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A BTU study shows that decentralised accommodation for refugees in Brandenburg is possible and has been shown to offer them advantages over living in collective accommodation. Nevertheless, the state continues to house refugees predominantly in collective accommodation. This is shown in the final report on the VASiB collaborative project by the BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg.

Last week, there was an arson attack in Cottbus on the “Zelle 79” housing project, which put people’s lives at risk. That same night, an arson attack was carried out on the Chekov youth club, and the following night, the windows of the community center “Der grüne Laden” were smashed and a rainbow flag was stolen.

We would like to express our solidarity with Prof. Dr. Christina Brüning, professor of history didactics at the University of Marburg, and her colleagues. We are appalled by the far-right attacks and threats that these colleagues are facing.

Opening of the exhibition “Cottbus listens, Cottbus tells” at the Cottbus City Museum

Invitation to Youth dialog on history and memories in Berlin

Article on politics “Against the right” by a MIKOWA employee

Call for papers

"Science needs demcracy and rule of law". The research platform MIKOWA supports the statement of the HRK

Working Paper on the shift of themes of the monday demonstrations in Cottbus in 2022 - from the pandemic to the Russian war on Ukraine: „Es wäre gut, wenn Putin hier mal auskehren könnte“ - Analysen zu Mobilisierungen (extrem) rechter Akteure in Cottbus in Reaktion auf den russischen Angriffskrieg gegen die Ukraine 2022