The Way Forward for Green Tech in Germany Published: 11 February 2022 Commentary Recent developments that drive the demand for green tech include the European Green Deal, Covid-19 recovery funds, and the amended German climate law. The new German Government stated that it wants to “dare more progress”. What does it mean for green tech in Germany?
Ukraine: Germany is not to be relied upon? Published: 9 February 2022 Commentary Ukraine is facing a challenge that could threaten its very existence. It is relying on negotiations, sanctions and its army and needs solidarity and assistance from all European democracies. Johannes Voswinkel
"Our democracy is only as good as the information that voters have" Published: 3 February 2022 Interview A conversation with Carlos Hernández- Echevarría from Maldita.es, a Spanish independent journalistic platform focused on the control of disinformation and public discourse through fact-checking and data journalism techniques.
"Our democracy is only as good as the information that voters have" Published: 3 February 2022 Interview A conversation with Carlos Hernández- Echevarría from Maldita.es, a Spanish independent journalistic platform focused on the control of disinformation and public discourse through fact-checking and data journalism techniques.
"Things are not going to change until change happens in the US" Published: 3 February 2022 Interview A conversation with Danny Rogers from the Global Disinformation Index (GDI) on the business model behind disinformation activities and ways to defund and disincentivize their propagators by providing the industry with clear definitions and data.
"We work to make the political campaigning environment more trustworthy, transparent and comprehensible for people." Published: 3 February 2022 Interview A conversation with Sam Jeffers, Co-Founder of "Who Targets Me", about the power of social media, and particularly, of social media advertising in influencing people in election campaigns and ways of making the political campaigning environment more trustworthy, transparent and comprehensible for people.
"Deescalating polarization will contribute to diminishing the problem of misinformation" Published: 3 February 2022 Interview A conversation with Nicole Krause from the Life Sciences Communication Department at the University of Wisconsin about science and political communication and ways to communicate more effectively with conservative, religious and rural audiences.
Blurred Lines: Foreign Policy in the Age of Climate Change Published: 26 January 2022 Analysis At the third session of the 22nd Heinrich Boell Foundation Foreign Policy Conference, the penultimate panel will focus on the German-Indian relationship - and the blurred lines between environmental and climate issues. Noah J. Gordon
The Syrian Women's Advisory Board – lessons to be learned Published: 26 January 2022 An example of misunderstood identity and representation politics on the part of the UN: the international intervention to include Syrian women in the negotiation process was not a success. Rula Asad
Four reasons why care fails and gender-based violence remains resilient in a 'crisis' context Published: 25 January 2022 Commentary What does care mean in a Covid-19 pandemic context? Why does care fail and gender-based violence becomes even more resilient in itself, despite being conceptualised as a "pandemic within a pandemic" in a context of intensifying sexism, culturalist stereotypes and xenophobia, not to mention social policing and the intensive securitization of borders and mobility? Eirini Avramopoulou