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Science Backstage – a series of articles focusing on behind-the-scenes aspects of research. For a moment, we leave behind the glitzy moments in the spotlight and peek into the more private moments of everyday science work when researchers try out, and may even discard, some ideas. This is where doubts, tireless perseverance and enlightenment are all very real options.

Computer scientist Mennatallah El-Assady, who recently earned her doctorate at the University of Konstanz, received the dissertation award from the German computer science association "Gesellschaft für Informatik".

Researchers from the Cluster of Excellence "Collective Behaviour" at the University of Konstanz have discovered when pigeons sharply recognize a predator and at what moment they take flight.

Konstanz health psychologist Britta Renner co-chairs the platform on food and agriculture at the German government's Digital Summit.

What possibilities does a new research setup offer? This is often not foreseeable in advance and the full range of applications only becomes apparent while the system is being used. A new 3D recording studio has just been created in the GameLab at the University of Konstanz. Here, social interactions between people can be analyzed – from any perspective and even in virtual reality.

In September, this year's annual conference of the German Association for Continuing Education and Distance Learning (DGWF) takes place at the University of Konstanz.

Research teams from the Universities of Konstanz and Potsdam are analyzing how proteins work together to enable our cells to both stick and move. The marker protein paxillin is at the centre of their interest.

The Konstanz mathematician Mateusz Michalek was awarded a fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) for the 2024–25 academic year.

How do bees navigate when the directions in the waggle dances by other bees are fuzzy? Dive into the intriguing research on bee behaviour, which occurs on the campus at the University Konstanz, to find out this research question.