Prof. Stefan Wurster was a guest in the new episode of the Politischer Pausen Podcast. In addition to the example of 'smart cities', the conversation also focuses on general questions, interactions and political design options in the tense relationship between digitalisation and sustainability. [read more]

Ahmed Maati highlights three characteristics of digital technologies that render them susceptible to authoritarianism: the far-reaching capabilities of these technologies, their entrenchment in a reinforcing ecosystem, and the general lack of literacy regarding digital technologies. He emphasizes… [read more]

Dr. des. Ahmed Maati moderates (with Prof. Dr. Katrin Paula) a discussion with Professor Dr. Nils Weidmann (University of Konstanz), Dr. Eda Keremoglu (University of Konstanz), and Mr. Nicolas Zahn (Swiss Digital Initiative) on infrastructural control of the internet. [read more]

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In spring 2022, the German federal government agreed on a set of measures that aimed at reducing households' financial burden resulting from a recent price increase, especially in energy and mobility. These measures included among others, a nation-wide public transport ticket for 9EUR per month and… [read more]

Loder, Allister/Cantner, Fabienne/Cadavid, Andrea/Siewert, Markus B./Wurster, Stefan/Goerg, Sebastian/Bogenberger, Klaus 2022: A nation-wide experiment: fuel tax cuts and almost free public transport for three months in Germany -- Report 3 Second wave results, arXiv [read more]

From a comparative politics perspective political climate change or even manifold climate changes pose several critical questions, both theoretically and empirically. The Conference wants to bring together scholars who examine these changes and their consequences in a comparative fashion and invite… [read more]

In cooperation with the Munich University of Applied Sciences (HM) and the TUM Think Tank at the Hochschule für Politik (HFP), TUM was able to apply successfully with the project "sustAInability" at the bidt digitization college call 2022. It is conducted by Prof. Dr. Stefan Wurster (Principal… [read more]

Technologies based on artificial intelligence (AI) represent a crucial governance challenge for policymakers. This study contributes to the understanding of how states plan to govern AI with respect to the role they assume and to the way they develop AI in a responsible manner. In different policy… [read more]

The article introduces the special issue on ‘The First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Germany’. Besides a brief description and analysis of COVID-19 management in Germany in the first year of the pandemic from an international comparative perspective, it provides insight into the question of how… [read more]