Uni Bern Magazin: Thema Intercultural knowledge

World Literature, Religion, Identities

Intercultural knowledge

In a globalized world, understanding one's own and other cultures is essential. The University of Bern makes valuable contributions with its interdisciplinary research in history, psychology, philosophy, theology, gender studies, linguistics, and other cultural studies.

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In focus

Job Stress Index

Many Swiss employees feel stressed, as regular monitoring shows. This not only harms them, but also the economy.

A question for Tina Hascher

Do performance and well-being go together?

Performance and well-being go together in the world of work and in studies, says Tina Hascher, Professor of Educational Science. Here she explains why.

In focus

The working world of the future requires courage

The world of work is changing radically and rapidly. Who is benefiting from the change and who is lagging behind? Experts from the University of Bern from the fields of sociology, psychology and economics have answers.

Muslim Belonging

Holocaust Memory and Anti-Muslim Racism

In "Subcontractors of Guilt", Esra Özyürek investigates how Holocaust memory culture in Germany is associated with the marginalization of Muslim citizens. In a public discussion with the author and other experts in Bern, the topic was transposed to Switzerland.

Gender equality

More gender equality, more status pressure

Countries with strong gender equality are usually seen as offering more freedom for everyone. But a new study from finds that men in countries like Sweden and Switzerland face more pressure to maintain their group’s social status.

Media Release

Women’s soccer breaks down gender norms

Mehr erfahren

Just in time for the Euro 2025 two Bern-based researchers are publishing a new book, “Das Recht zu kicken” [The Right to Kick]. During an interview, co-author Marianne Meier recounts historical anecdotes and pits against gender stereotypes.

People

People

Pioneer with a feminist perspective

Sabine Strasser questions rigid thought patterns and strengthens a feminist perspective in science and in the promotion of early career researchers.

Teaching scientific thinking

Patricia Purtschert: How political would you like it to be?

How do professors manage to keep the discourse in their courses open and unbiased? And what experiences do they have outside the lecture halls with attempts at political appropriation? A gender researcher expresses her own opinion.

Teaching scientific thinking

Julia Richers: How political would you like it to be?

How do professors manage to keep the discourse in their courses open and unbiased? And what experiences do they have outside the lecture halls with attempts at political appropriation? A historian expresses her own opinion.

Outstanding young researcher

“Young Scholars” prize for Catherine Gibson

This year, the Walter Benjamin Kolleg honors Catherine Gibson from the University of Tartu, Estonia, as an excellent young scholar who is able to communicate her findings on Eastern European history, among other things, to a broad public.

Walter Benjamin Kolleg

A question for Claus Beisbart

Does science have to shake things up?

A pointed response from a philosophy of science perspective.

Literature

Determine the path – make the choice

So you’re off. On a hike in Vaud. This is where thoughts and conversations about literature meander: decisions in literary texts. Soon the hike becomes an allegory of literature. Because here as there, people act by deciding to leave, sometimes confiding in one another.