Results of the election 2021

From 07 June 2021 to 11 June 2021, the academic bodies and the student representation 2021 at the University of Konstanz were elected via online election.

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Overcoming resistance to COVID-19 vaccination: new evidence

Behavioural economist Dr. Katrin Schmelz of the University of Konstanz and her Santa Fe Institute colleague Prof. Dr. Samuel Bowles show that enforcing SARS-CoV-2 vaccination should be avoided: mandates would undermine intrinsic motivation to vaccinate in many people, and bear high social and political costs.

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Wahlen 2021

Mit einem Klick gewählt: Vom 7. bis 11. Juni findet die Wahl der akademischen Gremien und Studierendenvertretung 2021 an der Universität Konstanz in Form einer Online-Wahl statt.

Mehr dazu unter: uni.kn/wahlen

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Climate rapid test for corals funded

Save the corals: The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation funds the University of Konstanz rapid test “CBASS” to assess the climate resilience of corals with a total of 4 million dollars

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Shanghai Ranking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2021

The subjects “Political Sciences” and “Public Administration” at the University of Konstanz continue to hold top positions in the global university ranking. For the first time, the University of Konstanz was evaluated in the field of “Law” as one of eight German universities in the current ranking.

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Germans (mis-)understand inequality

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.

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