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In their new “Inequality Barometer”, Konstanz researchers demonstrate: The German population often assesses the level of inequality incorrectly, underestimating wealth inequality in particular. This also has political consequences.

The scientific advisory board of the Federal Ministry of Finance elected professor of economics, Almuth Scholl, as a new member.

Using the example of the “Corona-Warn-App” for contact tracing, Konstanz researchers show how trust in digital solutions can be improved

Sociologist Professor Claudia Diehl, professor of microsociology at the University of Konstanz and co-speaker of the Cluster of Excellence “The Politics of Inequality” appointed to the Standing Research Commission of the Conference of the German Ministers of Education – she will advise the Standing Conference in questions of migration and integration research

How does the pandemic change our society? Social scientists from Konstanz investigate this question in the first issue of their new research magazine In_equality.

Susanne Garritzmann, researcher at the Cluster, defended her dissertation entitled “Education Systems and Political Inequality – How Educational Institutions Shape Turnout Gaps” in February this year.

Or Cohen Raviv, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Cluster of Excellence “The Politics of Inequality”, has been awarded a Minerva Fellowship for 12 months.

The University of Konstanz political scientist and Speaker of the Cluster of Excellence "The Politics of Inequality" was chosen for a senior fellowship at the Institute of Economic and Social Research (WSI) for a duration of three years, starting on 01 April 2021.

Political scientists from the universities of Konstanz, Basel, Geneva and Stuttgart examine how members of the German Bundestag who belong to these groups advocate for their interests