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Prof. Dr. Eva Thomann, together with two colleagues, has been awarded the Ken Young Prize of the journal Policy and Politics. The Ken Young Prize is awarded annually by the journal Policy and Politics to the scholars who have published the best article in that journal. The award-winning article, titled "Beyond nudge: advancing the state of behavioral public policy and administration," presents a sharpened behavioral and integrated model of the policy process. A brief summary of the article and…

A study by Prof. Dr. Marius Busemeyer and former Konstanz Prof. Dr. Philip Rathgeb was quoted extensively in a guest essay for the New York Times. In the essay entitled "What America would look like in 2025 under Trump", a guest author quoted this study on the opinion on social policy of voters of radical right-wing parties. They were not necessarily negative about basic social security, but only wanted to give it to "deserving" individuals who, in their eyes, had made a contribution to society.…

The Department of Political and Administrative Science is represented with various events during the University Master Days.

1. General event on living and studying in Konstanz (March 1 2022 1:30 PM) - Click here to register

2. Master of Arts - Political and Administrative Science (March 2 2022 4:30 PM) - Click here to register

3. Master of Science - Social and Economic Data Science (March 3 2022 3:00 PM) - Click here to register

The Frankfurter Rundschau has quoted Prof. Dr. Gerald Schneider in an article on possible sanctions of the European Union against Russia. He thereby evaluates the clout and accuracy of economic sanctions in the arsenal of the European Union and shows a conditional sanctionability of these measures. The article in the online edition of the daily newspaper can be read here.

In a guest commentary in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Konstantin Bätz and Patrick Weber examine a new EU measure that promises more clout on the global market. The Anti-Coercion Instrument is described as an important step towards strategic autonomy, but it allows for too much flexibility, offers too little protection for private companies and neglects extraterritorial sanctions by EU partners. The guest commentary can be read here.

Prof. Dr. Gerald Schneider talks to the Stuttgarter Zeitung about Switzerland's crumbling relationship with the EU and its implications for the Lake Constance region. Last April, Switzerland broke off negotiations with the EU for a framework agreement. This breakdown was also partly due to a growing nationalisation of politics in Switzerland and unsettled medium-sized companies in all parts of the four-country region of Lake Constance. The online article can be found here.

The Bild-Zeitung interviews Prof. Dr. Gerald Schneider on Robert Habeck's climate policy for a commentary in the online edition of the newspaper. The authors interview various association representatives and other experts on the climate policy for the next four years, which Robert Habeck presented at the beginning of the week. The commentary can be found here.

In a Deutsche Welle preview of the election year 2022, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Seibel discusses possible election results for the SPD and CDU. The article focuses in particular on the state elections in Saarland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Schleswig-Holstein and Lower Saxony. The article can be read online in English here and in German here.

Prof. Dr. Christian Breunig was interviewed by Bayerischer Rundfunk and Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung as part of the diversity study he published. The content of both interviews is the composition of the German Bundestag with regard to the diversity of the members of the Bundestag. The article of the Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung can be found here, the article of the Bayerischer Rundfunk here.