Priv.-Doz. Dr. Jutta Möhringer

"Political doldrums in #Europe? What are the consequences of the European elections and the upcoming elections for the transformation agenda?" I discussed this topic yesterday at the "to do: transformation" conference 2024 of the Industriegewerkschaft IGBCE and Stiftung Arbeit und Umwelt der IGBCE. The motto of this year's conference was: Transformation is only possible democratically, in society and in the workplace. This is perfectly in line with our convictions here at Just Climate and also with the results of our milieu study. We need reliable framework conditions for employees, trade unions and companies. We need an ambitious European industrial policy that secures skilled jobs and prosperity in Europe. To achieve this, we need sufficient investment and a forward-looking structural policy. And we need interlocking with high social standards and co-determination in companies. Watch the recording here: https://lnkd.in/dBUhVgHj Thank you for having me! Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung

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Aktuelle Publikation von #NetzwerkFluchtforschung Mitglied Judith Kohlenberger über “Opening up ‘Fortress Europe’ to Global Talents: EU Labour Migration Options. Policy Brief” beim Jacques Delors Centre der Hertie School. Abstract: This policy brief delves into the potential of regular migration across diverse skill levels to alleviate labour shortages in the EU. It contends that the EU faces a policy dilemma by attempting to curtail certain migration forms, as seen in the recent Common European Asylum System (CEAS) reform, while concurrently encouraging others through initiatives like the EU Talent Pool. The inconsistent approach to third-country migration poses significant trade-offs, necessitating a comprehensive resolution. The brief advocates for a multi-faceted strategy encompassing (a) diversification, (b) integration, and (c) de-bureaucratization at both EU and member state levels. Addressing potential pitfalls such as brain drains and heightened competition among member states, the brief concludes by highlighting three essential criteria for enhancing talent attraction and mitigating EU labour shortages through both high- and low-skilled migration. https://lnkd.in/edsb6cGR

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📣 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮 𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘃𝗼𝗻 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗼𝗹𝗱𝘁 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻? Let's kick off the week with an interesting initiative: the Henriette Herz Scouting Programme by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. The program is seeking academic "scouts" in Germany who would like to 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 to include an excellent Humboldt Research Fellow. The programme seeks 𝘂𝗽-𝗮𝗻𝗱-𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 and 𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 as scouts - with strong international ties and a dedication to promoting junior researchers. Proactively identify and invite top international researchers for collaborative opportunities in Germany! 𝗦𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮: 🔸 A professorship or comparable (executive) leadership role in Germany. 🔸 A record of visible academic success (awards, significant publications, innovative research). 🔸 Experience in promoting junior researchers' careers. 🔸 Extensive international networks. 🔸 A convincing plan for identifying and supervising international talents. 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀: 🔸 Submit online via the Humboldt Foundation’s website below 🔸 Include a CV, a selection of key publications, and a 1-2 page scouting plan. 🔸 Applications are reviewed by the foundation's head office and an independent selection committee. 𝗢𝗯𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: The programme aims to recruit junior researchers who match the standards of Humboldt Research Fellowship recipients in terms of innovation and potential, have completed their doctorates within the last 12 years, and it also seeks to increase the 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗱 under the Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme. #HumboldtFellowship #HenrietteHerzScoutingProgramme

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Digital Transformations and Climate Change: Futures, Infrastructures, and Data Dennis Eckhardt and Kathrin Eitel would like to invite you to submit an abstract for their special issue on «Digital Transformations and Climate Change: Futures, Infrastructures, and Data».This issue aims to investigate how digital processes and climate change interact with and influence each other. To achieve this, they invite contributions for an open-access issue in the Kulturanthropologie Notizen (peer-reviewed + OA). They encourage submissions that adopt a cultural anthropological and STS perspective, underpinned by ethnographic insights that scrutinize futures, infrastructures, and data. Multimodal approaches to the topic are welcome. Abstracts with a length of 300 words can be submitted to Dennis Eckhardt (dennis.eckhardt@fau.de) and Kathrin Eitel (kathrin.eitel@uzh.ch) by May 15, 2024. https://ka-notizen.de/

