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Social Sciences - 30.07.2021

A Question of Solidarity: Cultural Heritage in South Asia
Submerged palaces, rediscovered dance traditions, disputed temple complexes: cultural heritage in South Asia takes different forms and is shaped by varying forces in society and politics.

Health - Social Sciences - 19.07.2021

UNITE & DIVIDE: Social Distancing, Alzheimer’s and Anti-Gypsyism
New edition of research magazine RUPERTO CAROLA with articles by 24 Heidelberg academics "It is easier to split an atom than to stamp out prejudice.

Social Sciences - History / Archeology - 16.07.2021

Brazilian Professor Lilia Moritz Schwarcz Honored with Reimar Lüst Award

Campus - Social Sciences - 16.07.2021

International Summer and Winter University FUBiS at Freie Universität Berlin Kicks Off Its Online Summer Courses with 170 Participants

Social Sciences - 15.07.2021

Inadequate protection for women and girls seeking refuge in Germany
"Shadow report" with input from the University of Göttingen criticises the Federal Government's implementation of the Istanbul Convention Germany is not meeting its legal obligations to protect refugee women and girls from discrimination.

Social Sciences - 06.07.2021

Worlds of Literature - Competing Notions of the Global

Social Sciences - Event - 30.06.2021

Measuring Social Impact

Health - Social Sciences - 24.06.2021

Coronavirus crisis and social citizenship in India

Event - Social Sciences - 14.06.2021

Young Globalization - The Role and Impact of Young Leaders in a Post-National World

Social Sciences - Psychology - 11.06.2021

’I want to be part of scientific progress’

Pedagogy - Social Sciences - 10.06.2021

How parents influence their children’s school performance

Social Sciences - 10.06.2021

The Vision of Just Scholarship

Social Sciences - Economics / Business - 02.06.2021

Lockdown review: Face-to-face exchange makes adolescents happier than online contact
Online contact could not replace face-to-face contact during the second school lockdown / Report on the results of the SOCIALBOND project on social integration in adolescence During the second school lockdown, students suffered above all from limited face-to-face contact with friends.

Social Sciences - 31.05.2021

Which Compliance Measures in Companies Develop a Preventive Effect?

Event - Social Sciences - 27.05.2021

Affect and Colonialism Web Lab wins award

Social Sciences - Health - 18.05.2021

’Greater risk for women in home quarantine’

Health - Social Sciences - 05.05.2021

Interdisciplinary cooperation: good for the heart

Campus - Social Sciences - 30.04.2021

New Master’s Programme ’Communication and Society in Ibero-America’

Social Sciences - Physics - 22.04.2021

Two professors of the University of Cologne win the most prestigious European research grants
Cultural anthropologist Michael Bollig and physicist Stephan Schlemmer receive an ERC Advanced Grant for new research projects The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded the two UoC researchers Professor Dr Michael Bollig and Professor Dr Stephan Schlemmer with an ERC Advanced Grant.

Pedagogy - Social Sciences - 20.04.2021

"New Fathers" with more Time for their Children?

Social Sciences - 14.04.2021

Giving for a Good Cause?

Social Sciences - 14.04.2021

European University Alliance 4EU+ to Acquire New Legal Form

Social Sciences - Media - 12.04.2021

Debate as a cultural technique: From disputations to conflicts on social media
Are we living in a world of lies, as the Süddeutsche Zeitung recently complained in a commentary on Donald Trump's political communication?

Health - Social Sciences - 23.03.2021

Strengthening International Global Health Research
National University of Singapore and Berlin University Alliance supporting five joint research projects No 047/2021 from Mar 23, 2021 As part of the Berlin/Singapore research partnership of the Berlin University Alliance (BUA), five new projects are set to receive funding.

Campus - Social Sciences - 23.03.2021

University of Cologne to launch the new Master’s Degree Programme ’Sociology: Social and Economic Psychology’

Sport - Social Sciences - 22.03.2021

TUM and BLSV enter cooperation

Politics - Social Sciences - 18.03.2021

How civic dialog can have political impact
Citizen participation is in vogue when it comes to negotiating climate change, refugee policies, and even the renovation of the local hospital.

Social Sciences - 10.03.2021

Visa costs higher for people from poor countries
Research team including Göttingen University sheds light on global inequality in travel permit costs How much do people have to pay for a travel permit to another country? A research team from Göttingen, Paris, Pisa and Florence has investigated the costs around the world. What they found revealed a picture of great inequality.

Social Sciences - Career - 25.02.2021

Researching Social Cohesion Internationally
Berlin University Alliance and University of Oxford fund joint alliance projects / Joint press release by Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Technischen Universität Berlin alon

Social Sciences - Campus - 23.02.2021

Committed to an open and democratic society

Social Sciences - 22.02.2021

Promoting Diversity and Shaping Relations
"Living respectfully, promoting diversity, shaping relations" - with this motto for its campus campaign, Heidelberg University is participating this year in an initiative across the state of Baden-Württemberg.

Social Sciences - Campus - 17.02.2021

"Would you say it the same way if the person was actually there?"

Social Sciences - History / Archeology - 05.02.2021

Public Information Event to Be Hosted by Freie Universität Berlin, Max Planck Society, and Berlin State Monuments Office to Address Human Remains Found on Campus of Freie Universität Berlin

Environment - Social Sciences - 27.01.2021

Videos accompanying the dossier "Sustainability at Münster University": What does sustainability mean? (Part 1)

Environment - Social Sciences - 25.01.2021

Funding Extension for the German-Peruvian Postgraduate Program trAndeS

Environment - Social Sciences - 16.12.2020

For paradigm shifts in conservation science and urban anthropology
European Research Council approvesConsolidator Grants for two HU researchers Prof. Tobias Kuemmerle (Geography Department and IRI THESys) and Prof. Ignacio Farías (Department of European Ethnology and IRI THESys) from the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU) are receiving an ERC Consolidator Grant.

Social Sciences - Politics - 15.12.2020

Discussion and de-escalation in social media
International research team awarded funding to develop AI-based, social media "moderator" It-s a familiar situation: a compelling discussion develops on TwÂÂitter, Facebook or Instagram - it could

Social Sciences - 09.12.2020

Brandenburg Science Region and Hebrew University of Jerusalem Intensify Cooperation in the Field of Jewish Studies

Social Sciences - Event - 04.12.2020

Cooperation in the Field of Jewish Studies in the Berlin-Brandenburg Science Region with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Will Be Intensified

History / Archeology - Social Sciences - 03.12.2020

Time and Limits of the Political: Anti-Historical Excursions from South Asia

Pedagogy - Social Sciences - 22.10.2020

Well informed, less involved
PISA study surveys youth on global and intercultural topics Germany's youth feel well informed about global issues such as poverty and climate change, feel qualified to judge such topics and they also indicate respect for people from other cultures.

Social Sciences - 01.09.2020