Press releases in detail

On 18 April 2023, the Konstanz-based start-up Subsequent GmbH was awarded the 1st prize as "Digital Start-up of the Year 2023" by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK). Everything started with a doctoral project at the University of Konstanz.

Robots that recognize emotions such as stress and boredom in their human counterparts and adjust their behaviour accordingly? Biohybrid networks of smart plants and computers to monitor air quality? Heiko Hamann's research team at the University of Konstanz develops and studies high-tech systems like these as part of two EU projects.

German government appointed Konstanz law professor Liane Wörner to its commission on reproductive self-determination and reproductive medicine.

A German-Chinese research team with participants from the University of Konstanz has discovered how catalysts and many other nanoplatelets can be produced in an environmentally friendly way from readily available materials and in sufficient quantities.

How did people perceive restrictive measures during the COVID-19 pandemic? How was their daily well-being affected by them? And how did this influence their support for the measures? A team of scientists of the University of Konstanz have now published their findings on psychological well-being during the pandemic in PLOS ONE.

Scientific Advisory Board on Agricultural Policy, Food and Consumer Health Protection (WBAE) presents findings on food poverty under pandemic conditions to Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture Cem Özdemir – co-authored by Britta Renner, health psychologist at the University of Konstanz and co-chair of the board (in German).

Training programme to support students in the Hilde Domin-Programme – offered by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the University of Konstanz.

What endangered languages have to do with inequality and discrimination: new research results from the University of Konstanz and Kristianstad.

Ines Mergel from the University of Konstanz and David Eaves from University College London (UCL) have been named Schmidt Futures Innovation Fellows for their project "Teaching Public Service in the Digital Age". The open access syllabus provides materials designed to teach required digital skills to students in public affairs master's programmes.