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15MAR 2021
International
“Faces of Masking“: new project explores use and significance of community masks during the pandemic
Community masks (in German: Alltagsmasken) have become both a steady companion in day-to-day life as well as a key part in how the Covid-19 pandemic is being addressed culturally. Exactly this aspect is what Annerose Böhrer and Dr. Marie-Kristin Döbler from the Institute of Sociology are concerned with, together with Heta Tarkkala of Helsinki University. They are examining […]
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24FEB 2021
Research
Welcome to the Faculty: Prof. Dr. Maria Rentetzi
A warm welcome to Prof. Dr. Maria Rentetzi, the new chair for ‘Science, Technology and Gender Studies’ since 1 January 2021. She has been trained as physicists and as historian of science and technology. Her research focus is a highly interdisciplinary field at the intersection of science and technology studies, history of science, diplomatic history, […]
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11FEB 2021
Research
Four COVID-19 research projects receive funding from the Volkswagen Foundation
Aiming to address the many new questions brought up in context of the pandemic, the Volkswagen Foundation had published a call for proposals titled “Corona Crisis and Beyond – Perspectives for Science, Scholarship and Society” in May. Out of 1,105 proposals, 102 were approved, among them three projects from the department of social sciences and […]
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11FEB 2021
Research
How smartphone photos contribute to teenagers’ identity-formation
Dr. Michaela Kramer, media pedagogue at FAU, has investigated the influence of smartphone photography and the presentation of images on social media on the identity formation of teenagers and young adults. In doing so, she has developed a typology that describes different ways in which young people can present themselves through photos on Instagram, Snapchat […]
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03FEB 2021
Study
Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Theology awards first Faculty Teaching Prize for innovative teaching concepts
To honour the great importance of teaching, the Faculty of Humanities and Department of Theology has tendered a teaching award for the faculty for the first time in 2020. From now on, the new teaching award will be awarded every year to two innovative teaching concepts. The faculty’s own award complements the ‘Preis für gute […]
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03FEB 2021
International
Üdvözöljük – we welcome Dr. Krisztina Kovács, guest lecturer from Hungary
Dr. Krisztina Kovács of the Hungarian Szeged University is spending the winter term teaching and researching at the Institut für Grundschulforschung. Her stay is being funded by the DAAD’s programme for funding foreign guest lecturers (Förderung ausländischer Gastdozenten zu Lehrtätigkeiten an deutschen Hochschulen), which Dr. Günter Renner of the institute has successfully applied for. During Dr. Krisztina Kovács’ stay, she is running […]Dr. Krisztina Kovács of the Hungarian Szeged University is spending the winter term teaching and researching at the Institut für Grundschulforschung. Her stay is being funded by the DAAD’s programme for funding foreign guest lecturers (Förderung ausländischer Gastdozenten zu Lehrtätigkeiten an deutschen Hochschulen), which Dr. Günter Renner of the institute has successfully applied for. During Dr. Krisztina Kovács’ stay, she is running […]
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