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Dual Nationality as an Expression of Contradictory Membership Models

For more than 25 years, dual nationality has been discussed controversially within Germany. Parliament is about to adopt a law that will generally accept it, including in scenarios where I had still been outlawed. Daniel Thym welcomes the shorter time limits for naturalisation but highlights an underlying theoretical tension if dual nationality promotes a post-ethnic conception of nationhood from a German perspective, while perpetuating ethno-cultural belonging with regard to home states. An…

Narzisstisch ertragreiches Misstrauen

Wer einem Mainstream-Medium erst einmal nichts glaubt, kommt sich schlauer vor, konstatieren amerikanische Soziologen und halten das für bedenklich.

New Year's Reception 2024

On 16 January, the Cluster of Excellence "The Politics of Inequality" welcomed the new year with a variety of programme items. The highlight of the New Year's reception was the presentation of the first In_equality Early Career Research Awards to outstanding early career researchers at the Cluster.

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Artificial intelligence as a basis for police searches

Does the German state use data from the United States that has been evaluated by artificial intelligence as the basis for police searches? The Centre for Human | Data | Society at the University of Konstanz warns that digital processes are increasingly precipitating legal regulations. As a result, algorithms are gaining quasi-legal power.

Police car on a road

Artificial intelligence as a basis for police searches

Does the German state use data from the United States that has been evaluated by artificial intelligence as the basis for police searches? The Centre for Human | Data | Society at the University of Konstanz warns that digital processes are increasingly precipitating legal regulations. As a result, algorithms are gaining quasi-legal power.