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DIGITALISATION, DEMOCRACY AND EUROPE
NARRATIVES OF CHANGE
Change is a fundamental aspect of life and can be experienced in many ways - physically, emotionally, mentally, and socially - depending on the context and the individual‘s perspective. Narratives of change are stories that describe how things are transformed over time, whether it be on an individual or societal scale. These narratives can take many forms, from personal testimonials to epic sagas. They serve to highlight the experiences of individuals and communities in the face of significant challenges, such as social upheaval, personal growth, or political transformation. Narratives of change are essential to understanding how societies and individuals adapt and evolve.
TAKING EUROPE PERSONALLY: YOUNG NARRATIVES OF EUROPE
What does it mean for young people today to be European? How do they look at Europe in the face of multiple crises and what drives them? Based on qualitative interviews, the report ‘Taking Europe Personally: Young Narratives of Europe’, published jointly by the Schwarzkopf Foundation Young Europe and the Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft, explores young Europeans' perceptions of Europe, their perspectives on current conflicts and visions for the future of Europe. For this purpose, young volunteers between the ages of 18 and 25 who are active in European political education were interviewed. The report thus offers a deeper insight into the narratives behind young people's ideas about Europe and which determine their actions.
Read the full report here
FIVE WORKSHOPS FOR A PROGRESSIVE EUROPEAN CONCISENESS
Download the new workshop manuals of this year's Fellows of the Thinking of Europe Fellowship programme!
In the joint fellowship of the Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft with the Schwarzkopf Foundation Young Europe and the Understanding Europe network, five young educators from all over Europe were asked to develop their own workshops aimed at students and dealing with the topics of climate change, social justice and digitalisation in Europe. The motto is: Education by young people, for young people!
With innovative and creative approaches, the workshops encourage young people to critically examine current challenges of change in Europe and to become active themselves. Among other things, young people learn in the workshops how they themselves can advocate for more justice towards people with disabilities, deal with stereotypical narratives about Muslim women, learn more about the diverse career opportunities available in the field of sustainable and ecological transformation, and can digitally and playfully explore how they themselves can contribute to peacebuilding in Europe.
Now the finished workshop manuals are available for download as an Open Educational Resource.
“Breaking down disability: Removing barriers”
“European Muslim women’s identiy – Unveiling new narratives”
“Be part of the solution, not pollution – Europe’s responsibility to fight for climate justice”
“Your job orientation in the time of climate change”
“Peace in Europe: Digital and virtual reality peacebuilding”
Digital Europe 2030: Data and Democracy
So that we can successfully steer the digital transformation in the EU along a path aligned with democratic values, we need to come up with a shared vision of how we will engage with data in the future. Our new publication "Data and Democracy" aims to find answers to this challenge and develops a proposal on how we should deal with data and the digital transformation in Europe in future. Using the instrument of strategic foresight, the experts systematically designed a desirable future scenario from which concrete options for action were derived.
#DefendDemocracy: Election Integrity in the Digital Age
This collection of infographics was produced in creative partnership between the Alliance of Democracies Foundation and the Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft and published during the German federal election campaign in the summer of 2021. The infographics explain and illustrate important key concepts and elements regarding election integrity, most notably disinformation, digital news and media literacy, cybersecurity, and the role of social media in the context of an election.
Workshop Manual “First European Moment” by Elena Popescu
This workshop our Fellow by Elena Popescu aims to teach young people how to create a social media campaign on topics related to Europe. It is meant to help the participants experience their first European Moment in the digital world.
Workshop Manual “Digital Active Citizenship in Local Communities” by Davit Manukyan
This workshop by our Fellow Davit Manukyan seeks to empower young people to exercise active citizenship on digital platforms they are used to. It draws from the assumptions that many young people have the willingness to be more politically active, however, lack capacity to seize the opportunities provided by digital spaces.
