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Kathryn Hahn-Madole from the USA (M.Sc. SEDS) and Christian Græns Mende from Denmark (M.A. PolVer) have received the VEUK award for honorable international full-time students in 2021. The Alumni Association of the University of Konstanz VEUK awards three prizes á 200 Euro each year to honor special efforts of exchange students and foreign students. More information about the award and the previous winners can be found here.

The KOMEX workshops offer cutting-edge, inclusive, and affordable methodological training in both qualitative and quantitative research design and techniques for PhD students and postdocs. Courses take place from March 10-11 (On-line preparatory course) and March 14-18, 2022 (in-person and on-line main courses at 4 ECTS) at the University of Konstanz, Germany—beautifully situated at Lake Konstanz, close to the Alps, near the borders to Switzerland and Austria. More information on the matter can…

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Seibel was interviewed about the election of the CDU chairmanship as part of an online article by Deutsche Welle. In it, he comments on the three candidates and their ability to lead the CDU as opposition leaders in the future. In this context, the political background of the candidates is also discussed. The article can be found here.

Prof. Dr. Gerald Schneider spoke to the Badische Zeitung about the EU's failed framework agreement with Switzerland. The article not only explains the failure of the negotiations, but also the resulting implications for the Bodenseekreis and Baden-Württemberg. You can find the article in the online edition of the Badische Zeitung here.

Jun.-Prof. Jan Vogler has published an article in the U.S. daily Politico on the democratizing effect of the black plague in the Middle Ages together with Prof. Daniel W. Gingerich from the University of Virgina. In the article, the authors examine the effect of stronger bargaining power of workers during a pandemic. The article can be found online here.

Several Gabonese media report on a workshop on African party labelling co-organised by Dr Anja Osei at the Omar Bongo University in Libreville. Both Gabonese television and online media report on the workshop in the Gabonese capital. The television reports in French can be found here and here. Online articles on the workshop, also in French, can be found here and here.

Prof. Dr. Christian Breunig speaks in an interview on ZDFHeute Nachrichten on the subject of the replacement of the German Bundestag in view of the Bundestag elections in 2021. The entire program can be found on Youtube here. The segment with Prof. Breunig starts at minute 22:45.

In addition, in the Spiegel podcast "Stimmenfang-Der Politik-Podcast", Prof. Christian Breunig, together with Prof. Stefanie Bailer from the University of Basel, answers questions from minute 25:00 about the diversity…

On the 1st of October, four new professors have started their job at the department. We welcome them all. All four are very renowned scholars and will broaden the department's offer in research and teaching.

In the "Ask a question!" format of the Südkurier newspaper, questions from children are answered by professors from HTWG Konstanz and the University of Konstanz. As part of this format, Prof. Wolfgang Seibel and Prof. Michael Herrmann answered two questions. Prof. Wolfgang Seibel answers the question: "How does one become Federal Chancellor?" and Prof. Michael Herrmann explains the concept of the blocking clause in the German Bundestag in an age-appropriate way. Prof. Seibel's answer can be…