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Integration@Work study

For young people with a migration background, German and mathematics skills are key factors for the successful completion of vocational training: These are the findings of a study by the Cluster of Excellence "The Politics of Inequality" at the University of Konstanz on the integration of young immigrants in the German vocational training system and labour market.

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New Publication

Employees’ perceptions of co-workers’ internal promotion penalties: the role of gender, parenthood and part-time.

New Article: Experience of discrimination in egalitarian societies

Researchers of the Cluster of Excellence “The Politics of Inequality”, have just published an article entitled “Experience of discrimination in egalitarian societies: the Sámi and majority populations in Sweden and Norway” in the international journal Ethnic and Racial Studies.

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Wie sprachliche Ausdrucksweise unsere Meinung beeinflussen kann

Wird Sprache eingesetzt, um Emotionen zu wecken oder Meinungen zu beeinflussen, spricht man von „Framing“. Am Exzellenzcluster „The Politics of Inequality“ an der Universität Konstanz untersuchen Forschende das sprachliche Framing dreier großer deutscher Tageszeitungen über geflüchtete Menschen.

Die Kosten der Schulschließungen

WirtschaftswissenschaftlerInnen der Universität Konstanz haben in einem Kooperationsprojekt mit dem Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf die Elf- bis Siebzehnjährigen als Verlierer der pandemiebedingten Schulschließungen in Deutschland identifiziert.

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Leading Mind in Human Resources

We are excited to announce that our Principal Investigator Florian Kunze has been awarded one of the "40 Leading Minds in Human Resources" by Personalmagazin. Congratulations to Florian and his entire team at the Future of Work Lab at the University of Konstanz.

Best Paper Award

Gianna Maria Eick and Marius Busemeyer were given the Best Paper Award from the Research Network on Political Economy and Welfare of the Council for European Studies (CES).

High support for universal basic income

The majority of the population in Germany supports the introduction of an unconditional basic income. The analysis of two representative studies shows that the higher the basic income, the greater the approval. As a means of financing, most respondents support an increase in income and wealth taxes.