Workshop Manual “Democracy, inclusion and participation in the age of social media“ by Farah Abd
This workshop by our Fellow Farah Abdi tackles the problem of mis- and underrepresentation of marginalised groups in the digital public sphere by encouraging young people to use social networks as platforms to organize and to advocate for diversity and inclusion.
Workshop Manual “A Path to Digital Citizenship” by Kansu Ekin Tanca
This workshop by our Fellow Kansu Ekin Tanca aims to raise awareness of our rights and responsibilities online by prioritising digital participation, valuing active and responsible digital citizens, and highlighting that children and young people should fully enjoy their rights online.
A representative survey commissioned by the Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft
In cooperation with the opinion research institute civey, the Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft conducted a representative survey of the German population on digitisation in the context of global power shifts, media disinformation and social polarization.
Internationale Politik Special – Digitales Europa 2030
IP Special No. 3/2020 focuses on Digital Europe 2030 and reflects this topic in several dimensions: Geopolitics, regulation and data sovereignty as well as society and democracy. The Special Edition is only available in German language.
Digital Europe 2030 – Three scenarios for the future
4. Politikwerkstatt/ Bonn
Geopolitics are gaining new importance, especially with regard to the rise of China and Russia becoming stronger again. Moreover, geopolitical processes are increasingly playing out in the digital realm. The participants of the 4th Politikwerkstatt in Bonn discussed Germany’s interests and Europe’s role. The report sums up the discussion and results of the event. In German only.
3. Politikwerkstatt/ Frankfurt am Main
The report of the third Politikwerkstatt summarizes the discussion among the participants, who debated Germany’s interests in Europe with specific regard to the issues populism, digitalization and global order. In German language only.
Bad news from Brussels? The media and the EU.
The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung published this opinion on the role of media for the perception of the EU by Dr. Claudia Huber. The publication was a contribution for the event "denkraum_medien: Dauerschleife europäische Krise – Wie steht es um die Verantwortung der Medien für Europa“. Claudia Huber is leading the project area Europe at Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft. In German only
2. Politikwerkstatt/ Dresden: Civil dialogue on German interests in Europe
„Politikwerkstatt“ is an inclusive format that Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft and DGAP are developing together. Like the first event, also the second Politikwerkstatt in Dresden involved new target groups in finding responses to issues that are all too frequently addressed solely by the political elite and think tanks. Politikwerkstatt fosters an intensive exchange among their participants and enable the development of new positions. No previous expertise is needed: During the event, the guests will be given an issue related update. The event report is available in German only.
Study - Return to the politically abandoned
Since its publication in March 2018, the overwhelmingly positive reception of the study’s recommendations for action against the rightward shift in Germany has generated considerable interest. In order to bring the debate to the European level, Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft has supported the translation and publication of the study as well as the inclusion of a German-French comparative approach.
1. Politikwerkstatt/ München – Ein Bürgerdialog über deutsche Interessen in Europa
Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft and DGAP are currently working on an inclusive format that will involve new target groups in finding responses to issues that are all too frequently addressed solely by the political elite and think tanks. For instance, these could include regional stakeholders, such as local journalists or employees of chambers of industry and commerce, school principals or other disseminators from outside the political community. Politikwerkstatt fosters an intensive exchange among their participants and enable the development of new positions. No previous expertise is needed: During the event, the guests will be given an issue related update.
Denk ich an Deutschland-Magazin, F.A.Z. 2016
“Fluchtpunkt Deutschland”. Dealing with challenges of migration and integration, the current F.A.Z. magazine contains e.g. contributions from Martin Schulz as well as Renate Köcher, Karl-Rudolf Korte and Thomas Schmid.
Zwei Szenarien für Deutschlands Zukunft, 2016
Wie wird man im Jahr 2025 auf Angela Merkels Satz: "Wir schaffen das!" zurückblicken? Mit ExpertInnen aus Politik, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft hat die Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft gemeinsam mit Z_punkt The Foresight Company hierzu Szenarien erarbeitet, die mögliche Zukünfte Deutschlands abbilden.
