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Newly published open access article examines the politics of scientific and regulatory expertise in pesticide regulation, an important issue for agricultural production and food safety. It offers a new perspective on the role of ideas and scientific knowledge in influencing political responsibility… [read more]

Luca Scotellaro (M.Sc. Politics and Technology, 2021) was awarded the Hochschulpreis des Referats für Arbeit und Wirtschaft by the City of Munich for his thesis on public participation in the urban mobility transition. His thesis titled "Westend-Kiez: The Co-Creation of an Urban Living Lab - A Case… [read more]

As part of the BR2 Nachtstudio discussion, Prof. Dr. Astrid Séville talks about how freedom can be rethought and reports from her current research on how the meaning of the term renunciation is changing. For more information on the program and the recording, please visit BR Nachtstudio(german). [read more]

At the first in-person gathering of the German International Relations Scholars (after a multi-year hiatus due to COVID), HfP Chair for International Relations, Prof. Dr. Tim Büthe, presented his research on what we might learn from World War I for better understanding the War in Ukraine and for… [read more]

Prof. Kelly Gallagher from Tufts University receives Friedrich-Schiedel-Prize for Politics and Technology 2022 More informationen here. [read more]

The German Research Foundation (DFG) will fund the research project “Security threats and fragile commitments: Stress-testing German support for human rights at home and abroad” led by Prof. Dr. Katrin Paula (Professorship for Global Security and Technology) for three years. The project will be… [read more]

On July 11, 2023, the representatives of the students in the HfP Senate will be elected. The election announcement and further information about the election can be found in the showcase on the ground floor and in the HfP Wiki under the section Wahlen, where you can log in with your TUMonline… [read more]

The TUM Think Tank is setting up a task force to provide orientation and guidance on handling generative artificial intelligence to the policy, administration, community and business sectors. The group, representing various disciplines at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), will formulate… [read more]

The Austrian magazine Profil published a column by Ingrid Brodnig. She discussed the phenomenon of online hate and violence and how it is used against, especially, female Politicians. Amongst others the draws from a current study by Prof. Jürgen Pfeffer and Prof. Janina Steinert, which they… [read more]

Timm Betz, with co-authors Diana Z. O'Brien (Washington University in St. Louis) and David Fortunato (University of California, San Diego), was awarded the Sophonisba Breckinridge Award from the Midwest Political Science Association for the Best Paper on the topic of Women and Politics. The paper,… [read more]