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    Ukrainian “Shchedryk” and American “Carol of the Bells”

    Ukrainian Republic Capella was founded in 1919 to promote Ukrainian culture abroad. Read how “Shchedryk”, the choir most popular song, became the famous Christmas tune “Carol of the Bells”. Oksana Karbashevska, Associate Professor at Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine, and currently Visiting Researcher at the Department of Humanities shares the history behind…

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    New article: Berlin – From Castle in the Air to Creative Metropolis

    Florian Hertweck published a new article at a+u journal.

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    New publication: Le sol est un bien commun

    New publication by Florian Hertweck.

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    Towards a more egalitarian education in Luxembourg and beyond

    A new publication of the Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences highlights gender issues in educational settings and the workplace and shows how gender stereotypes continue to shape children’s development and self-concept and even influence their future career path. “Gender and Education in Luxembourg and Beyond: Local Challenges and New Perspectives.” features 17 contributions exploring…

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    UniGR-CBS wins the Interregional Research Award of the Greater Region

    The UniGR Center for Border Studies was awarded the Interregional Research Award of the Greater Region on November 25, 2022. The award honours the exceptional achievements of researchers in cross-border research cooperation.

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    Luxembourgish and Computational Linguistics

    Christoph Purschke is the guest of the latest episode of Scilux, a podcast dedicated to research and technological changes in Luxembourg. He talks about the role of digital methods in the Humanities and the development of language technological solutions for Luxembourgish.

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    Researchers reveal a hidden universe of uncertainty

    The Department of Social Sciences contributed to a large-scale replication study that aimed to understand the role of decisions scientists make during the research process. Published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the study highlights the importance of Open Science and collaboration among scientists.

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    New article published: Das Versprechen der Zirkularität

    Christian Schulz and Paula Hild published a new article at Standort Journal.

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    Psychological mechanisms in math skills

    Inhibition, mental set shifting, and memory updating are related to math skills in preschool children. These meta-analytic findings from a research project led by the Luxembourg Centre for Educational Testing and the University of Oslo were published in the Psychological Bulletin.

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    Study of a new anthropological dimension for the digital age

    As a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, many scholars and scientists have left the country. More than 30 Ukrainian researchers displaced by the war have temporarily joined the University of Luxembourg mainly as research fellows and in some cases under temporary contracts funded by the FNR. In this series of interviews, we briefly present…

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