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Luxembourg adolescent’s health behaviour: social inequalities persist

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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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Mental health and well-being of school-aged children in Luxembourg

Luxembourg adolescent’s well-being: girls worse off than boys

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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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