Calling this field of sociology “Comparative Social Analysis” seems very overarching and tautoligical as sociology understands itself as a science that works through comparisons. But there is a stronger focus on “comparing” and Comparative studies than in the other modules. The wide spectrum of research and teaching can be seen through the diverse possibility of courses offered at the institute. This includes basic understanding of social structures (for example demography, age, migration, education, gender relations, employment market and structures as well as poverty) and a more specified look at the historical, international and intercultural comparison (for example education in europe, labour connections in europe, employment of women in europe, trade unions in international comparison, comparing east and west Germany). Social injustice, questioning the causes of systematic better or worse chances concerning different groups of individuals, is another central part of this module.
