Accompanying social transformation, strengthening the welfare state. Demographic developments, sustainability, digitalisation and technological change all have far-reaching effects – on our private lives, on how our children and young people are raised, and on individual and state services of general interest. The social-state promise to provide good opportunities – in general, but also for work – and a basic protection against elementary risks during life, is under scrutiny. To ensure successful societal transformation, we evaluate and design good conditions for families, childhood and youth, for health, care and inclusion, the vocational education sector, the further development of social security systems and public administration. We want to understand: who is keeping pace or winning in the societal transformation process? Which groups, regions, or sectors are vulnerable? This is the basis of our recommendations for the further development of structures and processes across all levels of the welfare state, as well as for preventive and empowering investments that avoid long-term social consequences. Children, Youth & Families Targeted support and better compatibility of family and work – strong families empower society and the economy. Read more Health, Care & Inclusion Independent living and equal participation in society: to ensure this, we challenge the status quo and help improve the provision of care and support. Read more Education Education is the most important resource of the knowledge economy – this makes education and training essential to the German national economy. Read more Social Protection A society in transition needs a robust social safety net. Social security is facing enormous challenges. Read more Organisational Consulting for the Public Sector What distinguishes successful organisations? A clear goal orientation and the continuous improvement of their own structures and processes. Read more Our work on this topic Take a look at our latest projects and activities. Municipal costs due to the Lower Saxony Disability Equal Opportunities Act reform 2024 | Project The reform of the Lower Saxony Disability Equal Opportunities Act assigned municipalities with new tasks. Prognos determined the incurred costs on behalf of the state’s Social Ministry. Read more The economic and social situation of the creative industries 2024 | Project On behalf of the Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research and the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, Prognos and partner analysed the economic and social situation of self-employed solo artists in creative professions. Read more Evaluation of Thuringia’s Inclusion Act ongoing | Project Removing barriers and preventing discrimination: Thuringia’s Equality and Inclusion Act enforces these very things. We examine how it is being implemented and its effectiveness. Read more Long-term care financing scenarios 2024 | Project Higher numbers of care-dependent persons and increasing costs - our aging population is putting long-term care insurance to the test. A new analysis shows what the future financial require-ments will be. Read more Presentation of the study on the economic and social situation in the cultural and creative industries 15. October 2024 | Event The results of our study on the economic and social situation of solo self-employed and hybrid workers in the cultural and creative industries (CCIs) will be presented at the event. Read more Employers’ attractiveness according to parents and carers 2024 | Project Employees want tailor-made reconciliation measures that ensure work-life balance and not to face professional disadvantage as a result of their care work. These were the findings of our study for the BMFSFJ. Read more Guest article in WirtschaftsWoche: "Move Europe - it's urgent!" 2024 | Expertise In his guest article "Move Europe - it's urgent!" in WirtschaftsWoche, Christian Böllhoff calls for Europe to reposition itself geo-economically in order to strengthen its position between the economic giants USA and China. Read more Economic impact analysis for selected SDGs 2024 | Project A foundation group commissioned us to use KPIs to visualise the impact of its activities within identified focus SDGs. Read more Harnessing Talent Platform: Technical support in progress 2024 | Project update The Harnessing Talent Platform supports selected regions within the EU that are particularly affected by demographic change and the brain drain. The technical support that Prognos is providing in some regions has now been launched with kick-off meetings. Read more Evaluation of childcare services in NRW ongoing | Project On behalf of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia’s Ministry for Children- Refugees and Integration, Prognos evaluated the changes resulting from the amended Children's Education Act (KiBiz). Read more KreativLand Baden-Württemberg 2024 | Project Creatives in the countryside? As scientific partner in the model project KreativLand Baden-Württemberg, Prognos examined the status