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On 15 April, the German commission on reproductive self-determination and medicine (Kommission zur reproduktiven Selbstbestimmung und Fortpflanzungsmedizin, KOMrSF) presented its recommendations for an amendment to the law on abortion. Commission member Liane Wörner (University of Konstanz) served as the scientific coordinator of Working Group 1 (topic: abortion) of the commission and comments on the results.

ERC Advanced Grant of 2.5 million euros for Clemens Bechinger from the Department of Physics at the University of Konstanz – this is the second time the Konstanz physicist receives the prestigious research award.

A research project by the Cluster of Excellence "The Politics of Inequality" at the University of Konstanz studies whether school students feel that (early) sorting into different types of schools is fair – this focus on the children's perspective is new.

In the early morning of 26 March 2024, anti-Semitic writing was discovered on the outside walls of the University of Konstanz’s campus. The police were informed and they have started an investigation; criminal charges were filed. The writing was removed immediately.

Utilizing thermal energy from Lake Constance and photovoltaic systems on nearly all campus roofs: The University of Konstanz is expanding its renewable energy infrastructure.

The University of Konstanz is part of the nationwide alliance against sexism and sexual harassment

Can stress be transmitted across individuals? How about other physiological states? Researchers from the Cluster of Excellence Collective Behaviour investigated this question for humans and animals.

It’s not (just) about the money: The literary scholar Juliane Vogel talks about everything winning the Leibniz Prize made possible and how the NOMIS Foundation has provided her with unexpected interdisciplinary insights.

National study by Konstanz Research Group on Higher Education shows: Anti-Semitism is less widespread among students than in the general population.