Das Graduiertenkolleg „Standards des Regierens“ der TU Darmstadt und der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt sucht ab dem 1. Mai 2025 zwei engagierte studentische Hilfskräfte (m/w/d).

The DFG Research Training Group “Standards of Governance,” a joint project between Technische Universität Darmstadt and Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, is offering ten PhD positions starting on April 1, 2025. Five positions are based at TU Darmstadt and five at Goethe University Frankfurt.

At this year’s ECPR General Conference in Dublin, held from August 12th to 15th, Jonas Bernhard presented an excerpt from his dissertation project. The paper titled “When local governments win (and when they lose): Conditions for successful intergovernmental lobbying in Germany” was discussed in the panel “Coalitions and Networks: How interest groups collaborate horizontally and vertically”.

Prof. Behnke is in vacation from August 04 to 14 and from Augst 23 to September 04. Please consider to send requests at least three days in advance if you wish them to be answered before Prof. Behnke leaves for her vacation.

Special edition of ‚Der Landkreis‘ (Vol, 94, May 2024) on „75 Jahre Grundgesetz. Stärkung des gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalts und der kulturellen Infrastruktur in den Landkreisen“ (75 years of Basic Law. Strengthening societal coherence and cultural infrastructure in the counties“

In 13 panels altogether, about 60 scholars from all over Europe are going to present their research on horizontal and vertical coordination in multilevel governance. The discussions and insights of the COST network in general and of the conference in particular are essential for the further development of European Governance.

The digitalization of administration is doubtlessly the largest and most wicked reform project in the public sector. Political actors across levels of government and across party affiliation uniformly aim at digitalizing the German public sector with the aim to make it more efficient and more citizen-friendly.