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Science under pressure

Funding cuts, political interference, shrinking trust: This call invites reflections on visible symptoms and underlying dynamics of the forces that alter academia.

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When scientists are targeted, what helps?

At our KAPAZ workshop, researchers explored how to move from awareness to action. Read the summary on wissenschaftskommunikation.de.

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The photo shows a brown cow running freely, representing how data governance helps cities and municipalities escape the digitalisation backlog and enter the digital fast lane.

Escaping the digitalisation backlog: data governance puts cities and municipalities in the digital fast lane

Maurice Stenzel on 10 July 2025
A retro black television on a wooden table, representing traditional news broadcasts such as the Tagesschau and the new simplified format 'Tagesschau in Einfacher Sprache'.

Online echoes: the Tagesschau in Einfacher Sprache

Anne-Kathrin Berg, Freya Hewett on 30 June 2025
An older woman in a wheelchair sitting alone. This reflects the urgent need to combat loneliness through digital tools and community-based, inclusive care facilities.

Opportunities to combat loneliness: How care facilities are connecting neighborhoods

Annika Ulich, Thomas Schildhauer on 5 June 2025
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