Waiting. Exploring a social phenomenon of everyday life

• Applicant: Dr. Andreas Göttlich
• Subject Area: Empirical Social Research
• Term: from 2014 to 2021
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 252042811

The project intends a sociological, cross-cultural study of waiting as an omnipresent phenomenon of quotidian life. Beyond its importance for a sociology of everyday life, an exploration of waiting refers to fundamental aspects like time, space and social order. The empirical study is mainly interested in aspects that concern the sociolgy of culture and the sociology of knowledge. It regards its subject from the perspective of an Interpretive Sociology, using qualitative methods (Grounded Theory Method and Socio-Scientific Hermeneutics).

• DFG Programme: Research Grants