Denk ich an Deutschland-Magazin, F.A.Z. 2015
Does the world get out of joint? What can we do to gain new certainties? This magazine provides new aspects for discussion.
Denk ich an Deutschland-Magazin, F.A.Z. 2014
"The Digital Creation". Encountering our beautiful but at the same time unsettling new living and working environments in the F.A.Z.'s magazine based on the Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft's "Denk ich an Deutschland" ("When I think of Germany") conference.
Denk ich an Deutschland-Magazin, F.A.Z. 2013
"Free elections" demanded protesters in 1953 in East Berlin. This magazine by the F.A.Z. addresses the difficulties surrounding elections, based on the Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft's "Denk ich an Deutschland" ("When I think of Germany") conference.
Denk ich an Deutschland-Magazin, F.A.Z. 2012
In this special issue on the occasion of the Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft's "Denk ich an Deutschland" ("When I think of Germany") conference in 2012 the F.A.Z. asks readers: "How do we want to (not) live in the future?"
Denk ich an Deutschland-Magazin, F.A.Z. 2011
In this issue linked to the Denk ich an Deutschland ("When I think of Germany") conference on the subject of "Who governs Germany?", the F.A.Z. gives readers some serious food for thought.
Denk ich an Deutschland-Magazin, F.A.Z. 2010
F.A.Z. addresses the topic of "Twenty Years of Unification" in this issue based on the Denk ich an Deutschland ("When I think of Germany") conference and prompts us to ask ourselves: What do we have, what will be?
Internationale Politik (IP) – Blackbox Iran
In der November/Dezember-Ausgabe 2015 befasst sich die IP als Schwerpunkt mit dem Iran.
Internationale Politik (IP) - Europe - Dream and Reality
This special issue of the IP addresses the European dream in a global reality and is inspired by the Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft conference of the same name on 09/05/14.
Internationale Politik (IP) - Incredible India
In this July/August 2010 issue, the IP addresses India's role in a new multipolar world, in cooperation with the Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft inspired by its Foresight Symposium held in March 2010 in New Delhi.
The harmonious superpower? China's role in a multi-polar world
Documentation of the Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft's Foresight Symposium in Beijing, April 2013
Through a billion voices: India's role in a multipolar world
Documentation of the Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft's Foresight Symposium in Delhi, March 2010
Charting new directions: Brazil's role in a multipolar world
Documentation of the Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft's Foresight Symposium in São Paulo, March 2011
STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION AND URBANISATION
NOVA CITY INDEX
Leaders internationally have to move faster to address the mounting challenges of climate change, rising inequality, housing insecurity and health inequity. Over two years, a working group of New Urban Progress-fellows representing a diverse range of public, private and civic experiences has studied these issues, speaking with activists, community leaders, elected representatives, and business leaders in cities across Germany and the United States.
The group assessed the actions necessary to respond to urban challenges and foster inclusive urban progress (considering shared challenges on both sides of the Atlantic). They devised a baseline criteria as guidance to determine whether the progressive visions espoused by many influential urban thinkers have been put into practice. Thus, we are excited to introduce the NOVA Cities Index: a blueprint for inNOVAtive cities.
ADDIS ABABA URBAN AGE TASK FORCE
Africa today is the site of numerous transformation processes. The Urban Age Task Force Addis Abbeba appreciates the importance of urban development as a catalytic dynamic to achieve structural transformation and a green economy. It was designed to support city governments to deliver sustainable change ‘on the ground’. In addition to advisory activities and capacity building, the Task Force commissioned and developed a series of four policy briefs and 11 Technical reports under the four themes Housing and Retrofitting, Transport and Mobility Services, Green and Blue Infrastructure and Urban Governance and Planning. The aim of the research is to explore opportunities for compact and well-connected growth in cities that can be delivered through integrated governance.
