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On Sunday, 19.07.2020, Prof. Dr. Miranda Schreurs held a 2-hour webinar at the NGO Earth Walkers. The topic was the comparison of Japan and Germany in the energy system transformation. Further information on the event can be found on the official pages of Earth Walkers (in Japanese). [read more]

Markus B. Siewert, Stefan Wurster, Luca Messerschmidt, Cindy Cheng & Tim Büthe Short news blurb Germany has attracted much attention for its success in coping with the immediate health effects of the  COVID-19 pandemic , keeping the rate of infection and death from the virus low compared to most… [read more]

In March 2020, Cindy Cheng and Luca Messerschmidt from the HfP Chair for International Relations (Prof. Dr. Tim Büthe) launched the CoronaNet Research Project (https://www.coronanet-project.org) with colleagues from NYU Abu Dhabi and Yale University.  With the help of more than 360 research… [read more]

More information on the first major representative survey on domestic violence during the Corona pandemic by Professor Janina Steinert can be found at: https://www.tum.de/nc/die-tum/aktuelles/pressemitteilungen/details/36053/… [read more]

On July 6, 2021, the representatives of the students, of the academic staff, and of the other staff members will be elected to the HfP Senate. Please find the call for election and further information about the election in our showcase on the first floor and in our new HfP-ElectionWiki, which you… [read more]

For students of the summer semester 2020, academic progress monitoring will be postponed by one semester to accommodate any problems arising from the Coronavirus. This decision is made for all students and does not require a separate application to the responsible examination board. Please note:… [read more]

Prof. da Conceição-Heldt took part in the virtual Health Security Roundtable of the Munich Security Conference (MSC) on 7 April. Under the motto "Together we are less alone - Germany, Europe and COVID-19", she discussed with Lothar Wieler, President of the Robert Koch Institute and other… [read more]

Prof. Dr. Miranda Schreurs, who has been co-chair of the Nationalen Begleitgremiuns since 2016, was confirmed in her office at a constituent meeting on 11.05.20. Prof. Dr. Armin Grunwald was elected as the new chairman, succeeding Prof. Dr. Klaus Töpfer. Further information can be found in the… [read more]

The Chair for International Relations, with the generous support of the Dean of the School of Governance, has put together a new course to address the politics and public policy of the COVID-19/Coronavirus pandemic head-on:   ANALYZING THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC IN REAL TIME: An Introduction to… [read more]

Prof. Dr. Miranda Schreurs from the Chair for Environmental and Climate Policy of the HfP/TUM GOV was appointed head of the TUM's Task Force Sustainability by the TUM President Prof. Dr. Thomas F. Hofmann. In the current issue of the KontakTUM magazine she presents the topics that are now important… [read more]