May 2021

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12MAY 2021
Research
First episode of the series “Women in Research”: Prof. Dr. Sybille Kunz
Self-employed IT expert, university lecturer, mother, and pursuing a dissertation project at the same time – much to do, but Prof. Dr. Sibylle Kunz has mastered it all. Her hard work has payed off: not only was she awarded her doctoral title in October 2020, the first doctoral student of Digital Humanities, for her project […]
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12MAY 2021
Research
Loving and living at a distance – investigating long distance relationships from a sociological perspective
With the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, countries closed their borders and mobility as well as social contacts in general were restricted. People who were particularly affected by this came into focus: Couples who do not live together. For some couples, the pandemic led to a relationship crisis that divided them, others held on to their relationship […]
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12MAY 2021
International
How health became a matter of diplomacy
While keeping your distance has become the order of the day, it is also for sure that the only way to deal with the pandemic is through solidarity and cooperation of local governments and international health organizations. However, the different handling of an unprecedented situation has also revealed one thing: how controversial the mixing of […]
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