The Addis Ababa Urban Age Task Force is a partnership between the Addis Ababa City Plan and Development Commission (AACPDC), LSE Cities at the London School of Economics and Political Science, the Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft, and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.
Results: https://urbanagetaskforce.net/addisababa
Mainstreaming sustainable infrastructure finance and innovation in Africa
Strengthening our partnership with Africa is key to foster global and sustainable change. As Africa is a rapidly urbanising continent, its cities require infrastructure to grow and thrive. But how can we mobilize finance to support sustainable urban infrastructure in Africa?
Through an innovative knowledge co-production process in our research collaboration with the African Centre for Cities (ACC) at University of Cape Town, we have developed a series of six position papers that take an overview of infrastructure financing in Africa.
The series aims to point the way towards mobilizing investment to support sustainable urban infrastructure in Africa with experts in the cross-section of urban development and finance. The papers are based on discussions at two roundtable events with representatives from multi-lateral financial institutions, development banks, and academic institutions. The aim was to gain a co-produced understanding of the opportunities to mainstream sustainable infrastructure into the portfolios and projects across the sector.
The series include
- Infrastructure Financing in Africa: Overview, research gaps and urban research agenda
- Financing ICT and Digitalisation in Urban Africa: Current trends and key sustainability issues
- Financing Urban Sanitation in Africa: A role for sustainable infrastructure finance and innovation
- Financing Urban Mobility in Africa: Mobilising money for movement within and between African cities
- Electricity Infrastructure: Repositioning finance within Africa’s sustainable energy transition
- Mainstreaming Sustainable Infrastructure Investment: Synthesis and reflections
Imagining urbanity in the 2020s: Results of the Urban Age Debates
The world of the 2020s is volatile. Global pandemics, the climate crisis, digitalisation or increasing migration are continuously questioning the course of the future. For example, the COVID19 pandemic disrupted the rhythm of life in cities around the world from one day to the next.
This makes the shaping of our cities a daunting task and demands a new pro-active engagement to create futures rather than trying to predict them. With the Urban Age Debates, Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft together with LSE Cities reassessed public spaces, urban economies, mobility, governance, and sustainability to explore trends and design options for a livable, sustainable urban future beyond 2020.
Localising Transport: Survey Summary
The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally challenged the nature of cities. A reassessment of issues such as density, urban economy, mobility, governance and sustainability could be the result. Urban Age is now taking up these issues with the "Urban Age Debates".
In the run-up to the Urban Age Debates, LSE Cities and Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft are conducting online surveys to collect expert opinions and assessments of the event topics.
Socialising Remote Work: Survey results and key takeaways
The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally challenged the nature of cities. A reassessment of issues such as density, urban economy, mobility, governance and sustainability could be the result. Urban Age is now taking up these issues with the "Urban Age Debates".
In the run-up to the Urban Age Debates, LSE Cities and Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft are conducting online surveys to collect expert opinions and assessments of the event topics.
Cities as Transatlantic Changemakers – Seeking Common Ground for a Progressive Future
The working paper is a first outcome of our transatlantic project “New Urban Progress”, focusing on the most pressing issues ahead of German and American cities today when it comes to inclusive growth, sustainability, democratic governance. It was written based on the results of two conferences held earlier this year in the United States and Germany and sets the scene for further activities within the project.
Report Urban Africa Dialogue
African Urbanisation Dynamics: Achieving a more sustainable and inclusive world depends on Africa succeeding in the 21st century
In the course of a series of activities focusing on urban development in Africa, Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft and the Global Perspective Initiative cooperatively organized a dinner dialogue event. Its aim was to discuss how German partners can be more strategic and better aligned in advancing sustainable urbanisation policies, while appreciating the necessary investment approaches that will work in an African context but require external support. This report asks essential questions to protagonists of the evening and summarizes the most important outcomes of the dialogue.
