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Claudia Diehl, Co-Sprecherin des Exzellenzclusters "The Politics of Inequality", erklärt im Interview, warum jeder von uns ab und an einen rassistischen Gedanken hat

Cluster Co-spokeswoman, Claudia Diehl, was appointed to an expert commission to deal with the major challenges facing the French economy.

The interim results of an international survey on work life during the coronavirus pandemic with participation of the University of Konstanzʼs Experimental Psychology and Internet Science (iScience) research group suggest an increase in perceived inequality.

On 28 April 2020, the Expert Council of German Foundations on Integration and Migration published its latest report, which focuses on migration from Africa. In an interview, Claudia Diehl and Daniel Thym, the Konstanz members of the Expert Council, comment on specific aspects of the report. You can read the full interview on campus.kn, the online magazine of the University of Konstanz.

Interview with on the topic of home schooling and reopening schools: Konstanz education researcher, Professor Axinja Hachfeld, says that we risk setbacks in equal access to education and gender equality. In an interview with campus.kn, she criticizes the federal government’s current decision to reopen schools, citing a lack of planability for educational institutions as well as a lack of long-term policy regarding the social consequences.

Doesn’t the coronavirus pandemic make us all equal? Where will society stand after the crisis? What can the welfare state do, and will the population’s trust remain unchanged? Professor Marius R. Busemeyer, inequality researcher at the University of Konstanz, answers these questions in an interview.

Interview with expert Andreas Jungherr in text and video form: What role do disinformation and misinformation as well as conspiracy theories play in our dealings with the virus? How dangerous are they and how do they spread via social media? What can science, what can legislation do to counter fake news in times of Covid-19?

Erste Ergebnisse einer Elternbefragung an der Universität Konstanz zeigen: Die meisten der befragten Familien kommen mit der Schulschließung gut zurecht

Special survey of the “Konstanzer Bürgerbefragung” about the implications the coronavirus has on the daily life of Konstanz residents