Material grievances – especially high youth unemployment – are a far greater breeding ground for extremism than religious or political beliefs. This is the conclusion of a major international study involving the Research Centre Global Dynamics at Leipzig University. Researchers examined local and…
This year’s transfer prizes from Leipzig University have been awarded to Dr Alexander Leistner from the Institute for the Study of Culture and the Translating Soil Biodiversity team from the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research Halle-Jena-Leipzig (iDiv). The winners under the “Science…
The AfD did particularly well among young voters in yesterday’s state elections in Saxony and Thuringia. Charlotte Meier, a political scientist at Leipzig University, says the party made the most effective use of social media and “cleverly exploited” young people’s anger at the policies of the…
To mark the occasion of the World Day of Science for Peace and Development on 10 November, we asked peace and conflict researcher Professor Solveig Richter to give us some insight into her field of research, her assessment of what impact the escalation in the Middle East has on support for Ukraine…
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