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Trust in government is key for digital infrastructure adoption, study by Luciana Cingolani shows

In the journal Governance, she examines infrastructural power through the lens of contact tracing apps.

In TV discussions, Marina Henke comments on Germany’s position on Ukraine-Russia conflict

“Germany has to stand up for democracy and take a very clear position”, the expert on international security says.

High schoolers get a first taste of university life at Hertie School social sciences event

Online discussions with pupils and CIVICA university students aims to promote access to higher education.

Alumni video: Meet Kate Yang (Executive MPA 2021)

Kate shares what it is like to start an executive degree during a pandemic.

In wide-ranging TV interview, Andrea Römmele assesses new era of German politics

Recorded on a Munich streetcar, the interview aired on public broadcaster BR.

New Policy Brief offers ways to build data science and AI expertise in government

In-house expertise would help ease reticence about these technologies, crucial for public sector digitalisation.

Research by Julian Wucherpfennig and co-authors explores how terrorism affects attitudes towards migration and democracy

The research project aims to inform decisions on national and international migration policy.

More than a hackathon: Open Social Innovation offers leaps in innovation for public administration

Researchers from Hertie School and Leuphana University present findings from collaborative experiment.

Politicisation, media decline impede EU membership goal for six Balkan countries, Alina Mungiu-Pippidi says

Welcoming a new EU progress report, she says in Brussels Times that the EU can do more for free press, civil society.

In the FAZ, Johanna Mair says German business schools need to develop teaching on social entrepreneurship

Concepts for leading social businesses must be part of every study area – from finance to HR, she says.

Dennis Snower says G7 could broker "grand bargain" for climate action

Snower tells the Clean Energy Wire that G7 must consider poor countries' needs to encourage climate action.

German public debate on social security should not blame childless people, Michaela Kreyenfeld says on RBB

According to the Professor of Sociology, a better focus would be unfavourable family policies.