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Learning well: “Our attitude has a powerful impact on our performance”

Learning in such a way that you retain what you have learned: An interview with learning research specialist Sarah Hofer.

Illuminated manuscript from University Library exhibited in Vilnius

The prayer book of Lithuanian Grand Chancellor Albertas Goštautas was created by one of Poland’s most illustrious artists in the first half of the 16th century.

“It’s about more than climate change”

LMU law students launch the Law and Sustainability Club. They hope that the academic potential to advance sustainability through law receives greater visibility

The fighter for educational justice

Ceren-Latife Tas is the first in her family with a university degree. She motivates schoolchildren from non-academic households to go on to higher education.

550th Founder’s Day at LMU: awards granted to habilitation and doctoral candidates

This year, the Munich University Association is granting awards to six doctoral candidates and two habilitation candidates.

Romans brought mules with them

Genetic analyses by an international team involving researchers from the LMU and the State Collection show that the Romans were the first to bring mules to Central Europe.

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INSIGHTS. Magazine

A trial by fire for democracy

LMU political scientist Karsten Fischer examines how well liberal societies still stand for progress when populism rules everywhere - from the new issue of the research magazine Einsichten.

„Releasing Pressure“

What do young people need in the wake of Covid-19? Learning sciences expert Anne Frenzel, child and adolescent psychiatrist Gerd Schulte-Körne, and Sabine Walper, director of the German Youth Institute (DJI), on a post-lockdown generation.

Hikikomori: Disappearing quietly

Alone in the room: There are hundreds of thousands of them, people who withdraw from the world at a young age. Japanologist Evelyn Schulz on a phenomenon of social withdrawal

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