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To what extent does the process of creating a constitution influence its content and a population's adherence and acceptance? Now an international research team from Universität Hamburg and Warsaw are attempting to answer these questions. The German Research Foundation and the National Science Center of Poland are funding the 3-year project with €480,000.

The University of Freiburg's political panel survey also reveals a continued high level of perceived division in society Crisis awareness among the population has risen significantly on the issue of migration, but has declined on other issues.

Research team at Freie Universität Berlin proposes monetary and fiscal policies for a degrowth transition According to a new study led by a researcher at Freie Universität Berlin's Otto Suhr Institute of Political Science, the level of gross domestic product (GDP) has no impact on the ability of states with monetary sovereignty to fund investments in radical decarbonization measures and ambitious social policies such as universal public services and a job guarantee.

What fiction tells us about Britain's relations to the European Union Eurosceptic dreams of an independent UK and nightmares of faceless EU bureaucrats are not confined to the world of politics, public opinion and the media.

Theresa Paola Stawski, a political scientist from Würzburg, has investigated how well the states of the world function.

What role do African countries want to play in the globalised world of the future? There has been a growing realisation among African countries over the past twenty years that issues such as the clima

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Reading time 6 min. Prof. Urs Gasser on support for an AI development moratorium The development of artificial intelligence (AI) is out of control, in the opinion of approximately 3,000 signatories of an open letter published by business leaders and scientists.

Livestream on March 21: Survey of female MEPs Women who are politically active in social media are frequently faced with online hate speech.

Together with ten other research institutes, the Otto Suhr Institute of Political Science at Freie Universität Berlin is investigating crisis governance in Europe in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic