The faculty's research is characterized by a predominantly (Euro)regional focus and a high degree of interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity.
Over the years, social research methods have been systematically developed and established in parallel to the research focus. The studies now cover a broad spectrum of methodological and methodological approaches. In addition to ethnographic field research, biographical research and metaphor analysis, evaluation research is also carried out, covering both qualitative and quantitative social research paradigms.