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The international journal Critical Policy Studies just published an article by Hubert Heinelt and Jens Steffek on the role of topoi in political communication.

Call for papers open until May 25th. Submissions may focus on national, regional, or EU-level dynamics, as well as comparative analysis

Prof. Nathalie Behnke in an interview with MDR Aktuell on the subject of civil servants and pensions.

A high-profile delegation from TU Darmstadt, led by Vice President for Innovation and International Affairs Prof. Dr. Thomas Walther, recently visited India to deepen institutional partnerships. The Faculty of History and Social Sciences joined this initiative, represented by Dr. Jens Marquardt.

Annual Conference of the DVPW section ‘Policy Analysis and Public Administration' on March 20 and 21, 2025, at the TU Darmstadt

This year’s annual conference of the section ‘Policy Analysis and Public Administration’ of the German Society of Political Science (DVPW) is hosted by Prof. Dr. Nathalie Behnke at the TU Darmstadt. In eight panels, on March 20 and 21, the current state of German research on topics around resilience policies and administrative reform from local to European level is presented and discussed on March 20 and 21 in the Residential Palace.

Event organized by the ‘Evangelische Akademie Frankfurt’ on Wednesday, 12 March 2025

In an After-Talk on the ZDF telecast ‚Die Anstalt‘, which will be broadcast on 11 March 2025, Nathalie Behnke discusses as invited guest with moderator Matthias Blöser and with the ‘Die Anstalt‘ Script Writer Dr. Friedrich Krauß on the issue of ‘Bureaucracy’. The event is organised by the Evangelische Akademie Frankfurt as a talk series under the heading of ‘Humor ist …’.

Frau Lena Julia Junge hat für ihre BA Arbeit "Dem Klimaschutz höchste Priorität? Eine empirische Analyse der Auswirkungen des kommunalen Klimanotstandes auf die Klimapolitik deutscher Städte“ den diesjährigen Preis der Vereinigung der Freunde der Technischen Universität Darmstadt erhalten.

As part of her seminar ‘Future Law: Social Ecological Transformation through the Judiciary?’, Dorothea Elena Schoppek organised a trip to the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe with students and interested colleagues.

Seit 01.10.2024 ist Björn Egner neuer Associate Editor des Journals „Urban Research and Practice“. Das Journal wurde 2008 gestartet und wird in Kooperation mit der European Urban Research Association herausgegeben.