Press coverage

Affordable housing in Thuringia

Lisa Vollmer provides insights into her study on challenges in housing provision in Thuringia for the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation. The issue of ownership in the form of state-owned housing companies also plays a role here. 

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Wave of strikes in Germany

In an interview with tagesschau, Stefan Schmalz discusses the current strikes in Germany, in which ownership structures also play a role, for example at Deutsche Bahn. 

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What is the stance of Chinese investors on collective bargaining agreements and works councils?

Stefan Schmalz and Klaus Dörre were interviewed by MDR as experts on the dispute between owners and trade unions following the takeover of companies in Germany by Chinese investors.

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From the “succession regime” to the 'exit regime'

In an interview with wirmagazin, Isabell Stamm discusses how the regulation of succession in family businesses has changed in recent years. 

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Chinese investors are mostly cooperative

In an interview with IG Metall Leipzig, Stefan Schmalz explains how Chinese investors typically operate in Germany and what impact this has on employees. 

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East German masculinity

In an interview with the taz newspaper, Sylka Scholz discusses the image of masculinity in eastern Germany. Property also plays a role here: ‘The inheritance of property will further increase and solidify the material differences between east and west in the coming years.’

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Inflation fuels willingness to strike

In an interview with taz, Stefan Schmalz reports on current strikes related to inflation and on the “Streikmonitor” (strike monitor), which documents strikes in Germany. 

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Special climate fund – now!

In an article for Freitag, Carsten Herrmann-Pillath addresses the millennium task of tackling climate change. He also discusses mistakes made in the past and a possible solution for the future. 

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Expropriated day after day

In her guest article for the Frankfurter Rundschau, Silke van Dyk notes that the fundamental patterns of distribution, property, and infrastructure policy necessitate a “bottom-up redistribution.” 

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Historical connections between property, race, and identity politics

Jürgen Martschukat writes in Geschichte der Gegenwart (History of the Present) about the origins of the racial wealth gap and its repercussions to this day. 

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Sein und Streit - The public sphere and private platforms

In the Deutschlandfunk radio program “Streit und Sein” on Habermas' “The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere,” Sebastian Sevignani criticizes the power of digital private public platforms. 

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A difficult act of balance – trade unions and climate protection

Klaus Dörre is interviewed on Deutschlandfunk about cooperation between trade unions and climate activists. He talks about difficulties and challenges, but also about new alliances. 

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"The lower half owns nothing"

In this interview, Silke van Dyk discusses the redistribution of wealth from the bottom to the top over recent decades and how class is linked to life expectancy. 

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The Universities of Erfurt and Jena intend to investigate ownership structures

A dpa news report was published on the kick-off meeting of the Collaborative Research Centre and its central research questions.

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‘Private property is being called into question again’

In an interview with nd Tilman Reitz reports on the newly established Collaborative Research Centre on ‘Structural Change in Property Ownership’.

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Questions posed to the Collaborative Research Centre ‘Structural Change in Property Ownership’

Silke van Dyk and Hartmut Rosa answer five questions on the occasion of the opening conference of the Collaborative Research Centre. 

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Vacancies despite housing shortage – a roof over one's head as an object of speculation

Tilo Wesche discusses the specifics of home ownership in a WDR feature.

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‘Ownership structures are becoming increasingly politically controversial.’

SFB co-spokesperson Silke van Dyk discusses the increasing focus on property and ownership structures in an interview with Deutschlandfunk. 

‘Who owns the wind?’

The FAZ reports on the new Collaborative Research Centre ‘Structural Change in Property Ownership’. 

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Researching structural change in property ownership

The German Research Foundation is funding the Collaborative Research Centre/Transregio ‘Structural Change in Property Ownership’ at the University of Jena and the University of Erfurt.

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