© Dr Hannah Williams

Tue, 24-05-2022

Freigeist Fellowship for Dr Hannah Williams

Why a young scientist is on the search of the Optimal Movement Theory

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© Dr. Philipp Schäfer

Mon, 02-05-2022

Long-lasting makeshift or how refugee inclusion is negotiated on the ground

Interview: Sociologist Dr Philipp Schäfer on the local reception of refugees in Leipzig – and how it has developed since 2012

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Like animal, like man

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize laureate Iain Couzin talks about research for which he will use the prize money of 2.5 million euros

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The “Information War” in Russia

Can Russia's control of national media be successful? Interview with political scientist Professor Nils Weidmann

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Mon, 18-07-2022

Hosting the first-ever TEDxKonstanz

Students from the University of Konstanz and the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior overcame the difficulties of a pandemic year to host the firs

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"To remember the past is to work on the future"

8 May 2020 marks the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War – In an interview, Aleida Assmann, Konstanz professor for cultural studies, e

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Mon, 04-05-2020

“There’s no such thing as the ‘one’ Africa’”

Africa is at the focus of the latest report by the Expert Council of German Foundations for Integration and Migration.

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What about educational equity?

We run the risk of regressing in terms of educational and gender equity, says Professor Axinja Hachfeld, educational researcher in Konstanz.

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Mon, 30-11-2020

Inequality and the coronavirus

Doesn’t the coronavirus pandemic make us all equal? Where will society stand after the crisis?

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Judging disinformation and misinformation on Covid-19

What role do disinformation and misinformation play in our dealings with the virus? How dangerous are they and how do they spread via social media?

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Coronavirus and the EU

What role has the European Union (EU) played so far in the coronavirus crisis? What role can it play?

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Thu, 09-07-2020

The University of Konstanz in the European Universities Initiative

An interview with Professor Silvia Mergenthal, Vice Rector for International Affairs and Equal Opportunities at the University of Konstanz, about the

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“I couldn’t imagine the scale until I saw it with my own eyes”

Dr Einat Couzin-Fuchs from the Cluster of Excellence Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour at the University of Konstanz has just retu

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Mon, 22-03-2021

“Equal Pay Day”: Inequality in the Labour Market – An Interview with Susanne Strauß

17 March is ‘Equal Pay Day’: By that date, 21 percent of the year is over, exactly the 21 percent that women in Germany on average earn less than men.

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Thu, 20-02-2020

Sociology in digital times

The Academy of Sociology, founded in 2017, will host its second bi-annual conference, titled “Digital Societies”, at the University of Konstanz from 2

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“We should not return to business as usual”

Professor Wolfgang Seibel on the closing of the criminal case addressing the Loveparade tragedy in Duisburg.

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Tue, 08-01-2019

“At university, knowledge counts more than age” – “Im Gespräch” interviews Felix Petersen, who completed a Schülerstudium (studying while in school)

The Schülerstudium at the University of Konstanz has been running for ten years now.

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Supporting your apartment search

The housing search service of the University of Konstanz supports international researchers.

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