The research topic addresses processes of subjectification in Western, liberal societies, though it is especially a question of the emergence of novel political subjects. 

The project area considers historical requirements and factors that transformed the individual in the second half of the twentieth century into a socially accepted subject capable of acting. This addresses questions such as social belonging, which will be considered using both the example of state measures for the resocialisation and integration of supposedly deviant subjects as well as the example of private sector measures for the training and optimisation of employees.