The Ruhr Innovation Lab will receive federal and state funding as a University Consortium of Excellence. The University of Duisburg-Essen congratulates its partners, Ruhr University Bochum and TU Dortmund University on this sucess.

How do political parties communicate with their members – and what do they say about one another? Who has a voice in the digital public sphere? The new series of the ‘Politische Pausen’ podcast, on the theme of ‘The Language of Democracy’, explores these and other questions.

Every child brings own potential to school. For being able to develop them, learning environments that prioritize relationships are needed. Prof Dr Laura Ferreira González investigates how they navigate their initial problems.