HfP in the Media

Leading scientists ‘appalled’ to find sham papers have been attributed to them say case against UK-registered publishers is overdue [read more]

During the 2016 US election, there were Russian attempts to influence the election result. They had no effect, at least via Twitter. [read more]

Was there Russian influence on the 2016 US election and if so, how much? Researchers from Munich and elsewhere have got to the bottom of the matter. What is the truth? [read more]

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Previous research and government investigations have concluded that Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election was designed to influence the voting behavior of Americans in favor of the Republican nominee Donald Trump. [read more]

A new study found no polarisation of the US electorate by Russian tweets. [read more]

Voting behaviour in the 2016 US presidential election was not affected by Russian disinformation campaigns on Twitter, according to a new study involving Irish researchers. [read more]

How does the German federal government communicate in the current crisis situation? How openly should politicians admit to problems? How can they counteract pessimism and populism? In Dossier Politik, a weekly political program by the broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk, Astrid Séville, a professor of… [read more]

Prof. Büthe commented on the US elections in the morning news program of Bavarian Public Radio 2, one of the most popular radio news programs in the German language.  The extremely close election result is largely unexpected, he notes, and in many ways a striking success for the Democrats. In… [read more]

"We didn't look for each other, but we found each other": This is what Thomas Strobl (CDU) said when the first green-black coalition in Baden-Württemberg came into power 2016. It was certainly not a “love marriage”, unlike the green-red coalition before. However, what was green-black? A… [read more]