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Dear students, Herewith we would like to inform you about the latest development regarding the handling of the coronavirus and the related decisions made by TUM (and thus also by the Hochschule für Politik München) for teaching. You will find all important information under the following link: … [read more]

Prof. Dr. Eugénia da Conceição-Heldt has published a new paper on "The (self-)empowerment of the European Central Bank during the sovereign debt crisis".  You can read the article here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07036337.2020.1729145  [read more]

The US political scientist Joseph Nye was a guest at the Munich Talks on 14 February 2020. In his lecture "Do Morals Matter in Foreign Policy", Nye analysed the role of ethics in US foreign policy after 1945. Nye, one of the world's most influential researchers on political leadership, teaches at… [read more]

The John McCain Dissertation Award was awarded for the second time at the Munich Security Conference 2020. Honoring the significant contributions of John McCain to strengthening transatlantic ties, the award was established to recognize exceptional academic achievements in the field of political… [read more]

Dear students, dear members of the HfP the premises of the Hochschule für Politik München and the University Administration are closed on Carnival Tuesday, 25 February 2020 from 12:00 pm. [read more]

China's social credit system (SCS) is a system supported by artificial intelligence that aims to improve moral behavior, financial reliability and social control. It is one of the most significant examples of radical digital innovation and the largest attempt to use social engineering. Its impact… [read more]

The new research project at the Professorship of Political Data Science deals with the topic of differential privacy in the handling of personal data. This data model allows valid statistical conclusions without violating the individual privacy of users. The aim of the project is to explore the… [read more]

Guest at the Hochschule für Politik München: In the context of Munich Talks, Prof. Hofmann, President of the Technical University of Munich, spoke on 20 January 2020 to over 200 guests about "Science and Engineering in a Changing World". [read more]

On 05.12.2019, we welcomed Prof. Henry Farrell, winner of the Friedrich Schiedel Prize for Politics and Technology 2019, to our Munich Talks series. In his speech, Prof. Farrell showed how powerful states exploit the dependencies of other states on technologies or other products in political… [read more]

Henry Farrell, Professor at George Washington University, receives this year's "Friedrich Schiedel-Prize for Politics and Technology" for his extraordinary contributions to political science and multidisciplinary research, honoring his goundbreaking work and research leadership in developing new… [read more]