HfP's Dr. Miranda Schreurs explains how Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine reshaped Europe’s energy transition, driving a rapid break from Russian fuels, accelerating climate policy, and creating new dependencies on China.
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Social safety net interventions fight poverty. But they also empower women. A new study with HfP-participation, based on data from over 200,000 women, finds that: Especially, unconditional cash transfers can advance gender equality.
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What should AI regulation protect—and enable? Professor Urs Gasser argues for humility and continuous learning: regulation as an adaptive process evolving across the full policy lifecycle.
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President Thomas F. Hofmann discusses current security challenges and outlines how TUM contributes through research, innovation, and engagement in addressing them.
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Anhörung der hessischen Enquetekommission zur Jugendbeteiligung: Prof. Yannis Theocharis der HfP erläuterte, wie digitale und analoge Formate zusammenspielen und welche Bedingungen es für wirksame Jugendpartizipation braucht.
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Why did Trump win? New research suggests memory mattered. Voters were far more likely to recall Trump policies they felt would personally help them than Clinton’s—revealing how simple, repetitive promises can influence elections.
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Japan has restarted a reactor at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa, marking a cautious return to nuclear power. But costs and risks remain. As Dr. Florentine Koppenborg notes, the challenge lies in managing uncertainty beyond known risk scenarios.
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Embedded within the TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology, the political science degree programs at the HfP offer a unique, interdisciplinary education. In the THE ranking, they now jointly reach 5th place in Germany together with TUM.
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Economists designed ideal climate clubs, but politics stalled them. Dr. Florentine Koppenborg argues the Open Coalition can work—if political feasibility is treated as central to closing the emissions gap.
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Immer wieder wird in Deutschland über eine CDU-geführte Minderheitsregierung diskutiert. In Portugal regieren die Konservativen mit wechselnden Mehrheiten und rechten Stimmen in der Migrationspolitik, was ernste Folgen hat.
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