Coronavirus: Confidence in the face of a difficult situation

Since 2 February 2020, the EUCLID study led by Konstanz psychologist Professor Britta Renner has been following the toughening coronavirus situation in Germany and around the world. Initial results and visualizations for Germany have now been published and will be updated regularly in the coming weeks.

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Science lends a hand in the crisis

University of Konstanz assists with coronavirus diagnostics: A team at the University of Konstanz, including Professor Christof Hauck, Dr Marcus Groettrup and Professor Thomas Mayer from the Department of Biology, is currently assisting with testing for the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2).

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Towards a coherent application of Human Rights Law in Europe

New Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow at the University of Konstanz: Postdoctoral researcher Dr Nasiya Daminova specialises in European Human Rights Law. With funding from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, she will address the specific challenge of offering suggestions for a coherent European judicial policy in the area of due process rights.

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Locust outbreak in Kenya: Interview with Dr Einat Couzin-Fuchs

Dr Einat Couzin-Fuchs from the Cluster of Excellence "Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour" at the University of Konstanz has just returned from the locust outbreak in Kenya where her team of researchers are doing something rarely done with natural plagues: basic scientific research. She describes what her team saw, what they are doing, and her hopes for how science can contribute to controlling outbreaks. Read the interview with her in our online magazine "campus.kn".

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