“We want to deter politicians from spreading false information” Interview A conversation with Noa Barak about disinformation and the role of fact-checkers in Israel.
"Policymakers need to empower people to make good decisions online" Interview A conversation with Dr. Philipp Lorenz-Spreen about cognitive patterns, heuristics and the role of policymakers in designing healthy online choice environments.
Trends in Privacy Enforcement: A Comparative Analysis of post-GDPR Enforcement Styles Spotlight This analysis aims to capture and cluster different post-GDPR enforcement styles by DPAs across the EU to better understand why enforcement over data protection issues vary across borders. By Ido Sivan-Sevilla
Naming Violence: The report Naming Violence: Women's Religious Belongings and Their Ways to Survive Violence, produced by Havle Women's Association with the contribution of Heinrich Böll Stiftung Turkey, has been published. pdf
Absent stories The book “Absent Stories”, prepared by the Open Space Association with the support of the Heinrich Böll Stiftung Association, has been published. pdf
Bulgarian elections: an Odyssey and a Labyrinth ARTICLE A look at the events and political landscape of the Bulgarian elections (November 2021). By Corinna Kanistra
Digital violence against women: what needs to be done now Event report Every single day, women are abused, threatened or slandered on digital social networks. Yet the operators of these platforms are doing very little to make the digital space a safer place for women. The whistleblower Frances Haugen talked to Spiegel journalist Ann-Katrin Müller and Alexandra Geese, Member of the European Parliament, about what needs to be done right now to stop violence on the net. By Ute Czylwik
A Short Report of the 2021 South Caucasus Regional Conference on Memory Politics On October 11-12, 2021, the Heinrich Boell Stiftung/Foundation (hbs) Tbilisi Office – South Caucasus Region, together with Ilia State University and the Soviet Past Research Laboratory (SOVLAB), organized the South Caucasus Regional Conference on Memory Politics to address the foundations and legacy of the first independent republics (1918-1920/21) in the South Caucasus (SC).
5 things you need to know about the Green fraction in the 20th German Bundestag Listicle Following the German federal election of 26 September 2021, the German Greens achieved the biggest, most female, younger and diverse parliamentary group in their history. Let’s explore some fact and figures about the Alliance 90/The Greens fraction in the 20th Bundestag! By Joan Lanfranco
Media pluralism at risk in Greece Commentary After a long period during which the media landscape has been mirroring the prevailing clientelism, Greece is now experiencing a rapid downslide towards dangerous pathways regarding media pluralism that bring the quality of democracy in the country into question. A look at the events and political developments that have accumulated over the last months. By Michalis Goudis
