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HfP Rector Urs Gasser recently shared insights from international and interdisciplinary research initiatives on AI and his first-hand experiences as a governmental advisor. At the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) 2021, Prof. Gasser discussed in an opening event hosted by the Office of Competition and… [read more]

Please be informed that the HfP administration will be closed between December 27 - 31, 2021.  During this time, the HfP building is also only accessible to staff. The administration will be open again from January 3, 2022. We wish you and your families a Happy Holiday Season and all the best for… [read more]

PD Dr. Patrick A. Mello, Research Associate at the Chair of European and Global Governance, has published a new methods textbook titled Qualitative Comparative Analysis: An Introduction to Research Design and Application and issued by Georgetown University Press. Further information can be found… [read more]

The danger of social bots in political communication is often overestimated. Simon Hegelich explains in an interview with SZ that the danger lies more in the distortion of the perception in the political discourse: Some topics may seem more relevant than they are. This is a general problem of the… [read more]

The Munich School of Public Policy is pleased to welcome Mrs. Dorothea Wörner as its new Executive Director. After her graduation as Dipl.Verw.Wiss. at the University of Konstanz, Mrs. Wörner worked as an International Fellow at the Ngee Ann Polytechnic in Singapore. This was followed by further… [read more]

Colombia’s AI Expert Mission (inspired by the German Digital Council model, where Prof. Gasser served as a member as well) brings together a small group of experts who will work together with partners from to public and private sectors to offer implementation guidance to turn Colombia’s National AI… [read more]

In a festive event with guests from Germany and abroad, the community welcomed Prof. Urs Gasser as the new Rector of the Hochschule für Politik (HfP) and celebrated the achievements of Reform Rector Prof. da Conceição-Heldt. Urs Gasser, previously leading for more than a decade an influential… [read more]

The Chair of European and Global Governance is organizing a workshop on "China's Role In Global Economic Governance" on October 22 and 23. Further information can be found on the workshop website. [read more]

Prof. Theocharis, Chair of Digital Governance, argues that while the role of social media in the spread of conspiracy theories has received much attention, a key deficit in previous research is the lack of distinction between different types of platforms. A new paper places the role of social media… [read more]

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