This recording is part of a new endeavour at the Governance Post, the Shaping Tomorrow podcast. The motto of the Hertie School is ‘Understanding Today, Shaping Tomorrow’. With this podcast, we aim to talk to… [Read more]
A Journey to Unite India – the Bharat Jodo Yatra
This recording is part of a new endeavour at the Governance Post, the Shaping Tomorrow podcast. The motto of the Hertie School is ‘Understanding Today, Shaping Tomorrow’. With this podcast, we aim to talk to… [Read more]
Hidden Biases in European Public Administrations
We are in need of a much deeper conversation about hidden biases within European public administrations. New data may be able to help. If you are an analyst or a decision maker, you will have… [Read more]
Decarbonising Industry sector in India: Current trajectory and challenges
India’s $3 trillion economy is expected to grow about seven times to $22 trillion by 2070, the year by which India plans to be carbon neutral. As of now, emissions are increasing with an increase… [Read more]
Under the influence? A reflection on the role of selective attention in policy and politics
This article aims to discuss the mechanics of selective attention and if and how policy makers use this psychological concept by design. Selective attention, as well as its propensity to limit reasoning to the objects… [Read more]
Is a photograph worth a thousand words?
Prague, 6 October 2022. Forty-four heads of state and government stand next to one another for a family photo in Prague’s castle. The image is a sign that Russia’s aggression to Ukraine has united Europe… [Read more]
We need a World Environment Organisation: Cynicism is not the answer.
History sometimes speaks loudest in silence, as on June 5, 2022, in Nairobi. Across continents, riverbanks cracked with thirst from unprecedented droughts, glaciers crashed into heaving oceans, and at dusk, the sun descended on another… [Read more]
Decoding the ‘coup’ in Peru and its causes
This recording is part of a new endeavour at the Governance Post, the Shaping Tomorrow podcast. The motto of the Hertie School is ‘Understanding Today, Shaping Tomorrow’. With this podcast, we aim to talk to… [Read more]
Sovereignty in Afghanistan: Or rather the Lack of it.
| Editorial | The foundations of this article and its arguments were first laid in a place where people go to appear to be intellectual: Twitter. Like my fellow humans, I too dared to tweet my… [Read more]
Gender Democracy in the Post-Pandemic World: What went wrong?
The Covid-19 pandemic has put significant challenges to issues of political stability in democracies worldwide. Despite considerable efforts from some European countries, there are substantial concerns about rising gender inequality paired with a decline in… [Read more]