Comparing imprisonment in Sweden and Germany (Ph.D. project <i>Anna-Lena Yngborn</i>).
Imprisonment and human rights: legal and effective design, life in prison and prison conditions in Poland with reference to the German situation (Ph.D. project <i>Joanna Grzywa</i>).
Prisons and Human Rights: actual developments concerning life in prison and prison conditions. A comparative study in Germany, Estonia, Finnalnd, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia and Sweden (<i>Otmar Hagemann, Claudia Kestermann, Christine Morgenstern, Joanna Grzywa</i>; funded by the Federal State of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania as part of "Mare Balticum", a focus programme in the field of humanities, 2001-2004).
Incarceration rates and their explanation internationally compared (with <i>H. von Hofer, T. Lappi-Seppälä</i> and <i>D. van Zyl Smit</i>; funded by the Federal State of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania as part of "Mare Balticum", a focus programme in the field of humanities, 2001-2004).
International study on women's imprisonment: Current situation, demand analysis and "best practice" (<i>Claudia Kestermann, Juliane Zolondek</i>; with financial support by the AGIS Programme, European Commission).
Long-term imprisonment and the issue of human rights in member states of the european Union (<i>Kirstin Drenkhahn, Manuela Dudeck</i>; with financial support by the AGIS Programme, European Commission).
Juvenile justice systems in Europe (<i>Joanna Grzwa, Ineke Pruin</i>, with financial support by the AGIS Programme, European Commission).
An analysis of minimum standards in pre-trial detention and the grounds for regular review in the Member States of the EU (<i>Christine Morgenstern</i> with <i> Anton van Kalmthout</i>, project funded by the European Commission).
Completed
Prison labour in an international comparison (Project with <i>D. van Zyl Smit</i>: "Prison Labour – Salvation or Slavery?", Publication: 1999)
Pre-trial detention in an international comparison (with <i>J. Vagg</i>: "Untersuchungshaft und Untersuchungshaftvollzug - International vergleichende Perspektiven zur Untersuchungshaft sowie zu den Rechten und Lebensbedingungen von Untersuchungsgefangenen", 2 volumes, 1994).
International comparison of imprisonment (with <i>D. van Zyl Smit</i>: Imprisonment Today and Tomorrow – International Perspectives on Prisoners´ Rights and Prison Conditions, 2. ed., 2001).
International standards for community sanctions (<i>Christine Morgenstern</i>, 2002).
Youth justice in Europe: What's at stake and future horizons (<i>Kirstin Drenkhahn</i>; coordinated by GERN - Groupe Européen de Recherche sur les Normativités, funded by the Council of Europe, 2003-2005; publication: <i>Bailleau, F., Cartuyvels, Y.</i> (eds., 2007): La justice pénale des mineurs en Europe. Entre modèle Welfare et inflexions néo-libérales).
Foreigners in prison - an international comparison (with the University of Tilburg; <i>van Kalmthout, A., Hofstee-van der Meulen, F., Dünkel, F.</i> (eds.): Foreigners in European Prisons, 2 volumes, 2007).
