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New Year's Reception 2024

On 16 January, the Cluster of Excellence "The Politics of Inequality" welcomed the new year with a variety of programme items. The highlight of the New Year's reception was the presentation of the first In_equality Early Career Research Awards to outstanding early career researchers at the Cluster.

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Report on the quality of teacher training

On 8 December 2023, the "Ständige Wissenschaftliche Kommission" (SWK) of the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs presented its new report "Lehrkräftegewinnung und Lehrkräftebildung für einen hochwertigen Unterricht" (Teacher recruitment and teacher training for high-quality teaching). Claudia Diehl, co-speaker of the Cluster of Excellence "The Politics of Inequality", is a member of the SWK and contributed to the report.

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"Technostress" and the role of the welfare state

What role does the welfare state play in how "technostress" affects health and social inequality? Researchers from the Cluster of Excellence "The Politics of Inequality" at the University of Konstanz conclude: Higher income as well as social welfare measures help reduce the stress people perceive from everyday interactions with technology.

Am I rich?

Marius R. Busemeyer as an expert on "Duo Informale", the video podcast from Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR).

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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.

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.