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Jun.-Prof. Dr. Jan Vogler has been appointed co-organiser of the Virtual Workshop in Historical Political Economy (VWHPE). The first special session of the VWHPE will take place on 21 September at 5 p.m. on "The State and Future of Historical Political Economy". Those interested can register here. Further information on the workshop can be found here. 

In a survey, the Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK) Hochrhein-Bodensee found out that for young people leisure time plays a major role in their lives while professional career is rather less important for many. Prof. Florian Kunze puts these results into context in SWR Aktuell and notes that older generations would also emphasise the importance of work-life balance in current surveys. You can find the entire article in German here.

The newspaper Computerwoche reports the results of Benjamin Kormann's study. The study investigated the effects of better treatment by managers on employees. You can find the whole article in German here.

The University of Konstanz wants to improve the working conditions for doctoral students and academic staff. It wants to guarantee doctoral students a 3-year employment contract. Among others, Adrian Bidlingmaier was interviewed on Deutschlandfunk about the conditions at the University of Konstanz. You can listen the entire report in German here. 

Shadow profiles in social networks contain information about people who are not members. At the moment, shadow profiles are almost impossible to prevent using technical means, pose a collective problem for society and are a matter that has gone virtually unregulated so far. This is where the Centre for Human | Data | Society at the University of Konstanz brings its perspective to the table: "Individual solutions will not fully protect our privacy."

Von sogenannten „Shadow Profiles“ ist die Rede, wenn soziale Netzwerke Informationen über Personen sammeln, die bei ihnen gar nicht registriert sind. Bisher sind solche „Schattenprofile“ technisch kaum zu verhindern, gesellschaftlich ein kollektives Problem und strafrechtlich kaum erfasst. Das Centre for Human | Data | Society an der Universität Konstanz nimmt sich der Thematik an und betont: „Individualisierte Lösungen werden nicht ausreichen, um unsere Privatsphäre zu schützen.“

Together with other partners from the SuperGate consortium, we study the reasons why devices made by subtractive patterning other than additive patterning do not show gate-controlled superconductivity.

Am 14. und 15. September fand in Konstanz der Workshop „Practical Approaches to Promoting Critical Thinking in Higher Education” statt.

Am 14. und 15. September fand in Konstanz der Workshop „Practical Approaches to Promoting Critical Thinking in Higher Education” statt.