Moravia Manifesto – Coding strategies for informal neighborhoods
With the Moravia Manifesto, Urban Lab Medellín|Berlin focuses our attention on unplanned urban extensions and their role in rapid urbanisation processes. The Moravia Manifesto introduces and illustrates an alternative urban planning method, referring to the project location of Medellín as an example. Additionally, international experts comment on related topics.
The book was published by Jovis.
Project Report Urban Lab Medellín | Berlin
The Urban Lab Medellín | Berlin Project Report summarises all activities of the first two years of the project and gives an overview about the approach and outputs.
Developing Urban Futures – Conference Report
The conference report on the Urban Age “Developing Urban Futures” conference documents the main issues and arguments that were raised during the eight sessions in two conference days in Addis Ababa in November 2018. In English language only.
Urban Africa Beyond Development as usual
28 March 2019 the second workshop concerning Urban Africa took place in Berlin.
The Potential for Sustainable Urbanisation in Africa
In his thought-provoking essay, Prof. Edgar Pieterse, founding director of the African Centre for Cities (ACC) and Professor at the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of Cape Town, argues for the inclusion of a stronger sustainable urban development focus in African policies.
Developing Urban Futures Conference Newspaper
The Developing Urban Futures conference newspaper documents new research on African cities carried out in the build-up to the Urban Age conference 2018 in Addis Ababa. The dynamics of growth and change of sub-Saharan African cities are presented alongside those of emerging cities in Asia and more mature urban centres of developed nations. Essays provide context and perspective on the challenges faced by developing cities. The event location, Addis Ababa, is explored in greater detail.
Shaping Cities in an Urban Age
The Urban Age project has investigated urbanisation processes for over a decade, culminating in the book Shaping Cities in an Urban Age, edited by Ricky Burdett and Philipp Rode. This richly illustrated volume brings together authoritative research and fresh insights that explain the complexities of urbanisation. It identifies current trends that are making cities more fragmented, less equitable and environmentally more damaging, and argues powerfully for a more integrated social, environmental and spatial approach that can inform and inspire city-makers that are shaping an increasingly urban world. The book is the third and final instalment in the ‘Endless Cities’ series published by Phaidon. It can be ordered here:
Co-designing the city: Architecture + Informal Intelligence
The newspaper is a result of the work developed during the urbanXchanger project in 2015/2016. Urban practitioners from Sao Paulo, Mexico City, Cape Town and New Delhi were paired up with partners from Berlin to collaborate with in order to push community initiatives forward. We invited Edwin Heathcote, architecture and design critic of the Financial Times, to write about the project. UrbanXchanger is now launched online as a web platform were you can download single documents of interest or a complete publication. The book has been edited by the project’s initiator Ute E. Weiland and curator Marcos L. Rosa.
Handmade Urbanism, From Community Initiatives to Participatory Models
Handmade Urbanism showcases 15 exemplary projects from less favoured areas of five major cities in emerging countries, examining what potential these projects that were developed through community initiatives carry for the whole city's transformation process. Published by Jovis, 2013. NEW: Also available as an e-book!
Deutsche Bank Urban Age Award 2014 Delhi
This brochure illustrates the Deutsche Bank Urban Age Award and illustrates the winning projects from previous years up to those from New Delhi in 2014.
Deutsche Bank Urban Age Award 2013 Rio
his brochure illustrates the Deutsche Bank Urban Age Award and illustrates the winning projects from previous years up to Rio de Janeiro in 2013.
Deutsche Bank Urban Age Award 2012 Cape Town
This brochure illustrates the Deutsche Bank Urban Age Award and illustrates the winning projects from previous years up to Cape Town in 2012.
The Endless City
The Urban Age project has been developed jointly by the Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft and LSE. This study of the phenomenon "city" in the age of the global community is based on specific findings from the metropolises of New York, Shanghai, London, Mexico City, Johannesburg and Berlin. Published by Phaidon Press, 10/2007.