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On the occasion of the #G7 summit, the #Research7 + Engagement Group just made public a joint statement. With a strong focus on AI, the document covers the main scientific and technology challenges to be faced in the near futur. Signed by nine representatives from research - including Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (Germany 🇩🇪), Centre national de la recherche scientifique (France 🇫🇷) and the European Commission Joint Research Council 🇪🇺 (Salla Saastamoinen) - this statement is one more milestone to move forward jointly strategically on technological innovation, including on the three priorities of: - Enabling technology collaborations covering the entire innovation value chain - Setting common standards and legal frameworks (including on AI - cf. the forthcoming international AI summit in Paris in February 2025 should allow to accelerate on this) - Breaking silos and promoting cooperation between public research and industry The statement in English can be found here: https://lnkd.in/dgVzEksW

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The 5th #NetzwerkFluchtforschung Conference in Bonn aims to shed light on global, regional and local contexts of forced migration and displacement, including causes and trends that force people into mobility, but also immobility. Info&Registration: https://lnkd.in/etcXZqB7

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🗳️ Empower Your Vote with Smartwielen! Smartwielen provides a comprehensive tool that simplifies the European election process, enabling you to compare your political views with those of candidates and parties across the EU. Zentrum fir politesch Bildung is our partner in coordinating Smartwielen. ⦿ Why #Smartwielen? Confusion often arises from the complexity and multilingualism of the electoral system. Our platform's questionnaire provides a clear, comparative view, helping you in making well-informed electoral decisions. ⦿ What's New? Participate in our enhanced questionnaire featuring 38 statements. As part of the #Votematch project, you may also discover your political proximity not only in Luxembourg but also in countries like Portugal, Belgium, and Italy! ⦿ Engagement So Far Already, 12 out of 13 parties and 62 out of 72 candidates have participated. Once you complete the questionnaire, explore your matches through detailed graphical representations. 🌍 Available in Luxembourgish, French, German, English, and Portuguese, Smartwielen is your gateway to understanding and participating more actively in European elections. 👉 Check out the platform and take the questionnaire today at www.smartwielen.lu and make your voice heard! #EUelections #uni_lu #PoliticalEngagement

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It was a truly inspiring experience to work with a diverse team of digital experts across various disciplines to produce this remarkable report in "narratives of digital ethics" led by the Austrian Academcy of Sciences. https://lnkd.in/eZfBAydi Narratives of Digital Ethics AGIDE (Academies for Global Innovation and Digital Ethics) Report The digital transformation has brought about an unprecedented degree of global interconnectedness, accompanied by increasing efforts to formulate universal ethical guidelines for dealing with emerging digital technologies. The relative ease with which countries around the world seem to agree on universal action-guiding principles of digital ethics along the lines of “fairness”, “transparency”, and “accountability” contrast sharply with the vast differences in technology adoption that we see around the world, and also the vast differences in attitudes towards technology. The project AGIDE, which stands for “Academies for Global Innovation and Digital Ethics”, seeks to explore where differences lie and how these differences might be conceptualized beyond existing stereotypes. To this end, the Austrian Academy of Sciences is cooperating with ten other Academies of Sciences from all over the world. Contrary to initial expectations that the differences we see in the perception and governance of digital opportunities and risks might result from discernible differences in emphasis on particular values, the data did not support such distinctions. AGIDE’s research showed that there is a remarkable consistency in core values (such as justice, dignity or privacy), including in their relative weight, across different regions of the world. Major differences, however, seem to lie elsewhere: in the narratives of digital ethics. Narratives are stories that are told repeatedly, consisting of a series of events that are selected and arranged in a particular order, often including central characters (protagonists, antagonists), a conflict, and a plot. It remains unclear, however, whether the narratives are causes or symptoms of the differences we perceive, or both. Thus we need to better understand the factors that contribute to the development of specific narratives, both at the macro and the micro level, and that are conducive to the transformation of established narratives or cause established narratives to resist even major shifts, potentially hindering important policy changes. #digitalethics #ai #data #globalinnovation #digitaltransformation #culturaldiversity #austrainacademcyofscience

