It's about social mobility, meritocracy, the promise of advancement and educational inequality. For example: The German school sorting system – how fair do children and parents think school recommendations are?
When school recommendations are due once a year, the tension is usually high. But do pupils think their own school recommendation is fair? And what do parents think? The new In_equality magazine provides the answers.
The entire magazine is available as an e-reader - or get a print copy at the University of Konstanz.
We are looking forward to the second In_equality Conference at Bodenseeforum Konstanz! More than 400 researchers, around 210 of them on-site, will participate in the In_equality Conference from April 10 to 12 (registration closed).
The conference steering committee and the cluster's organizational team are looking forward to almost 110 presentations and 17 posters on inequality research from various disciplines.
Following Hamas' attack on Israel and Israel's military response, the number of anti-Semitic incidents in Germany increased significantly - including at universities, according to a number of reports. For their new working paper, Thomas Hinz et al. surveyed students and the general public about their opinions on the war in Israel and the Gaza Strip, their willingness to protest and the perception of anti-Semitism at German universities.
To the press release
The Cluster of Excellence "The Politics of Inequality" at the University of Konstanz presents the In_equality Research Award 2024 to the renowned economist Simon Jäger (MIT). The award honours his outstanding scientific achievements, the results of which have a major social impact and thus contribute significantly to improving our social systems.
The award ceremony will take place on 10 April 2024 as part of the In_equality Conference 2024 opening ceremony at Bodenseeforum Konstanz.
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Sophie Moser and Florian Kunze from the Cluster of Excellence "The Politics of Inequality" examine in their new policy paper "Parität, Transparenz und Familienfreundlichkeit - Wie sich der Gender Pay Gap in Deutschland reduzieren ließe" what politicians, companies and employees need to do to counteract the persistent pay gap between women and men of 18%.
To our policy paper series
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