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Behavioural biologist Barbara Fruth and health psychologist Britta Renner from the Cluster of Excellence Collective Behaviour provide insights into the importance of eating together for humans and animals in a new episode of the German podcast "Exzellent erklärt - Spitzenforschung für alle". They also talk about research into swarm intelligence.

Researchers from the Cluster of Excellence Collective Behaviour have set off on a journey to find out more about collective phenomena. They present the research of their colleagues and share their impressions in the podcast "In the Swarm"

In seinem neuen Buch „The Internet of Animals“ erzählt Martin Wikelski die Geschichte von ICARUS – einem internationalen Großprojekt zur wissenschaftlichen Beobachtung von Tierverhalten aus dem Weltraum. Das Buch zeigt außerdem, wie wir Menschen von Tieren lernen können, unsere Lebensgrundlagen zu erhalten.

“Contrary to ‘The Lion King’ there is no king or queen in lion societies. No single individual gets priority access to resources, whether that be access to mates or access to food after participating in a hunt”, says Konstanz researcher Natalia Borrego.

Computer scientists from the Cluster of Excellence Collective Behaviour developed a model, that explains how collective scenarios such as diseases may proceed.

The Zukunftskolleg startet a new fellowship programme, the ZENiT Fellowship Programme. ZENiT stands for Zukunftskolleg Exchange Network: interdisciplinary Talent. Three of the succesfil candidates are members of the Cluster of Excellence Collective Behaviour.

Our review of what we have accomplished in the year 2023 in the Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour is published.

Just as when we humans reach for objects, the hummingbird hawk moth uses its visual sense to place its long proboscis precisely on a flower to search for nectar, according to a study by Konstanz biologists. This is why the moth is a great model organism for research into the visual control of appendages.

Konstanz health psychologist Britta Renner supported the German Bundestag citizens' council ‘Ernährung im Wandel’ ('Nutrition in Transition') in recommending free lunches for children.