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Certificate of conduct required for new employees

Before they can be hired, all new employees under collective agreement (tariflich Beschäftigte) are required to provide a certificate of conduct (Führungszeugnis) that is not more than three months old (as per § 30 para. 5 of the BZRG (Federal Central Criminal Register Act)). New academic staff are required to submit an extended certificate of conduct (erweitertes Führungszeugnis) (as per § 30a BZRG). The certificate of conduct can be requested from your local registry office (Meldebehörde) or…

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Three HFSP grants awarded

Projects by Dina Dechmann, Alex Jordan and Ariana Strandburg-Peshkin are among 34 selected in global competition for prestigious Human Frontiers Science Program Grants.

Three HFSP grants awarded

Projects by Dina Dechmann, Alex Jordan and Ariana Strandburg-Peshkin are among 34 selected in global competition for prestigious Human Frontiers Science Program Grants.

Three HFSP grants awarded

Projects by three researchers in the Centre for Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour, Dina Dechmann, Alex Jordan and Ariana Strandburg-Peshkin, have been selected for prestigious Human Frontiers Science Program Grants - representing almost 10% of the 34 total projects selected in the global competition.

Developing Innovations together with Citizens

The development of innovations in public administrations poses many challenges, especially when actors outside of the administration, such as representatives of civil society groups or users of administrative services, are involved in the innovation process. This article describes the collaborative development process of an innovation by using the results of a case study.

Call for Papers "Analyzing Strategic Interactions in Political Decision-Making"

The ECPR Standing Group on Analytical Politics and Public Choice is pleased to announce the 2019 conference on Analyzing Strategic Interactions in Political Decision-making. The conference will take place at CIES-IUL in Lisbon, Portugal from 09 to 11 May 2019. We seek both empirical and theoretical papers which analyze strategic interactions in political decision-making.