What happens to equal access to education?

Interview with on the topic of home schooling and reopening schools: Konstanz education researcher, Professor Axinja Hachfeld, says that we risk setbacks in equal access to education and gender equality. In an interview with campus.kn, she criticizes the federal government’s current decision to reopen schools, citing a lack of planability for educational institutions as well as a lack of long-term policy regarding the social consequences.

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Koselleck Project for Konstanz Chemist

Konstanz-based chemist Professor Andreas Marx has been awarded a Reinhart Koselleck Project of the German Research Foundation (DFG) amounting to one million euros plus programme allowance. This will enable him to investigate the structural principles of writing and reading synthetic genetic polymers, so-called xenonucleic acids (XNAs).

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Oxygen keeps coral reefs alive

Study with participation from the University of Konstanz substantiates: Ocean deoxygenation caused by climate change and coastal pollution massively affects coral reef ecosystems.

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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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