Topic: Social Sciences
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Feelings of loneliness affect more girls than boys finds study
Learn moreSpecific data on Luxembourg paints a picture of our adolescents’ mental health and how it matches up against the larger Europe and Central Asia trend.
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“Smartwielen” helps voters chose according to their own orientations
Learn moreThe online tool Smartwielen, coordinated by Dr. Raphaël Kies of the University of Luxembourg (coordinator of the Plateforme Luxembourgeoise de la Démocratie Participative) and Dr. Marc Schoentgen of the Zentrum fir politesch Bildung (ZpB), is available to voters of the October legislative elections.
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Housing Day 2023: tackling an essential issue in Luxembourg
Learn moreResearch, policy and practice will take the stage on 3 October, during a full day conference on housing on Belval campus.
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New Dean at the Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences
Learn moreRobert Harmsen, professor of political science at the University, has been nominated for a five year period as the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences. He succeeds Prof. Georg Mein, who headed the Faculty for over ten years.
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Pandemic Year 2: study on young people in Luxembourg
Learn moreResearchers from the University of Luxembourg have just published 2021’s preliminary results of a representative survey of young people and COVID-19 (YAC). This report is a follow-up to the 2020 publication on “Young People and COVID-19”. The YAC project monitors the situation of young people in Luxembourg throughout the course of the COVID-19 pandemic and analyses its…
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Well-being and health of young people in Luxembourg
Learn moreHow do young people in Luxembourg rate their well-being and health – what do well-being and health mean to them and what do they do about it? The “National Report on the Situation of Youth in Luxembourg 2020,” published by the Ministry of Education, Children and Youth (MENJE) together with researchers from the University of…
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COVID-19: Saving lives or saving the economy?
Learn moreA study conducted by Dr Christophe Lesschaeve, Prof. Josip Glaurdić, and Dr Michal Mochtak from the Department of Social science looks into the public attitudes towards the difficult trade-off imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The lockdowns decrease the spread of the virus but amplify the damage to the economy. Are people willing to accept a…
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Balancing the European Central Bank’s independence and accountability
Learn moreThe project EMULEG is one of six new interdisciplinary research projects which received multi-year funding in the context of the Audacity funding instrument of the University’s Institute for Advanced Studies.
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Adolescents’ health in Luxembourg: the 2018 HBSC report publication
Learn moreThe 2018 report on the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) international survey has just been published. The HBSC survey is organised every four years under the aegis of the World Health Organization (WHO). Involving more than 45 countries, it establishes an accurate picture of the health and health behaviour of adolescents. The “HBSC Luxembourg”…
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Uni includes citizens in study for more sustainable water governance
Learn moreFor the second edition of WaterBlitz Luxembourg, researchers at the University of Luxembourg and their partner Earthwatch invite residents to contribute to the analysis of fresh water in Luxembourg. WaterBlitz ’21 offers four days to test surface water and support research for more sustainable water governance.