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Thursday, 31. October 2024

Looking into emptiness

"Oh, nothing," is what historian Achim Landwehr often answers when asked what he is currently working on. He says it with a wink, but it’s actually true. The professor of early modern history at the University of Konstanz is concerned with gaps and emptiness.
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Thursday, 24. October 2024

How research supports and connects integration players

Municipal integration coordinators work in cities and municipalities to foster the integration of local migrants. They often work alone on a highly charged topic.
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Monday, 21. October 2024

Preparing officers for the exceptional case

Seven years ago, Konstanz cultural scholar Kirsten Mahlke and her team developed a digital learning application for police officers in training: The tool teaches professional skills for delivering death notifications to a deceased person's relatives. Time to reflect and take stock of this work.
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Monday, 21. October 2024

Transfer gives research new contours

More transfer - this wish has been expressed more and more frequently to universities and other research institutes. However, transfer projects often develop a momentum of their own that cannot be planned. An interview with Kirsten Mahlke
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Thursday, 10. October 2024

Understanding the psyche of offenders

Gilda Giebel studied forensic psychology at the University of Konstanz before working with sex offenders in preventive detention. How did study and research prepare her for the challenging situations in her everyday work? A look into an otherwise closed-off world.
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Wednesday, 04. September 2024

Waggle dance mysteries

© James Foster

How do bees navigate when the directions in the waggle dances by other bees are fuzzy? Dive into the intriguing research on bee behaviour, which occurs on the campus at the University Konstanz, to find out this research question.
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Thursday, 22. August 2024

Taking on new perspectives

© GameLab, Universität Konstanz

What possibilities does a new research setup offer? This is often not foreseeable in advance and the full range of applications only becomes apparent while the system is being used. A new 3D recording studio has just been created in the GameLab at the University of Konstanz.
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Tuesday, 23. July 2024

Arctic conditions instead of a warm summer in Konstanz

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Findings from basic research make it possible to develop theories on complex topics. Yet, at some point, it becomes necessary to test such theories on concrete questions outside the lab environment.
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Tuesday, 23. July 2024

Academic publishers: in good company?

How do you set up a university publishing house? How does a small scientific publishing house survive in such difficult times – as a "tiny vessel navigating alongside huge tankers"? And how do researchers choose publishers for their books?
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Wednesday, 10. July 2024

A little coral adventure

Science is only for adults? Not at all, says biologist Christian Voolstra from the University of Konstanz. He uses various formats to pass on his knowledge about corals to children.
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