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Winfried Kretschmann and Petra Olschowski visit the University of Konstanz and the CASCB.

A comparative study conducted at the University of Konstanz of over a thousand bird species comes to the conclusion: the key factor that matters for brain size is parental care.

Biologist Iain Couzin receives Fellowship from the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge

What connects humans and bonobos during collective eating? A conversation about rituals, rules, and feasts with behavioural ecologist Barbara Fruth and health psychologist Britta Renner.

As we approach the end of 2022, it has already been four years since we started our journey with the Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour at the University of Konstanz. We have been a fast-growing community and a community that has been growing together. The older ones among us still remember how little we knew of each other in the beginning and, if we are honest, how little we knew exactly what we were supposed to do together, with all these people from unfamiliar disciplines…

Do spiders dream while they sleep? Daniela Rößler's research awarded by National Geographic.

Art exhibition in the foyer of the University of Konstanz, 2 December 2022, 12:00-16:00

How do artists respond to the behaviour of herds of hoofed animals like zebras or antelopes? The art exhibition "Herds & Hovering" in the foyer of the University of Konstanz adopts scientific findings of animal behaviour research in artistic design – from 3D animations to fashion.

Armin Bahl, professor of neurobiology and zoology at the University of Konstanz receives an ERC Starting Grant for his project "Neural basis of zebrafish collective decision-making". The project is funded with 1.5 million euros. Armin Bahl is also a group leader at the Cluster of Excellence "Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour" and a Research Fellow at the Zukunftskolleg.

Five questions about the number five with the renowned collective behaviour researcher