quo, the opportunities and the challenges facing creatives living and working outside of the urban centres and regions. Read more Evaluation of the Bildungsketten Initiative ongoing | Project The Bildungsketten Initiative’s goal is to support coordinated action by the Federal and State governments at the most important interfaces of the educational process. Prognos evaluates the initiative on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. Read more Trend Report 2024: Germany on its path to digital administration - an update 2024 | Project Where does Germany stand on its path to digital administration? The Trendreport 2024 gives an update and recommendations for the digitalisation of the public administration system. Read more Career orientation for immigrants 2024 | Project The transition into the job market often represents a greater challenge for immigrants. We evaluated a subsidised programme that supports them in meeting this challenge on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. Read more The invisible value of care work 2024 | Expertise 72 billion hours: That is how many unpaid care work hours are performed in Germany, annually, by women. In a new paper, we show the value of unpaid care work and how unevenly it is dis-tributed between men and women. Read more A more sustainable working environment 2024 | Project For the working environment to become more sustainable, knowledge and raising awareness are key. Funding programmes such as the BBNE could help with this. Prognos conducted an apprais-al of the programme. Read more Innovations in domestic care ongoing | Project A skilled worker shortage and increased numbers of people requiring care: domestic care is facing major challenges. Prognos is evaluates the implementation of the Buurtzorg approach, an innovative community care model, for the Saxon State Ministry for Social Affairs and Social Cohesion. Read more Indicators of equal living conditions ongoing | Project The establishment of equal living conditions in Germany is one of the goals being prioritised by the Federal Government. But how can the equivalence of living conditions be measured? Prognos develops a set of indicators. Read more Securing skilled workers with the help of the Harnessing Talent Platform ongoing | Project DG Regio's new platform aims to help EU regions develop strategies to attract talent. Prognos is, among other things, leading the knowledge generation. Read more Christian Böllhoff on the parental allowance debate 2023 | Company news Family policy in the spotlight: “We do not need short-winded politics that disrupt and divide,” writes head of Prognos in his SPIEGEL guest article. Read more Evaluation of the infant nutrition preventive programme ongoing | Project For the Association of Private Health Insurance, Prognos supports and evaluates the develop-ment of the “Early happiness: Discovering nutrition together” programme. Read more Pension at 63 – Quo vadis? 2023 | Project Retiring at 63 is very popular. In 2021 alone, more than 270,000 people took the option of early retirement. These were the findings of our study for the INSM. Read more Evaluation of Complementary Independent Participation Counselling (EUTB) 2023 | Project Together with the infas Institute for Applied Social Science and Prof. Dr. Gudrun Wansing, Prognos evaluated the available advice for persons with disabilities and their families over a five-year period. Read more Success Factor Family ongoing | Project With the “Success Factor Family” business programme, the BMFSFJ, together with the leading associations of the German economy and the DGB, is committed to a family-conscious work-place. Read more Accompanying research on the FONA strategy ongoing | Project The Research for Sustainability (FONA) funding programme is intended to contribute to the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Will this target be achieved and which methods can be used to measure this? We investigate this together with partners for the BMBF. Read more Inflation – extra burden and relief for family households 2022 | Project Calculations on inflation-related additional private household expenditure and the work of the Federal Government's relief package. Read more Full-day care for primary school children: where the federal states currently stand ongoing | Project Germany needs at least 271,000 additional all-day places for primary school children by the 2026/2027 school year. We are examining how this can be achieved for the Ministry for Family Affairs. Read more Evaluation of EU funding programme for the development of digital solutions for older people 2022 | Project Digital solutions can make life easier for older people. The EU's Active and Assisted Living Programme (AAL2) has actively contributed to the development of novel solutions. Read more Benefits of Covid testing for the Swiss economy and the healthcare system 2022 | Project Testing for Covid interrupted chains of infection, relieved the burden on the health system, and supported the economy. We quantified these effects for Roche Diagnostics Switzerland. Read more No generational conflict: Young and old are primarily looking for security. 