Humboldt Professorships

Two professors, Margaret C. Crofoot (in 2018) and Anke Hoeffler (in 2019), have accepted appointments as Humboldt Professors at the University of Konstanz. The researchers work in the Konstanz research priorities "Collective Behaviour" (Crofoot) as well as "Social and Cognitive Sciences with a Special Focus on Inequality Research" (Hoeffler). With funding of up to 5 million euros, the Humboldt Professorship is Germany’s most highly endowed research prize.

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Meg Crofoot receives ERC Consolidator Grant

Professor Meg Crofoot and Professor Timo Müller, a biologist and literary scholar respectively at the University of Konstanz, each receive an ERC Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council funding their research for five years.

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Why does violence persist and what are its consequences?

In her inaugural lecture, Alexander von Humboldt Professor Anke Hoeffler from the University of Konstanz’s Department of Politics and Public Administration will discuss various forms of interpersonal and political violence and their implications for the development of societies

Two new Humboldt Professors

Margaret C. Crofoot and Anke Hoeffler have both accepted a Humboldt Professorship at the University of Konstanz. They will work in the university's research priorities Collective Behaviour and Ecology and Social and Cognitive Sciences with a Special Focus on Inequality Research, respectively. With funding in the amount of up to five million euros for each researcher, the Humboldt Professorship is Germany’s most highly endowed research prize.

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