Press releases

Political scientists at the University of Konstanz investigate citizens’ expectations of their governments in 24 OECD countries in response to increasing automatization and digitalization of their workplace.

Zugvögel wählen ihre Routen so, dass sie die besten Rückenwind- und Aufwindbedingungen vorfinden. So gelingt es ihnen, ohne Zwischenstopps hunderte von Kilometer über das offene Meer zu fliegen.

Professor Martin Wikelski was awarded the Baden-Württemberg order of merit. In Radolfzell, the Minister of Science, Theresia Bauer, gave the laudation for the director of the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior and honorary professor of the University of Konstanz

Femtosecond light creates switchable nano-waves in MXenes and moves the materials’ atoms at a record-breaking speed – discovery made by physicists from Konstanz and Zurich

Animal testing for cosmetics has been banned in the EU since 2013. A study by the Transatlantic Think Tank for Toxicology (t4), involving researchers from the Konstanz-based "European Centre for Alternative Methods to Animal Testing" (CAAT-Europe), now points out that this testing ban is being neglected by European regulators. Animal data continue to be requested for cosmetic ingredients to a large extent, and consumers are not aware of this. CAAT-Europe is therefore planning an action platform…

The genome of the seadragon, a very unusual fish, has been decoded. New insights help answer the question of evolutionary invention – Results of an international research team including Konstanz-based evolutionary biologist Axel Meyer published in Science Advances

Research team involving the University of Konstanz discovers magnetic phenomena in antiferromagnets that could pave the way to developing faster and more efficient data storage.

Identifying and researching different heat stress response patterns in corals will help to protect the world's reefs better from the effects of climate change. A new study completed with the participation of the University of Konstanz describes the necessary test procedures and initial results.

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Horst Sund, rector of the University of Konstanz from 1976 to 1991, died on 9 August 2021.