Type of Project: Funded project Scientific Work
Network Participation of People with Multiple Discrimination

The project, which is funded by the European Social Fund (ESF), focuses on the reality of life and the sustainable improvement of the situation of multiply marginalized people. The project aims to explore the structural diversity of discrimination in contemporary society and both support the demands of the EU Anti-Discrimination Act and advance the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). In this context, social participation is a central concept and serves as a yardstick for determining whether and to what extent human rights are observed in Germany. The implementation of these rights and laws requires a structural change in politics, the economy and society and will change the latter in the long term. The project is primarily concerned with the participation opportunities of marginalized people in their everyday lives and thus contributes to closing the knowledge gaps that exist in this area - both in research and in practice. Our research team works in a practice-oriented manner with the aim of not only addressing the interplay of forms of discrimination, but at the same time making the competencies of marginalized people visible, promoting them and seeking ways to increase their chances of participation. The findings from the practical and scientific work of the project are to be used to improve cooperation between agents from business, society, science and politics in the sense of increasing the participation opportunities of people subject to multiple discrimination. The realization of this goal requires action on several levels and is therefore pursued in the form of various sub-projects.