How are Thuringia's teachers doing during the school shutdowns due to the corona virus pandemic? The University Jena, the University of Erfurt and the Thuringian Union for Education and Science (GEW) have developed an online questionnaire that asks exactly about that issue. Weiterlesen »Survey: How are Thuringia's Teachers Doing During School Shutdowns?
The corona crisis is unsettling people around the world. Their reactions are quite different, but fear often plays a role. What does fear do to people? In fact, what is fear? In this interview, anxiety and hypnosis researcher Dr Barbara Schmidt from the Institute of Psychology at the University of Jena explains to us the fundamentals of fear, its effects, and ways in which we might be able to handle this feeling a bit better. Weiterlesen »Control Your Fear by Changing Your Evaluations
Prof. Klaus Dörre is certain that the crisis situation will not be over once the corona crisis has been resolved. The professor of labour, industrial and economic sociology at the University of Jena anticipates that the world, including the world of work, will be a different one after the coronavirus. There will be many challenges to overcome which will require global change. Nothing about the corona crisis is good, he says, and he calls for clear language and action instead of empty phrases. Nevertheless, he also sees a few positive effects – and a great deal of work for the future. Weiterlesen »“The Crisis Will Drag on for a Long Time“
Whether in a Facebook post, in a chain letter, or in a YouTube video — there is a huge amount of fake information on the coronavirus circulating online, claiming that the virus is no more dangerous than the common flu or that home remedies like garlic protect you from an infection, for example. In our interview, Prof. Dr Tobias Rothmund, communication and media psychologist at the University of Jena explains why such myths are a problem and what you can do if your friends and relatives are among the ones sharing them. Weiterlesen »“People Sharing Misinformation Generally Do Not Act in Bad Faith“
Attention: All positions have been filled in the meantime! The laboratory operator SYNLAB is currently urgently looking for employees in Jena to carry out tests for the novel corona virus SARS-CoV-2 for the city, district and beyond... Weiterlesen »SYNLAB Jena Seeks Reinforcement for Corona Tests
The Corona pandemic is paralysing public life. After Italy, France, Belgium and Austria, local authorities in Germany and individual federal states (Bavaria) have now also imposed a general curfew. But is this legally permissible at all? Anika Klafki,... Weiterlesen »“Any Intervention in Civil Liberties Must be Proportional”
In a new general decree, the city of Jena added the federal states Berlin, Hamburg and Rhineland-Palatinate to the existing coronavirus risk areas on 22 March 2020. Anyone who has stayed in these federal states, or… Weiterlesen »Further Risk Areas Declared
Dear staff and faculty, we live in troubled times. Whether television, radio, newspapers or social media - everything revolves around the coronavirus. Weiterlesen »Letter from the President: Standing Together in Crisis
In these times of the coronavirus crisis, ‘Social Distancing’ is called for: all people should refrain from shaking hands, maintain a safe distance of at least two metres from each other and stay at home if possible. But what consequences does this have for our life as a community? Weiterlesen »“No Man is an Island”
In a new general decree, the city of Jena prohibits all organized events and other gatherings from Saturday, March 21, 2020. This applies to both open-air and indoor events. Weiterlesen »Ban on Entering and Gathering
