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A majority of people in Germany consider the influence of science on politics to be too small.

Longitudinal study examines organ donation rates in five countries that have changed their organ donation default policy from opt-in to opt-out.

In western Germany, support for xenophobic statements has risen significantly and is now approaching attitudes in the east.

The results of the last European elections clearly showed that right-wing parties are on the rise. They made gains in numerous EU member states.

How and why do the perception and acceptance of political rules and institutions change? This is the hot-button question that a new research group on major structural change, headed by Lydia Mechtenberg from University of Hamburg, is asking.

A professor from the ECONtribute Cluster of Excellence at the University of Bonn is studying the influence of fake news stories and how they are being dealt with Fake news significantly impacts economic dynamics, leading to higher unemployment and lower production.

To limit global warming, Germany is set to become climate-neutral in 2045.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine and Hamas' attack on Israel are just two of the many conflicts that continue to shake the world.

Roughly nine out of ten Thuringians are convinced that democracy is the best form of government. However, the citizens of the Free State are less and less satisfied with their experience of democracy.

Gordon Friedrichs and Natalie Rauscher accepted into the WIN-Kolleg of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities With their interdisciplinary research project on interconnected, global crises

To what extent does the process of creating a constitution influence its content and a population's adherence and acceptance? Now an international research team from Universität Hamburg and Warsaw are attempting to answer these questions. The German Research Foundation and the National Science Center of Poland are funding the 3-year project with €480,000.