The German Research Foundation (DFG) has approved the continuation of the SFB 1288. From January 2021 on, the university will continue to conduct research on practices of comparing for another four years, which the whole SFB is very much looking forward to. The research project consists of about 50 researchers (history, literature, art history, philosophy, law and political science). For the second funding period, 11.9 million euros were approved.

The press release of Bielefeld University, with comments from the SFB and the Rectorate, can be found here (in German).