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Social Sciences - 05.05.2023
New research project studying the lives of lesbians in the south-west of Germany
A team from the Universities of Freiburg and Heidelberg is studying the everyday lives of women who love women from 1945 to the 1980s What was everyday life like for women who love women after 1945 if they lived outside the major metropolitan areas such as Berlin or Hamburg?

Law - Social Sciences - 28.04.2023
'A cross-disciplinary understanding is urgently required'
’A cross-disciplinary understanding is urgently required’
An interdisciplinary glossary covering historical legal research is being compiled at the University of Münster The Käte Hamburger Kolleg "Legal Unity and Pluralism" at the University of Münster is committed to interdisciplinary exchanges and international networking in the field of comparative historical legal research.

Social Sciences - Health - 28.04.2023
Aftereffects of National Socialism: Women who Loved Women in the German Southwest
Interdisciplinary research project rediscovers lesbian life worlds in the period from 1945 to the 1980s What aftereffects did National Socialism have on women attracted to women after 1945?

Social Sciences - 28.04.2023
Ethnic diversity in school classrooms promotes positive social relationships among refugee youth
In more ethnically diverse school classes, young people with a refugee background have more friends and experience less rejection than in more homogeneous classes. This is the conclusion of an international research team involving Dr. Georg Lorenz from the University of Potsdam. In their study, the results of which have now been published in the scientific journal Nature Human Behavior, the researchers also present evidence for the causes of their findings: "In more diverse classes, there are more opportunities for contact with peers from immigrant families.

Social Sciences - 23.03.2023
Freie Universität Berlin, Max Planck Society, and the Berlin Heritage Authority: Memorial Service and Burial of Human Remains
The ceremony was conducted without the use of religious or Eurocentric symbols as had been agreed upon by organizations and representatives of the persecuted groups in question A public memorial service to mark the burial of the human remains that were uncovered in the course of several excavations on the Freie Universität Berlin campus from 2015 onward was held on Thursday, March 23, 2023, at the Waldfriedhof Dahlem cemetery.

Politics - Social Sciences - 20.03.2023
Debate on online hate speech targeting women in politics
Debate on online hate speech targeting women in politics
Livestream on March 21: Survey of female MEPs Women who are politically active in social media are frequently faced with online hate speech.

Social Sciences - 13.03.2023
Language acquisition in multilingual children
Language acquisition in multilingual children
Researchers studied the vocal experiences of children growing up on Malakula Island in Vanuatu where multilingualism is the norm How children acquire their mother tongue has always fascinated scholars. However, for the most part, these studies have focused on children growing up with only one mother tongue, and mostly, in the United States learning English.

Social Sciences - 13.02.2023

Environment - Social Sciences - 10.02.2023
Strengthening ecology and conservation in the Global South
Strengthening ecology and conservation in the Global South
International research team emphasises importance of diversity, equity and inclusion The tropics hold most of the planet's biodiversity.

Environment - Social Sciences - 01.02.2023
Social change more important than physical tipping points
Social change more important than physical tipping points
Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius is currently not plausible, as is shown in a new, central study released by Universität Hamburg's Cluster of Excellence -Climate, Climatic Change, and Society- (CLICCS).

Social Sciences - 27.01.2023
Benefits of big city life - only for the elite
Benefits of big city life - only for the elite
Urban inequality in Europe and the United States is so severe that urban elites claim most of the benefits from the agglomeration effects that big cities provide, while large parts of urban populations get little to nothing. In a study published in Nature Human Behaviour, researchers at Linköping University and Leipzig University show that the higher-than-expected outputs of larger cities critically depend on the extreme outcomes of the successful few.

History / Archeology - Social Sciences - 04.01.2023

Social Sciences - Art and Design - 12.12.2022

Social Sciences - Environment - 08.12.2022

Social Sciences - Linguistics / Literature - 08.12.2022

Social Sciences - 30.11.2022
University of Göttingen renews condemnation of violence in Iran
University of Göttingen renews condemnation of violence in Iran
We have received the news that a scientist in Iran, who received his PhD from the University of Göttingen, has been arrested because he was involved in protecting demonstrating students.

Social Sciences - 28.11.2022
Innovative Ideas on Gender and Diversity Justice
Inaugural lecture to be held by highly regarded professor of sociology Kathrin Zippel on December 1, 2022 In her inaugural lecture at Freie Universität Berlin, sociologist Professor Kathrin Zippel wi

Media - Social Sciences - 21.11.2022

Social Sciences - 17.11.2022
Freie Universität Berlin, Max Planck Society, and the Berlin Heritage Authority Are Planning the Burial of Human Remains Found on Campus
In accordance with wishes of the organizations and representatives of the groups concerned, burial will be non-religious and non-Eurocentric A burial is currently being planned for the human remains

Social Sciences - 16.11.2022
Upgrading a piece of furniture
Upgrading a piece of furniture
Our world changed in the spring of 2020. We were living in lockdown, working from home. We kept our distance from our family, from friends, and from colleagues at work.

Social Sciences - 11.11.2022
Moral behaviour pays off
Moral behaviour pays off
Coupling two approaches of game theory can shed light on how moral norms evolve Selfless behaviour and cooperation cannot be taken for granted.

Economics - Social Sciences - 10.11.2022

Social Sciences - 08.11.2022
Germany's happiness level has risen slightly
Germany’s happiness level has risen slightly
Bernd Raffelhüschen from the University of Freiburg presents the "SKL Glücksatlas 2022" Life satisfaction in Germany has increased only slightly after last year's Corona-related low, and new crises are putting the brakes on the recovery.

History / Archeology - Social Sciences - 21.10.2022

Health - Social Sciences - 17.10.2022

Social Sciences - Linguistics / Literature - 14.10.2022

Art and Design - Social Sciences - 14.10.2022

Social Sciences - 12.09.2022

Social Sciences - Innovation - 08.09.2022

Social Sciences - Health - 01.09.2022
'180Grad' aims to prevent sexualised violence by adolescents
’180Grad’ aims to prevent sexualised violence by adolescents
MHH opens outpatient clinic to treat dysregulated sexuality in adolescents / Ministry of Social Affairs funds project with 300,000 euros Experts from the Department of Clinical Psychology and Sexual

Environment - Social Sciences - 26.08.2022

Social Sciences - Art and Design - 02.08.2022

Philosophy - Social Sciences - 01.08.2022

Campus - Social Sciences - 27.07.2022

History / Archeology - Social Sciences - 19.07.2022

Research Management - Social Sciences - 05.07.2022
Colonial heritage in knowledge production
Colonial heritage in knowledge production
Anthropologist Paul Basu is the new Hertz Professor for Global Heritage at the University of Bonn The University of Bonn has once again received excellent reinforcement.
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