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University of Konstanz study shows: The majority of staff would like to continue working remotely even in the time after the coronavirus. A “right to working from home”, however, is controversial.

Die Universität Konstanz und die Hochschule Konstanz Technik, Wirtschaft und Gestaltung (HTWG) bauen gemeinsam ihre Unterstützung für Gründung und Unternehmertum weiter aus. Nach erfolgreicher Einwerbung von Förderung in Höhe von 1,9 Millionen Euro im Wettbewerb „EXIST-Potentiale“ des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWi) sind die beiden Hochschulen jetzt mit ihrem Projekt „E-ShipHoch4“ (Entrepreneurship hoch vier) gestartet.

In den Kategorien Open Access und internationale Ko-Publikationen schneidet die Universität Konstanz erstklassig ab

Collective behaviour researchers have applied a new tool for analysing the movement of football players that goes beyond looking at individual athletes to capturing how the team operates as a whole. The article is available in the online magazine of the University of Konstanz:

Konstanzer Studierende und Promovierende können noch bis zum 15. Juli 2020 beim Startup-Wettbewerb Idea Cup 2020 mitmachen

Along with its four project partners in Bulgaria, Denmark, France and Greece, the University of Konstanz was successful in the European Universities Initiative (EUI) of the European Commission. In the next three years, the partners’ “European Reform University Alliance” (ERUA) will receive funding of approximately five million euros to establish a pan-European university network.

Save the corals: Mobile rapid test to assess coral thermotolerance developed in an international collaboration with the University of Konstanz. The article is available in the online magazine of the University of Konstanz:

Evolutionary biologists from the University of Konstanz resolve a century-old question regarding the asymmetric genitals of internally fertilizing fishes of the family Anablepidae. Surprisingly, the direction of genital asymmetry in these fishes is random rather than hereditary.

A semester of online teaching: At the end of the lecture period, Rector Kerstin Krieglstein reflects on the past weeks of these challenging times – and gives an outlook on the upcoming winter semester. The audio message (in German) is available in the online magazine of the University of Konstanz: