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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.

Prof. Dr. Florian Kunze was awarded as one of the 40 leading HR heads by the personalmagazin! The departement congratulates him to this success cordially! It is a great confirmation for Prof. Kunze and his whole team at the Future of Work Lab Konstanz. The award shows the importance of the influential research on digitalization, demography and diversity in the world of work. More information about the award can be found here.

Congratulations to our double degree master's graduates from Rutgers University and all other master's graduates.

For five days in June 2023 a group of students from the Universidad Católica de Cuyo, from San Juan in Argentina will stay at the department. This stay is part of a visit to three German universities and is sponsored by the DAAD. The visit is coordinated by Dr. Franco Bastias, from the AG Busemeyer.

In an interview with ZDFheute, Prof. Marius Busemeyer explains why many Germans classify themselves in the middle class and what the consequences of this sometimes erroneous assessment are. The full interview in German can be found here.

On 6th of May 2023, the Department of Politics and Public Administration celebrated its successful graduates and said goodbye to them in a wonderful graduation ceremony. Our head of department Prof. Dr. Kunze looked back on the time of study and praised the graduates. Afterwards the certificates were awarded and the best theses were presented. We congratulate all our graduates and wish them all the best for the future.

Prof. Dr. Marius Busemeyer was interviewed in the weekly newspaper "Die Zeit" about 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". He explains that most people count themselves as middle class although they do not belong to it and why this could be dangerous. He also mentions that rich people underestimate how well off they are. You can find the…