Category: Research

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    First lessons for à la carte literacy teaching for school pupils

    The pilot project offering a choice of literacy between French and German in mixed classes could potentially help to remedy educational inequalities in Luxembourg at the start of the school career, according to an interim report from the Luxembourg Centre for Educational Testing (LUCET) at the University of Luxembourg.

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    Buergbrennen: When winter goes up in smoke

    The Buergbrennen will be held throughout Luxembourg on the weekend of 17 and 18 February. Sonja Kmec, a history professor at the University of Luxembourg, has studied this centuries-old tradition and how it has evolved over the years. Hot off the press!

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    Previous events 2023

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    Like, share, care: history and digital social networks

    Twenty years ago, a student network called The Facebook went online on Harvard campus. Digital historians at the C²DH, take stock of social media history.

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    Of loneliness: how research uncovers facts and legends

    „Who feels lonely, dies early“, an old German saying tells. There is truth behind the old insight: A large meta-analysis including 70 studies around the world concluded that people who feel lonely have a 26% higher risk of dying earlier than expected.

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    Citizens’ assemblies: a tool for inclusive politics

    The University of Luxembourg has studied the impact and quality of a first-of-its-kind democratic experiment in Luxembourg: the launch of two citizens’ assemblies dedicated to climate policy.

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    Inaugural Lecture Prof. Karolina Barglowski (25.09.23)

    In her inaugural lecture, titled “Rethinking Integration in Migration Scholarship,” Prof. Karolina Barglowski explores the evolution of migration studies and its connection to integration. Analyzing shifts in the field, she addresses integration’s limitations – stigma, oversimplification, and neglect of power dynamics – and proposes a reimagining rather than dismissal. Embracing a reconfigured integration concept, she…

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    FNR CORE project 2019 | End of project press release

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