Living in the Endless City
The Urban Age project has been developed jointly by the Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft and LSE. This book documents the urban development of the cities Istanbul, Mumbai and São Paulo, and features essays and data on key issues in these cities, in addition to the six cities that were previously examined in "The Endless City", namely New York City, Shanghai, London, Mexico City, Johannesburg and Berlin. Published by Phaidon Press, 04/2011.
OPEN SOCIETY, LIBERALISM AND VALUES
BOUND TO CHANGE: WHERE ARE WE HEADING?
In our anniversary magazine Where Are We Heading?, by reflecting on highlights from the past thirty years we identify parameters that promise great potential for future social and economic transformation too: open dialogue, switching perspectives, self-efficacy and forward-looking ideas. Contributors include the historian Heinrich August Winkler, Munich Young Leader Kanica Rakhra and political commentator Diana Kinnert. We also take you on a photographic journey through time, in which we present selected projects, people and issues from three decades of the Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft.
Read now the publication "Where are we heading?"
Read the outline 'A turning point in History' by Heinrich August Winkler
Diplomacy for Change
How can we tackle challenges on a global scale effectively and how can consensus be found even in the face of conflicting interests?
Diplomacy is fundamental for peaceful coexistence. The example of the United Nations shows how global conflicts can be defused through dialogue and negotiation and how bridges can be built across seemingly insurmountable borders with the help of the community of states.
In the spirit of diplomacy and international dialogue, the Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft supported a student delegation from Witten/Herdecke University to the Model United Nation Conference in New York 2022.
Read the report of the delegation:
A book publication by Siedler Verlag
Bold ideas for the future: In the current book release "Think. Order. Form. Forwards.", leading contemporary thinkers perpetuate Alfred Herrhausen’s thoughts and thus introduce them into current discourses. Among others, the statesman and peace activist Mikhail Gorbachev, the international journalist Constanze Stelzenmüller, the Asia specialist Parag Khanna, the European researcher Ulrike Guérot, the economist Thomas Straubhaar, the passionate educational reformers Margret Rasfeld and Jamila Tressel as well as the artist Roman Lipski will be present. Alfred Herrhausen‘s ideas are turned into a starting point for a new way of thinking and inspire new debates without a time frame.
"Think. Order. Form. Forwards." published on 23 September 2019 by Siedler Verlag and is available in bookshops.
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The essay series #ThinkForwards20xx gives budding journalists the floor. Students at the Cologne School of Journalism publish their thoughts and perspectives on the future here. Svenja Schlicht advocates opening up cultural institutions as quickly as possible after the lockdown. In doing so, she refers to various functions of culture in society and also in the economy.
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The essay series #ThinkForwards20xx gives budding journalists the floor. Students at the Cologne School of Journalism publish their thoughts and perspectives on the future here. We should take advantage of the crisis – and turn universities into new sites of learning, says Isolde Ruhdorfer.
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The essay series #ThinkForwards20xx gives budding journalists the floor. Students at the Cologne School of Journalism publish their thoughts and perspectives on the future here. In "Responsibility not vetoes", Saskia Patermann argues for more consensus in politics.
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The essay series #ThinkForwards20xx gives budding journalists the floor. Students at the Cologne School of Journalism publish their thoughts and perspectives on the future here. “A subject for all and everything!” Helge Hoffmeister argues for the introduction of media literacy as a subject.
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The essay series #ThinkForwards20xx gives budding journalists the floor. Students at the Cologne School of Journalism publish their thoughts and perspectives on the future here. After "Black lives matter", schools must also work against racism, demands Lilian Schmitt - but properly!
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The essay series #ThinkForwards20xx gives budding journalists the floor. Students at the Cologne School of Journalism publish their thoughts and perspectives on the future here. "I am free - and yet trapped", says Jakob Schreiber about the agony of choice.
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The essay series #ThinkForwards20xx gives budding journalists the floor. Students at the Cologne School of Journalism publish their thoughts and perspectives on the future here. “Our dusty democracy needs an update”, says Till Uebelacker. After Corona, is Germany ready to vote digitally?
