Institute Institute for Social Research and Interventions

SOCial Interpretation Of meaning Laboratory (SocioLab)

The SocioLab supports research in the interpretive tradition. As a research infrastructure, it is supported by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences as well as the Institute for Social Research and Interventions (ISI). Founded in 2024, it hosts research concerned with understanding affective, symbolic, and evaluative meanings of action and explaining how they arise within and shape institutional and technological structures. The lab serves as a hub for qualitative, visual, digital and participatory methodologies as well as theoretical frameworks supporting the study of open, democratic and inclusive societies. Hosting data sessions, research workshops, and group-based research, SocioLab fosters collaborative research arrangements and individual scholarly development within the 8xav福利导航 of Luxembourg and the broader academic world. It is open for general participation in the biweekly meetings of the standing 鈥淚nterpretive Research Workshop鈥. Also, researchers may ask to discuss and analyze their own data in the context of group-based data sessions.

The SocioLab is a physical space that is situated in room 1.072 on the first floor of the MSH.

For inquiries about collaboration with the SocioLab please contact:

Dr. Mathias BLANC

Research scientist

Prof. Dr. Boris Traue

Full professor

Research projects currently associated with the SocioLab

Sustainability, Environmental Knowledge and Social Imaginations of Climate Futures (SEaSons)
(2024-2027, Funding: Fonds national de la Recherche)
PIs: Mathias Blanc, Boris Traue
Researchers: Marie VAN CRANENBROECK, Kamar HABLI
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The Negotiation of Values and Construction of Sustainability Knowledge within Agri-food Networks (Dissertation)
(2024-2028, Funding: Fonds national de la Recherche)
Researcher: Kamar HABLI

Pathways into the labor market of young people with disabilities in Switzerland and Luxembourg: Drivers of and barriers to successful transitions (PATH_CH-LUX )
(2024-2026, Funding: Fonds National de la Recherche & Schweizer Nationalfonds)
PIs at Universit茅 du Luxembourg: Justin POWELL, Boris TRAUE; PIs at Universit茅 de Fribourg: Andreas HADJAR, Carmen ZURBRIGGEN Researchers: Lena SCH脺RMANN, Stephanie DA GLORIA SOARES

Navigating Transitions: How human guiding professionals facilitate STWT of young people with disabilities in Luxembourg (Dissertation)
Stephanie DA GLORIA SOARES
(2025-2028, Funding: Fonds National de la Recherche)
Researcher: Stephanie DA GLORIA SOARES

Living without Living. Subject Positions and Notions of Belonging in Life Stories of Stateless People
(2025-2027, Funding: Schweizer Nationalfonds)
PI: Noemi TRUCCO

Cultural Capital and Labor Market Participation of Migrant Women in Luxembourg: The role of Gender, Community, and Investment in Languages (Dissertation)
(2025-2029, Funding: Fonds National de la Recherche)
Researcher: Saba ALEMPOUR RAJABI

Membership and Solidarity in Amateur Musical Practice
(2022-2025, Funding: Universit茅 du Luxembourg)
PIs: Boris TRAUE & Judith TR脰NDLE

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