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At the invitation of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz) and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung) international representatives from politics, business and research came together today at the Leaders' Dialogue of the Plattform Industrie 4.0. The more than 350 participants followed panel discussions on International Manufacturing-X and global data ecosystems. #manufacturingx #industrie40

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💡5 Tips on: How can your company benefit from the new research allowance?   Lets get to the point about the Growth Opportunities Act - a booster for R&D activities in Germany.   My tips for you: - Increase in the assessment basis for eligible R&D expenditure from EUR 4 million to EUR 10 million per year - First time pro-rata acquisition and production costs for plant and equipment in R&D projects are eligible for funding - Increase in the funding rate from 25% to 35% for SMEs - Increase in the annual research allowance to a maximum of EUR 3.5 million for SMEs and EUR 2.5 million for large companies - Additional liquidity benefits through reduction of advance payments on income and corporation income tax The research allowance is tax free. In my opinion this is a very good chance to finance your research activities.   What do you think?   For more information on this topic, take a look at our brochure.(English/German). #GrowthOpportunityAct #R&D #Research #ResearchAllowance #Wachstumschancengesetz #Forschung #Forschungszulage

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🗯 "𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘗𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘶𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 #𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘶𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪s𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘊𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘺𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘩 𝘙𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦'𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 #𝘔𝘌𝘕𝘈 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴." 🗯 Brigitte Unger, Emerita Professor at Utrecht University, affiliated Professor at Technische Universität Wien and The Lisbon Council member, presents the key goals of BridgeGap Work Package "𝘾𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙨-𝘽𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝘾𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙪𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙆𝙡𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙤𝙘𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙮" in its attempt to identify major areas of cross-border undue influence and state-driven #corruption practices to assess how states and international community react to such bad practices. #AntiCorruption Stay in the loop & follow us 🙌 X - https://lnkd.in/dfps-WMY LinkedIn - https://lnkd.in/d64TQfSA (coming soon) Website 🌐https://corruptiondata.eu/ EU Digital & Tech | EU Science, Research and Innovation | European Research Executive Agency (REA) | Luiss Guido Carli University | European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA)

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Research Ethics in the Max Planck Society We are pleased to announce that Tatjana Hörnle is the new Chair of the Max Planck Society's Ethics Council. The Ethics Council of the Max Planck Society is committed to advising on and regularly reviewing the responsible handling of research freedom and research risks. It aims to counter the potential misuse of research results as preemptively as possible. With this in mind, the council scrutinizes the use of new scientific techniques (e.g., AI, nanotechnology) and carefully considers new guidelines (e.g., on animal welfare, on medical ethics) by examining their possibilities and risks. With the founding of this committee in 2007, the Max Planck Society sought to actively break with the conduct of its predecessor organization, the Kaiser Wilhelm Society, which had ignored ethical boundaries, particularly during the National Socialist era. The legal scholar and legal philosopher Tatjana Hörnle focuses much of her research on ethical and social issues in the field of criminal law. She explores theories of criminalization, punishment theory, and the assessment of criminal law norms and practices. Tatjana Hörnle is an expert in the law of sexual offenses and also specializes in the philosophy of human dignity. Max Planck Society, Max Planck Law, #ethics #council #research #researchfreedom #criminallaw #guidelines

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Aktuelle Publikation von #NetzwerkFluchtforschung Mitglied Judith Kohlenberger über “Opening up ‘Fortress Europe’ to Global Talents: EU Labour Migration Options. Policy Brief” beim Jacques Delors Centre der Hertie School. Abstract: This policy brief delves into the potential of regular migration across diverse skill levels to alleviate labour shortages in the EU. It contends that the EU faces a policy dilemma by attempting to curtail certain migration forms, as seen in the recent Common European Asylum System (CEAS) reform, while concurrently encouraging others through initiatives like the EU Talent Pool. The inconsistent approach to third-country migration poses significant trade-offs, necessitating a comprehensive resolution. The brief advocates for a multi-faceted strategy encompassing (a) diversification, (b) integration, and (c) de-bureaucratization at both EU and member state levels. Addressing potential pitfalls such as brain drains and heightened competition among member states, the brief concludes by highlighting three essential criteria for enhancing talent attraction and mitigating EU labour shortages through both high- and low-skilled migration. https://lnkd.in/edsb6cGR

