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[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

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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”.

Hitler: election campaigner with limited influence?

Political scientists in Konstanz and Berlin qualify the perception of Hitler as one of the most influential speakers in history through their extensive analysis of Adolf Hitler’s election campaign appearances and election results between 1927 and 1933

Closed doors

Study comparing discrimination experienced in the rental housing markets of different countries published by sociologists from Konstanz and Munich (only German version)

"Haben Frauen die Wahl?"

[Only available in German] Public fishbowl discussion on the topic of 100 years of women’s voting rights at the university