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Konstanz "Fridays for Future" school strike. Image: University of Konstanz

Fridays for Future has the potential to become a mass movement

Researchers at the University of Konstanz and the University of Mannheim release analysis of a national survey in Germany: One in two Germans would be willing to take part in climate protests; more than one in three support a CO2 tax. These are the results of a national survey published by the organizational researchers Sebastian Koos (University of Konstanz) and Elias Naumann (University of Mannheim). The full text is available in German.

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A Strong Accent on Service

For his investigation of job performance evaluations of migrants in service jobs, organizational researcher Prof Dr Florian Kunze has received an award for international research papers, presented by the Academy of Management division on “Organizational Behavior”.

Professor Miriam Butt

Member of the Academia Europaea

The Academia Europaea honours University of Konstanz linguist Professor Miriam Butt by voting to accept her as a member of the society

[Translate to Englisch:] Grafik: Age. Copyright: Reinwald/Kunze

Why Minorities Call in Sick More

Prof. Florian Kunze (University of Konstanz, Cluster of Excellence „The Politics of Inequality“) and Max Reinwald (University of Konstanz, Graduate School for Decision Sciences) investigate workplace behavior of employees who are in a minority in their teams

Graphic: Age. Copyright: Reinwald/Kunze

Workplace Discrimination

Prof. Florian Kunze (University of Konstanz, Cluster of Excellence „The Politics of Inequality“) and Max Reinwald (University of Konstanz, Graduate School for Decision Sciences) investigate workplace behavior of employees who are in the minority in their teams.

Professor Claudia Diehl

Integration barometer reveals stable climate

Following their first report in 2016, Professor Claudia Diehl, sociologist at the University of Konstanz, and eight other researchers on the Expert Council of German Foundations on Integration and Migration (Sachverständigenrat deutscher Stiftungen für Integration und Migration) have now published a second representative survey with the title “Integration Barometer”.