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Thursday, 23. January 2020

Cultural Studies Research Centre founded

New research centre at the University of Konstanz brings together interdisciplinary research in cultural studies
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Friday, 17. January 2020

Voluntary organ donation

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Video interview with Professor Jacob Rosenthal from the Department of Philosophy and Professor Friedrich Breyer from the Department of Economics on the voluntariness of organ donations and how the willingness to register as a donor might be increased.
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Wednesday, 18. December 2019

Immune to influence

A University of Konstanz study examining vaccine-related attitudes reveals that our beliefs are so resilient that we effectively immunize ourselves to the opinions of others.
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Tuesday, 26. November 2019

"Climate change is a disability rights issue"

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In a high-profile Letter in Science, University of Konstanz climate scientist and ecologist Dr Aleksandra Kosanic, an Associate Fellow of the University of Konstanz’s Zukunftskolleg, draws attention to the fact that disabled populations have, until now, been absent from international conversations a
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Tuesday, 26. November 2019

The rainforest of the oceans

Coral reefs are the tropical rain forests of the oceans: They are home to about one third of the world’s marine diversity and a central factor for the marine ecosystem. Unfortunately, coral reefs are just as endangered as the rain forests. Because of climate change, coral species are now disappearing on a massive scale. The fear is that they may even go extinct by the end of this century. On board the schooner Tara, a team of scientists travelled the Pacific Ocean for more than two years in order to research the living and survival conditions for coral. Biology professor Christian Voolstra from Konstanz, was one of the coordinators for the Tara Pacific Expedition.

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Wednesday, 06. November 2019

Coordination through communication

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Humboldt Research Fellowship for University of Konstanz biologist: Behavioural ecologist Dr Vlad Demartsev from Tel Aviv University, Israel, is granted a prestigious Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers that enables him to continue his work in Dr Ariana Strandburg-Peshkin’s Gips
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Friday, 18. October 2019

Stress test

Five working groups, four species, one project: what it looks like behind the scenes of an interdisciplinary collaboration.
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Tuesday, 01. October 2019

New method improves measurement of animal behaviour using…

© Credit: Jake Graving

Konstanz researchers develop deep learning toolkit for high-speed measurement of body posture in animals.
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Friday, 13. September 2019

Sociology in digital times

© Image: Achim Mende

The Academy of Sociology, founded in 2017, will host its second bi-annual conference, titled “Digital Societies”, at the University of Konstanz from 25 to 27 September 2019.
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Thursday, 13. June 2019

Uncovering hidden protein structures

Combining research-oriented teaching and interdisciplinary collaboration pays off: Researchers at the University of Konstanz develop a novel spectroscopic approach to investigate hitherto difficult-to-observe protein structures.
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