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Thursday, 04. April 2024

Pacing for the long game

© Lisa Mende, University of Konstanz

After developing a theory to explain her research findings, Christina Zuber still had a long way to go before she could hold the book in her hands – from writing, to undergoing the review process, to a final copy-editing stage.
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© Christina Zuber

Wednesday, 03. April 2024

Migration: threat or opportunity?

How do regions that are home to national minorities respond to immigration? Christina Zuber studied this topic in a comparison of Catalonia and South Tyrol and found an unexpected explanation.

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Tuesday, 02. April 2024

We choose to study what we understand least

How does a new research topic take shape? Does the idea originate from past research? Or does it arise from a completely different question?
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Thursday, 14. March 2024

Doors open for dialogue

It’s not (just) about the money: The literary scholar Juliane Vogel talks about everything winning the Leibniz Prize made possible and how the NOMIS Foundation has provided her with unexpected interdisciplinary insights.
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© Natalia Borrego

Thursday, 29. February 2024

In the realm of lions: insights from the field

“Contrary to ‘The Lion King’ there is no king or queen in lion societies. No single individual gets priority access to resources, whether that be access to mates or access to food after participating in a hunt”, says Konstanz researcher Natalia Borrego.

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Monday, 26. February 2024

A behind-the-scenes look at research

© Kathrin Binner

Working at a university, developing and implementing an idea for a project, responding to challenges and gaining new insights: What exactly does this look like ? How does it work? What is research all about?
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Monday, 26. February 2024

Taking risks with research

© RundschauDuisburg

How do you investigate serious administrative failures when authorities set up barriers and refuse to provide information?
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Wednesday, 24. January 2024

Research beyond the Arctic Circle

© Eva Riehle

Studying the impacts of climate change where they are most apparent due to melting ice on sea and land. What seems like a charming plan from the armchair of your home office, actually demands a lot of organization ahead of time and energy to implement.
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Tuesday, 23. January 2024

A good first impression and a broad perspective

A collaborative research environment is key for establishing a new research group: insights from bioinformatician Andreas Gruber, funded within the framework of the Joint Federal Government-Länder Tenure-Track Programme.
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Thursday, 18. January 2024

Too new for the scientific community

© University of Konstanz, Dreisatz

What do you do when no one believes your scientific discovery? Physicist Alfred Leitenstorfer describes how a new approach met with great scepticism among the scientific community – and what he did to ultimately convince it.
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