax: +49 821 598 -144074

E-Mail: brigitte.ploner@phil.uni-augsburg.de

Building: D, Office 3047

 

 

Postal Address:

Universität Augsburg
Philosophisch-Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät
Lehrstuhl für Soziologie
Universitätsstr. 10
86159 Augsburg

 

Office Address:

Universität Augsburg
Philosophisch-Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät
Lehrstuhl für Soziologie
Gebäude D

Universitätsstraße 10

86159 Augsburg

 

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