18:00 - 20:00
University of Kassel, Kassel
Eine Veranstaltung des Promotionskollegs JUST – Gerechte und Nachhaltige Transformation an der Uni Kassel
When? 30.June 2026 one 18:00 Clock
Where? seminar room 6 in the Campus Center at Holländischer Platz
lecture- and discussion event with Dr. Jennifer Eckhardt (HERE Dortmund) and Prof. Dr. Anne van Riessen (Hochschule Düsseldorf).
Moderation: Dr. Yvonne Wechuli (Disability department, Inclusion and social participation, University of Kassel)
The event can also be held online, can be followed via Zoom. Please send an email to for the link: just[at]University of Kassel[dot]from
The focus of the media and political debates on the welfare state is primarily the so-called “abuse of social benefits” and questions about it, how resources can be saved and how punitive a welfare state can be. It remains unlit, that the number of people, which does not honor a valid claim, is far higher, than the abuse rate. Within this group the number of those increases, A high proportion of people knowingly forego social benefits. Their renunciation is sometimes understood as a criticism of the functioning of the welfare state and as a deficit in its legitimacy.
Dr. Jennifer Eckhardt from TU Dortmund gives an insight into her subject-oriented research on the topic of waiving social benefits. Prof. Dr. Anne van Rießen comments from the perspective of social-educational user research.