Nils B. Weidmann is part of a collaborative project linking Konstanz, Munich and San Diego that will receive the Max Planck Humboldt Research Award 2022.
From July 20th to July 23rd, seven postdoctoral and doctoral researchers from the Politics of Inequality Cluster of Excellence gathered in Essen with members of the University of Duisburg-Essen’s Institut für Sozioökonomie, SCRIPTS Cluster of Excellence, and several other external guests, for the “Challenging Inequalities” Summer Academy. Here you can read the participant's report.
An employee referral programme introduced in an experiment involving Konstanz economist Professor Nick Zubanov reduces staff turnover by 15%. The most plausible reason: workers like being involved in the hiring process
Dr. Susanne Garritzmann was honored by the American Political Science Association APSA with the "Best Dissertation Award" in the section "Education Politics and Policy". She received the award for her dissertation "Education Systems and Political Inequality: How Educational Institutions Shape Turnout Gaps," which she submitted in 2021 to the University of Konstanz.
The book "A Loud but Noisy Signal? Public Opinion and Education Reform in Western Europe," by Prof. Dr. Marius R. Busemeyer, Prof. Dr. Julian L. Garritzmann, and Dr. Erik Neimanns, is the honored recipient of APSA's Education Politics and Policy Best Book Award.
Behavioral economist and psychologist Dr. Katrin Schmelz and Economist Prof. Dr. Sebastian Findeisen were invited to a regular discussion panel at the Ministry of Finance of the state of Baden-Württemberg.
In the THE Impact Ranking 2022, the University of Konstanz again placed among the top 100 worldwide in two categories assessing the social impact of universities on sustainability. In Germany, Konstanz shared the top overall rating with the Freie Universität Berlin.
For their paper “Exploring the Communicative Features of Public Service Encounters: How Administrative Language Affects Citizen Perseptions”, Steffen Eckhard and Laurin Friedrich have received the IRSPM award for best conference paper 2022.
