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Burkini und Nacktheit im Konflikt

Oben ohne versus Burkini – im Freibad ist Toleranz besonders anstrengend geworden. Wie lässt sich der kulturelle und religiöse Konflikt ohne Freiheitsverlust lösen?

Essay in the Süddeutsche Zeitung on the perception of inequality

In an essay by Nils Wischmeyer, the Süddeutsche Zeitung reports on the results of the Inequality Barometer by Marius R. Busemeyer, Nanna Lauritz Schönhage, Sharon Baute, Luna Bellani and Guido Schwerdt of the Cluster of Excellence "The Politics of Inequality". It shows that most people consider themselves to be part of the middle class even though they do not belong to it. It also explains why rich people underestimate how well off they are. You can read the essay in German here.

Prof. Dr. David Garcia was interviewed by the Science Magazine for the article "Does social media polarize voters? Unprecedented experiments on Facebook users reveal surprises"

The article "Should social media polarise voters? Unprecedented experiments with Facebook users reveal surprises" looks at new research approaches to study the impact of social media on society and mentions concerns about Meta’s role in the unusual collaboration between industry and academia. In this context, Prof. Dr. David Garcia was interviewed. You can read the article by Kai Kupferschmidt here.

Dr. Banhishikha Ghosh, 100th member of the ZKF Konstanz

The ZKF welcomes its 100th member

Four years ago, the Centre for Cultural Inquiry (ZKF) was founded and the number of members has grown steadily since then. It is with pleasure that the team welcomes Dr Banhishikha Ghosh, who researches in the field of anthropology, sociology and gender studies, as the 100th member in its ranks.

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Gerald D. Feldman Travel Grants

As of October 06, the Max Weber Foundation (MWS) has announced 12 Feldman Travel Grants, which will enable researchers in the humanities and social sciences in the qualifying phase to conduct a total of three short-term research and scholarly activities in the host countries and regions of the Foundation's institutes and outposts within a maximum of 2 years.

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Konstanzia MEiN

Konstanzia MEiN, the international mentoring program for female doctoral researchers pursuing a career in science is being advertised again for the year 2024.