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Collective Behaviour and the Future of Europe

Collective behaviour expert Iain Couzin is to participate in a high-level roundtable, alongside the President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker, to set out policy recommendations prior to the election of a new European Parliament in 2019.

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Professor Claudia Diehl

Integration barometer reveals stable climate

Following their first report in 2016, Professor Claudia Diehl, sociologist at the University of Konstanz, and eight other researchers on the Expert Council of German Foundations on Integration and Migration (Sachverständigenrat deutscher Stiftungen für Integration und Migration) have now published a second representative survey with the title “Integration Barometer”.

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(v.r.) Prof. Dr. Ulrike Babusiaux, Universität Zürich; Henning Ziebritzki vom Verlag Mohr-Siebeck, Dr. Doris Forster, Dr. Jörn Laakmann vom Verlag Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht und Prof. Dr. T. Duve, Max-Planck-Institut für europäische Rechtsgeschichte.

Gegen vorschnelle Annahmen

Die Konstanzer Juristin Dr. Doris Forster erhält für ihren Rechtsvergleich zwischen dem antiken jüdischen und dem römischen Recht zur Vertragsgerechtigkeit den Preis des Deutschen Rechtshistorikertags

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Customized bio-synthetics

The Baden-Württemberg Foundation supports collaboration between chemists in Konstanz and Pennsylvania (USA) as part of its programme to promote top-level research

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Flying stork

ICARUS – Tracking animals from space

ICARUS system on the International Space Station (ISS) commenced operations on 10 July 2019 – After completing an approximate four-month test phase, ICARUS will be ready for use by international researchers in the fall/winter of 2019 – “Live call” between Alexander Gerst and guests took place at Mainau Island on 9 October 2018 – The ICARUS antenna was attached to the exterior of the International Space Station (ISS) during a spacewalk on 15 August 2018 – On 24 July, the foundation stone for the…

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