Events

Research events

The Hertie School's Centres of Competence, research initiatives and projects cover public policy issues that cut across disciplines as well as regional, national, and sectoral boundaries. These are addressed in public colloquia, workshops, and conferences.

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11.02.2021 | 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
The commando effect: The impact of gender on misconduct among security force personnel using experimental survey evidence from four countries

An online presentation by Sabrina Karim (Cornell University). This event is part of the Political Economy Lunch Seminar (PELS).
Research event

17.02.2021 | 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Understanding discursive e-democracy through the everyday political talk online

A presentation by Yuri Misnikov (e-Government Center, ITMO). This event is part of the Digital Governance Research Colloquium hosted by the Centre for Digital Governance.

Research event

18.02.2021 | 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Pride amid Prejudice: The Impact of LGBT+ Rights Activism in a Socially Conservative Society

A presentation by Phillip M. Ayoub (Hertie School / Occidental College) based on a paper co-authored with Douglas Page (Gettysburg College) and Samuel Whitt (High Point University). This event is part of the International Security Research Colloquium hosted by the Centre for International Security.
Research event

03.03.2021 | 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Governance arrangements (and challenges) in the forthcoming EU AI regulation

A presentation by Andrea Renda (CEPS). This event is part of the Digital Governance Research Colloquium hosted by the Centre for Digital Governance. 

Research event

04.03.2021 | 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Russia in the Contested Neighbourhood: A Neoclassical Realist Approach to Regional Primacy

A presentation by Adriana Cuppuleri. The event is part of the International Security Research Colloquium hosted by the Centre for International Security.
Research event

11.03.2021 | 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Political activists as free-riders: Evidence from a natural field experiment

An online presentation by Lukas Hensel (Blavatnik School of Governance, University of Oxford). This event is part of the Political Economy Lunch Seminar (PELS).
Research event

17.03.2021 | 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Affordances of agile government

A presentation by Ines Mergel (University of Konstanz, Digital Governance Lab). This event is part of the Digital Governance Research Colloquium hosted by the Centre for Digital Governance. 

Research event

31.03.2021 | 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Infrastructural state capacity in the digital age: Lessons from the performance of COVID-19 contact tracing apps

A presentation by Luciana Cingolani (Centre for Digital Governance). This event is part of the Digital Governance Research Colloquium hosted by the Centre for Digital Governance. 

Research event

14.04.2021 | 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Private actors take over state functions: The role of the digital economy in the provision of public goods

A presentation by Jimena Valdez Tappata (London School of Economics). This event is part of the Digital Governance Research Colloquium hosted by the Centre for Digital Governance.

Research event

28.04.2021 | 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Blockchain-based institutional change: How organisations (fail to) embody their socio-technical vision

A presentation by Moritz Kleinaltenkamp (Centre for Digital Governance). This event is part of the Digital Governance Research Colloquium hosted by the Centre for Digital Governance. 

Research event

29.04.2021 | 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Inequality, identity, and partisanship: How redistribution can stem the tide of mass polarisation

An online presentation by Alexander Stewart (University of St. Andrews). This event is part of the Political Economy Lunch Seminar (PELS).

Research event

12.05.2021 | 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Solving the digital dilemma: Controlling internet access through authoritarian collaboration

A presentation by Lisa Garbe (Centre for Digital Governance). This event is part of the Digital Governance Research Colloquium hosted by the Centre for Digital Governance.