2022 | Project Study compares “boomers” and Generation Z: high need for security for young and old alike. Read more Community health promotion and prevention ongoing | Project Prognos evaluates the GKV-Bündnis für Gesundheit funding programme for municipal structural development and target group-specific interventions. Read more Cross-innovation success factors for the cultural and creative industries 2022 | Project Interdisciplinary cooperation and innovation are characteristic of the cultural and creative industries. Prognos investigated which factors promote cross-industry cooperation. Read more Implementation of the UN Disability Rights Convention in Baden-Württemberg 2022 | Project Is the Baden-Württemberg State Action Plan on Equality of People with Disabilities achieving its objectives? Prognos investigated this on behalf of the state government. Read more Careers guidance evaluation 2021 | Project What makes good careers guidance? Prognos evaluated careers guidance measures in Brandenburg over three years. Read more Learning from the Corona crisis 2021 | Project Experiences and new impulses for company reconciliation policy. Read more The situation of single or separated parents 2021 | Project The 43rd Family Research Monitor presents new figures, facts and study results on the situation of single and separated parents in Germany. Read more Innovation region Central Germany 2040 – Socio-economic perspective 2021 | Project The population in Central Germany is shrinking, aging, and requires increasing levels of care. However, the industries in focus have leverage – especially in cities. Read more Digital Higher Education ongoing | Project Prognos AG has been evaluating the BMBF's funding activities in the research field of "Digital Higher Education" since the end of 2020. Read more Services for families in Germany 2021 | Project Family education and family counselling facilities in Germany have a wide reach and support people in different social situations. This is shown in a study for the BMFSFJ. Read more 40+x? Social contributions in focus 2021 | Project Due to demographic aging in Germany, social security contributions will rise to 46% by 2040. These were the findings of our calculations for the INSM. Read more Digital State trend report 2021: Removing hurdles 2021 | Project Removing hurdles – innovative, pragmatic, hands-on. The report presents innovative solutions for digital management. Read more Digital State trend report ongoing | Project Since 2016, Prognos’ management consulting team has been helping compile the Digital State trend report in cooperation with Behörden Spiegel. Each year the report is devoted to another forward-looking trend topic for public administration. Read more Das Bildungsgrundeinkommen – ein Instrument der Weiterbildungsfinanzierung 2021 | Project Das Zentrum Liberale Moderne macht einen Vorschlag, die Weiterbildungsfinanzierung auf neue Grundlagen zu stellen. Prognos hat die Kosten des neuen Instrumentes in einer Studie abgeschätzt. Read more German Competence Centre for Cultural & Creative Industries ongoing | Project Corona-affliction, the research landscape, and the cultural and creative industries’ digital business models. We are one of the project promoters for the Federal Cultural and Creative Industries Competence Centre. Read more The future of values held by people in our country 2020 | Project The Future Office of the BMBF Strategic Foresight process, made up of Prognos and Z_punkt, looks into the future of values in Germany. Read more Effects of the statutory minimum wage on pension development 2020 | Project Does the statutory minimum wage have an influence on pension development and individual pension entitlements? Prognos investigated this on behalf of the Minimum Wage Commission. Read more Evaluation of the BMBF Framework Programmes FONA 2020 | Project Together with Fraunhofer ISI, Prognos has evaluated the framework programs for the promotion of research into sustainable development (FONA). Read more ZDF Germany Study 2019 2019 | Project On behalf of ZDF, we examined the external living conditions for families and senior citizens in Germany's 401 districts and independent cities. Read more Gradual increase of the R&D R&D ratio up to 3.5% of GDP 2019 | Project On behalf of the BMBF, Prognos calculated, among other things, the macroeconomic effects of higher spending on research and development. Read more Benefits & effects of COST for Germany 2019 | Project COST promotes networking activities. An important effect of COST: the cooperation and harmonisation of European research. Read more We take you further. Our services. We provide high quality work. Using sound methods, we analyse economic and political developments. For projects and processes, we provide solution-oriented and empathetic support. We have over 60 years of experience in a wide range of disciplines and provide consultancy with vision and expertise. Find out more