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Our Basic Law (#Grundgesetz) has enabled 75 years of #freedom, #peace and #democracy in #Germany - a success story. Today we celebrate its 75th anniversary. #studyingermany #highered #intled https://lnkd.in/eN6_mte3

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📰 “Citizens’ Assemblies Shouldn’t Happen in a Vacuum” - An Interview with Dominik Hierlemann on Germany’s new Citizens' Assembly on Disinformation. Initiated by the Bertelsmann Stiftung (New Democracy) - in collaboration with the Bundesministerium des Innern und für Heimat, Stiftung Mercator GmbH, the Michael Otto Foundation for Sustainability, and Deutschland sicher im Netz e.V. (DsiN) - the #ForumgegenFakes project initiates a Germany-wide debate on how to deal with #disinformation with a unique and innovative format of participation. A broad online citizen participation is currently underway on the Make.org platform to support the work of a new Citizens' Assembly in Germany on how to tackle disinformation. Dr. Dominik Hierlemann, Senior Advisor at Bertelsmann Stiftung: "Everyone who wants to participate in political processes must have an opportunity to do so. By combining online and citizen’s parties, online participation, and citizen’s assemblies, we can involve more participants and build up more political pressure." Find out more information about the project 👉 https://lnkd.in/eFmWfP9F Read the interview on Democracy Technologies (by Laura Giesen) 👇

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something to think about: what and how you measure matters! we may think things are 'looking good' in some areas, but they aren't. at least, not everywhere and not in all respects. read (and think!) more carefully about institutional discrimination and racism in public institutions

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💐 Fruitful exchange last week at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva! Thank you to the #OHCHR (United Nations Human Rights), the Geneva Human Rights Platform and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung for the organization of an interesting panel discussion on the topic of ‚Establishing Effective Helpdesks on Business and Human Rights‘. In the context of plans by the OHCHR to establish their own Helpdesk on Business and Human Rights, the session provided an opportunity to highlight and evaluate the latest developments towards a growing number of Helpdesks at the national, regional and global level. How can these Helpdesk structures jointly contribute to coherent UNGP interpretation and implementation? And how can the complementarity of these initiatives be ensured? These and other questions were discussed in front of 130 participants by a high-level panel comprised of Ben Shea (OHCHR), Stefania Di Stefano (Geneva Human Rights Platform), Matthias Thorns (Samsung Electronics) moderated by Robert McCorquodale (Chairperson of the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights) and following introductory notes by Nada Al-Nashif (UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights). Also part of the panel was Jenny Ohme (Coordinator at the German Helpdesk on Business and Human Rights) who shared lessons learned from the German Helpdesk journey since 2017. Based on our experiences in the past 7 years, she emphasized the continued significance of the UNGPs in the context of mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence legislations as well as the value of quality and freely accessible public support for companies. Further reading: 👉 “Helpdesk on Business and Human Rights Concept Note” https://lnkd.in/gdhRc82U 👉 „A Roadmap for the Next Decade of Business and Human Rights project“: https://lnkd.in/d7EyBG6m 👉 „Parameters for a Global Helpdesk on Business and Human Rights“: https://lnkd.in/dHtFEFnh 👉 „Building capacity for the implementation of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights“: https://lnkd.in/dFy8Qpti #bizhumanrights DEG Impulse

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you can read about geopolitical risks in newspapers every day now. from a consultancy perspective, it is tempting to sell panic as your main product. it is much more complicated to produce actionable insights that enable a company to mitigate risks in a targeted and efficient way. resilience always comes as a trade off to efficiency - so it is key to be precise. some thoughts about this in this interview with london speaker bureau. also happy to share that i helped to build a dream team that combines geopolitical scenario-building with deep supply chain forensics (literally down to the raw materials in tier-n), built on a decade of field experience. more news on this soon :) #geopolitics #geotech #geoeconomics #supplychains #consultancy #techcoldwar

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