Current News

In a survey, the Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK) Hochrhein-Bodensee found out that for young people leisure time plays a major role in their lives while professional career is rather less important for many. Prof. Florian Kunze puts these results into context in SWR Aktuell and notes that older generations would also emphasise the importance of work-life balance in current surveys. You can find the entire article in German here.

The newspaper Computerwoche reports the results of Benjamin Kormann's study. The study investigated the effects of better treatment by managers on employees. You can find the whole article in German here.

The University of Konstanz wants to improve the working conditions for doctoral students and academic staff. It wants to guarantee doctoral students a 3-year employment contract. Among others, Adrian Bidlingmaier was interviewed on Deutschlandfunk about the conditions at the University of Konstanz. You can listen the entire report in German here. 

Prof. Sven Jochem explains in the Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter the current discussions in the CDU about the "firewall" proclaimed by Friedrich Merz against the AfD. He explains the different positions in the regional associations on the CDU's cooperation with the AfD. You can read the article in Swedish here.

In an essay by Nils Wischmeyer, the Süddeutsche Zeitung reports on the results of the Inequality Barometer by Marius R. Busemeyer, Nanna Lauritz Schönhage, Sharon Baute, Luna Bellani and Guido Schwerdt of the Cluster of Excellence "The Politics of Inequality". It shows that most people consider themselves to be part of the middle class even though they do not belong to it. It also explains why rich people underestimate how well off they are. You can read the essay in German here.

The article "Should social media polarise voters? Unprecedented experiments with Facebook users reveal surprises" looks at new research approaches to study the impact of social media on society and mentions concerns about Meta’s role in the unusual collaboration between industry and academia. In this context, Prof. Dr. David Garcia was interviewed. You can read the article by Kai Kupferschmidt here.

The Department of Political and Administrative Sciences congratulates Ms. Abena Yalley on receiving a research grant from the Fritz Thyssen Foundation for the project "Body Politics: Gender, Healthcare and Obstetric Violence in Nigeria". The project aims to examine the gendered dynamics of obstetric violence in Nigeria. In particular, it will explore how gender inequality in health systems and in societies as a whole contributes to women's experiences of obstetric violence. The project will run…

Prof. Dr. Christina Zuber discusses at "Politikwissenschaften im Gespräch" about the development and future of parliamentary democracy in Germany in the context of the 175th anniversary of the Paulskirchenversammlung of 1848.

Ten students participate in the innovative summer school that compares U.S. and European perspectives on HR management.