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The cluster is a co-signatory of the "Commitment to active data and software management in large research alliances". With this commitment, several Excellence Clusters and SFBs in Germany are sending a signal that they recognize the importance of Research Data Management and that they are taking measures to address this importance.

Studie der Universität Konstanz und des Santa Fe Institute: Die Einführung einer Impfpflicht könnte den Widerstand verhärten, aber dennoch notwendig sein. Vertrauen in den Staat und in den Impfstoff ist zentral für die Impfbereitschaft und die Akzeptanz einer Impfpflicht.

Research into why female executives in many companies are only given a chance in a crisis situation published in the Journal of Management. Collaboration between organizational researcher Professor Florian Kunze from the Cluster of Excellence "The Politics of Inequality" at the University of Konstanz, Dr Max Reinwald and Dr Johannes Zaia.

In a joint press statement (in German) by the Standing Research Commission of the Conference of the German Ministers of Education (SWK) and the Expert Council on Integration and Migration, Cluster Co-Speaker Claudia Diehl said:

"Rapid integration into the education system offers those affected a piece of normality and everyday life. It prevents later inequalities between children and young people with and without a refugee background - and it strengthens existing ties between Ukraine and…

Der Konstanzer Politikwissenschaftler und Ungleichheitsforscher wurde in die neu eingesetzte Enquetekommission „Krisenfeste Gesellschaft“ des baden-württembergischen Landtags berufen.

Vaccine hesitancy has been around since long before the coronavirus pandemic. A research team from Konstanz and Berlin is now examining how vaccination rates and vaccine hesitancy developed in the time before the pandemic.

In a major Op-Ed, the New York Times discusses the possible evolution of America's welfare state should Donald Trump once again lead the country in 2025 - and interviews Cluster speaker Prof. Dr. Marius R. Busemeyer and his colleague Dr. Philip Rathgeb (University of Konstanz / University of Edinburgh) in detail.

A new report by the OECD and the Bertelsmann Foundation examines the state of the middle class in Germany, and finds that the middle class is significantly smaller today than it was in the mid-1990s. Valentina Consiglio, co-author of the study and a PhD student here at the Cluster, will present the study to us in more detail on December 22, 2021. More information about it and a brief summary of the findings is available here.

Konstanzer Langzeitstudie stellt fest, dass besonders jüngere ArbeitnehmerInnen dem Arbeiten im Homeoffice positiv gegenüberstehen. Ein Sechstel von ihnen würden für garantierte Homeoffice-Tage sogar Gehaltseinbußen in Kauf nehmen.