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The essay series #ThinkForwards20xx gives budding journalists the floor. Students at the Cologne School of Journalism publish their thoughts and perspectives on the future here. "We need a European constitution," says Tom Schmidtgen - now!
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The essay series #ThinkForwards20xx gives budding journalists the floor. Students at the Cologne School of Journalism publish their thoughts and perspectives on the future here. “More space for mourning for Corona dead”, says Jana Hemmersmeier. Because when grief is visible, no one can ignore the dying.
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The essay series #ThinkForwards20xx gives budding journalists the floor. Students at the Cologne School of Journalism publish their thoughts and perspectives on the future here. Samira El Hattab argues for an "Arte for the mainstream“. Her thesis: A European, public broadcaster can create a European identity.
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#ThinkForwards20xx is a series of essays reflecting on thoughts of Think. Order. Form. Forwards in the light of the 2020 Corona pandemic. Ulrike Guérot, Professor for European Politics and Democracy Research at the Danube University Krems and founder of the European Democracy Labs, pleads for legal equality of citizens in Europe.
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#ThinkForwards20xx is a series of essays reflecting on thoughts of Think. Order. Form. Forwards in the light of the 2020 Corona pandemic. Margret Rasfeld, school principal and co-founder of the initiative “Schule im Aufbruch”, pleads for rethinking education policies and for more time for future-relevant knowledge.
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#ThinkForwards20xx is a series of essays reflecting on thoughts of Think. Order. Form. Forwards in the light of the 2020 Corona pandemic. Thomas Straubhaar, Professor of International Economic Relations, University of Hamburg, pleads for the introduction of an unconditional basic income to flank the return to market economy conditions.
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#ThinkForwards20xx is a series of essays reflecting on thoughts of Think. Order. Form. Forwards in the light of the 2020 Corona pandemic. Andreas Schleicher, Director for Education and Skills at the OECD, pleads for a more value based education.
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#ThinkForwards20xx is a series of essays reflecting on thoughts of Think. Order. Form. Forwards in the light of the 2020 Corona pandemic. Gerald Hüther, German Neurobiologist and Professor Emeritus of the University of Göttingen, wants to strengthen the role of children and teenagers as societal actors.
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#ThinkForwards20xx is a series of essays reflecting on thoughts of Think. Order. Form. Forwards in the light of the 2020 Corona pandemic. Heiko Fischer, co-founder of the management technology company Resourceful Humans and pioneer of the network organization form, prompts everyone in a position with the power to influence things to act and change things now.
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#ThinkForwards20xx is a series of essays reflecting on thoughts of Think. Order. Form. Forwards in the light of the 2020 Corona pandemic. Dingding Chen, Dingding Chen, Professor of International Relations at Jinan University, Guangzhou, China, predicts a new era of cooperation as a consequence of a gap in global governance.
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#ThinkForwards20xx is a series of essays reflecting on thoughts of Think. Order. Form. Forwards in the light of the 2020 Corona pandemic. Anna Herrhausen, German political scientist and director of the Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft in Berlin, argues that standstill is a chance for a conscious new start.
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#ThinkForwards20xx is a series of essays reflecting on thoughts of Think. Order. Form. Forwards in the light of the 2020 Corona pandemic. Mikhail Gorbachev, president of the Soviet Union until 1991, reflects on how new political thinking can help overcome current global challenges.
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ThinkForwards20xx is a series of essays reflecting on thoughts of Think. Order. Form. Forwards in the light of the 2020 Corona pandemic. Matthias Weber, Communications specialist and Head of the Free Thinking Programme at Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft, pleads for individual commitment instead of empty words.
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ThinkForwards20xx is a series of essays reflecting on thoughts of Think. Order. Form. Forwards in the light of the 2020 Corona pandemic. Eilika Princess of Anhalt, social entrepreneur and education expert, shows why the brilliance of the interpersonal is irreplaceable - not even by AI.