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Jonas Kuckling is one of our new ZENiT Research Fellows from the 1st call for applications for ZENiT Fellowships. He has started his fellowship in April and is affiliated with the Department of Computer and Information Science as well as the Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour.

Researchers from the University of Konstanz gave students insight into the perception of insects as part of the Hegau-Bodensee-Seminar

Our second Science Day of 2024 took place on May 16th, 2024, in Konstanz. We spent a productive day with presentations of some of our group members, who displayed their latest research findings. Moreover, we engaged in thorough discussions on future projects over a wide array of topics. Following our tradition, we concluded the event with a celebratory dinner at our favorite restaurant. A heartfelt thanks to all group members for their great presentations and contributions, with special…

Lisa will work on her master thesis in our group and research on the amorphous magnesium carbonate (AMC). We wish her all the best for her time with us and are excited to see the results.

Her research will focus on Mg-based cement, which is a promising cement alternative with a lower carbon footprint.

The Initiative for a New Social Market Economy (INSM), a market-liberal lobby organisation, has launched a pop-up museum to criticise the excessive regulation and bureaucratisation in Germany. Prof. Dr. Ines Mergel points out in the newschannel Deutsche Welle that the private sector is also partly responsible for this. She explains that civil servants and politicians usually draw up fairly broad guidelines. However, the private sector lobbies for many differentiated additions, guidelines and…

The German conservative party CDU has adopted a new party programme at its party conference. In it, the party defines its position on migration and its relationship with Islam much more conservatively than in the Merkel years. For Prof. Dr. Christina Zuber, the Christian Democrats are wasting potential among many people with a history of migration who are actually close to the CDU. You can listen to her comments in German on Deutschlandfunk Kultur here and on the WDR 5 opinion podcast Politikum…

Findings from the Konstanz study on remote work:

Mandatory presence at the workplace has a significant impact on staff members' health, but only a slight correlation with self-assessed performance.

Am 9. Juni 2024 finden die Wahlen zum Europäischen Parlament sowie in einigen Bundesländern Kommunalwahlen statt. Für PolitikwissenschaftlerInnen wie Elisa Deiss-Helbig vom Zukunftskolleg der Universität Konstanz Anlass, auf Wahlforschung zu gehen.