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Political scientist Professor Gerald Schneider from the Cluster of Excellence “The Politics of Inequality“ talks in an

interview in the University of Konstanz's online magazine about inequalities in the German asylum system.

A study by the University of Konstanz shows that voluntary motivation to comply with anti-Covid-19 policies is relatively high in Germany, but can be undermined by enforcement - The consequence of this finding differs depending on the policy

Soziologin Prof. Dr. Claudia Diehl vom Exzellenzcluster „The Politics of Inequality“ der Universität Konstanz kommentiert zentrale Punkte aus dem Integrationsbarometer 2020 des Sachverständigenrates für Integration und Migration.

Democratic decision-making allows subordinate vulturine guineafowl to regain control over collective group actions when dominants have a monopoly over resources – research project by the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior and the University of Konstanz.

Hat-trick for University of Konstanz scientist: Following global recognition in two previous editions of the “Global Highly Cited Researchers” list from the Web of Science Group, collective behaviour researcher Iain Couzin has also been included in the 2020 list – for the third time in as many years.

Organizational researchers at the University of Konstanz conduct long-term study with staff members who have been working from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Please read the German version for more information.

New perspectives for research talent from the Global South: University of Konstanz to receive funding through the Henriette Herz Award presented by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for an active recruitment campaign geared specifically towards highly qualified early career researchers from Africa, Asia and Latin America.

A global archive with movement data collected across three decades logs changes in the behaviour of Arctic animals. The archive is hosted on the Movebank platform at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior and the University of Konstanz.