Klaus Becker

2 months ago | phys.org | Klaus Becker

Are teens confident in their ability to distinguish between trustworthy and fake information online? In the most recent PISA study, 15-year-old secondary school students were asked to rate their own skills in finding and evaluating digital information. The study team in Germany has now completed a separate analysis of this aspect of the survey. Most of the results were not published with the main study.

2 months ago | research-in-germany.org | Klaus Becker

Jan 27, 2025, 1:52:58 PM Klaus Becker , Technische Universität München Are teens confident in their ability to distinguish between trustworthy and fake information online? In the most recent PISA study, 15-year-old secondary school students were asked to rate their own skills in finding and evaluating digital information. The study team in Germany has now completed a separate analysis of this aspect of the survey. Most of the results were not published with the main study.

Jan 15, 2025 | research-in-germany.org | Klaus Becker

Jan 15, 2025, 6:14:13 PM Klaus Becker , Technische Universität München Ahead of the German federal election, several politicians have announced that they will no longer be running for office due to the extent of online threats and defamation they face. This shows that digital violence poses a threat to political participation and therefore to an important pillar of parliamentary democracy.

Nov 11, 2024 | research-in-germany.org | Klaus Becker

Nov 11, 2024, 6:31:31 PM Klaus Becker , Technische Universität München A key point on the agenda of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP 29) will be the negotiations on the funding of the climate targets. The industrialized nations made a commitment to pay 100 billion dollars annually between 2020 and 2025 to poorer countries for climate protection and adaptation to climate change. Now the follow-up agreement, the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG), is to be passed.

Nov 9, 2024 | research-in-germany.org | Klaus Becker

09.11.2024, 06:00:00 Klaus Becker , Technische Universität München Ein Schwerpunkt der UN-Klimakonferenz (COP 29) werden die Verhandlungen über die Finanzierung der Klimaziele sein. Die Industrieländer hatten zugesagt, dass 2020 bis 2025 jährlich 100 Milliarden US-Dollar an ärmere Länder für den Klimaschutz und die Anpassung an den Klimawandel fließen. Nun soll die Nachfolgevereinbarung, das New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG), beschlossen werden.