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Tuesday, 09. July 2024

Making a difference in the world together

© CAAT-Europe

If you want to find innovative solutions to complex problems and quickly transfer them from academic research to practical applications, it is important to involve relevant stakeholders early on.
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Thursday, 04. July 2024

Studying narratives in order to understand society

The term "narrative" is being used in more and more contexts – from research to feature reporting and statements by politicians. But what does it actually mean? And why does it make sense for researchers to take a closer look at it?
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Tuesday, 14. May 2024

When research questions emerge from your own life

© Jessica Lewis, thepaintedsquare

Christina Felfe de Ormeño is a full-time professor with three children. In March 2020, she – like many other parents – had lots to manage, including teaching classes virtually, caring for her children and supervising their homeschooling activities.
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Tuesday, 14. May 2024

A bike courier for research: Cycling from Konstanz to Oslo

© Nils Weidmann

At the end of May 2024, Nils Weidmann, a professor of political science at the University of Konstanz, starts his third business trip by bicycle – this time from Konstanz to Oslo.
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Thursday, 04. April 2024

Pacing for the long game

© Lisa Mende, University of Konstanz

After developing a theory to explain her research findings, Christina Zuber still had a long way to go before she could hold the book in her hands – from writing, to undergoing the review process, to a final copy-editing stage.
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© Christina Zuber

Wednesday, 03. April 2024

Migration: threat or opportunity?

How do regions that are home to national minorities respond to immigration? Christina Zuber studied this topic in a comparison of Catalonia and South Tyrol and found an unexpected explanation.

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Tuesday, 02. April 2024

We choose to study what we understand least

How does a new research topic take shape? Does the idea originate from past research? Or does it arise from a completely different question?
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Thursday, 14. March 2024

Doors open for dialogue

It’s not (just) about the money: The literary scholar Juliane Vogel talks about everything winning the Leibniz Prize made possible and how the NOMIS Foundation has provided her with unexpected interdisciplinary insights.
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© Natalia Borrego

Thursday, 29. February 2024

In the realm of lions: insights from the field

“Contrary to ‘The Lion King’ there is no king or queen in lion societies. No single individual gets priority access to resources, whether that be access to mates or access to food after participating in a hunt”, says Konstanz researcher Natalia Borrego.

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Monday, 26. February 2024

A behind-the-scenes look at research

© Kathrin Binner

Working at a university, developing and implementing an idea for a project, responding to challenges and gaining new insights: What exactly does this look like ? How does it work? What is research all about?
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