Wikipedia is arguably the internet’s best-known free encyclopaedia. Many internet users rely on the wide-ranging knowledge of Wikipedia. The encyclopaedia was founded on 15 January 2001. Professor Christian Pentzold from the Institute of Communication and Media Studies at Leipzig University wrote…
Xenophobia in Germany has decreased, but right-wing extremist attitudes remain high. There is also evidence of “radicalisation and disinhibition among those with far-right views”. These are key findings of the representative Leipzig Authoritarianism Study. Professors Oliver Decker and Elmar Brähler…
Saxony’s Minister for Democracy Katja Meier, Leipzig University Rector Professor Beate Schücking, and the social researcher Dr Oliver Decker presented the Else Frenkel-Brunswik Institute in Leipzig today (17 September). The new documentation and research centre for the analysis and evaluation of…
The online project “Utopian Worlds” was recently launched. On the website www.utopian-worlds.org and on Instagram (@utopian_worlds), Professor Silke Steets from FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg and Dr Silke Gülker from Leipzig University are collecting and presenting utopian designs of the world in photos and…
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