How will the future labor market look and are European education systems endowing the next generation with the skills they will need to succeed? These questions are at the heart of a new research project at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt.
What are the links between migrant career prospects and their working abroad in the EU? This was a guiding question of a research project coordinated by the University of Bamberg. The project aimed to develop a long-term approach to supporting migrant worker integration and combating labor shortages in the EU.
At the Deggendorf Institute of Technology, Prof. Dr. Diane Ahrens and her team are conducting research that focuses on application-oriented and holistic digitalization in rural Bavaria.
At the HM, Professor Pohlmann and his team are using innovative technologies and approaches to bring back memories to dementia suffers and provide support to their families and caregivers.
LMU anthropologist Sahana Udupa studies the sociopolitical impact of digital media, with a focus on the dynamics of extreme rhetoric on online platforms. Global collaborations are vital to understanding this global phenomenon.
Carsten Schwemmer completed his doctoral degree in Computational Social Science at the University of Bamberg.
How do things stand with regard to the digital competences of populations in different European countries? Is Europe well prepared for an increasingly digitalised society and generative AI? These questions were the focus of a bidt event on 12 March 2024 in cooperation with the Bavarian Representation to the EU. The bidt study presented there provides findings for Germany and six other European countries – and offers approaches for expanding digital participation and competences.
In one in eight ski resorts, the natural snow cover could disappear completely before the end of this century. This is the conclusion reached by Dr. Veronika Mitterwallner from the University of Bayreuth in a study of the world's seven largest mountain regions, which has now been published in the scientific journal PLOS ONE.
Academic freedom today is not available for 3.6 billion people, or 45.5 percent of the world's population. After a global peak in academic freedom in 2006, the situation today is comparable to circumstances fifty years ago in 1973. This is one of the results of the 2024 Update of the Academic Freedom Index (AFI), which researchers at the University of Gothenburg and Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have presented today. The new AFI data provides an overview of the state of academic freedom in 179 countries.
How do market integration and climate change affect social cohesion? Dr Gianluca Grimalda, known as the scientist who refuses to fly, is investigating this question through field experiments in Papua New Guinea. He has been awarded a fellowship at the Passau International Centre for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies (PICAIS), where he will analyse the data collected during his fieldwork.
This website uses cookies and the Matomo web analysis tool. By continuing to browse you agree to our use of cookies. Change your settings here. More information.