Sinking approval ratings mean only one thing: they have to make sure that this picture does not reflect on ballots; to distort democratic representation they have to restrict voting rights (birth certificate requirement) and radically gerrymander strategically important districts.

Just in time for the first meeting of my Gender and IR class. The sign reads “Normal Birth is the one that is natural”. I happen to have a slide on these words camouflaging the patriarchy: natural, normal, always…

This explains a lot. Victims of income inequality voted overwhelmingly for afd. Right wing extremists overtake voters formerly represented by leftist parties when economy is the main concern. Even when that concern is not well founded as in the US.

This graphic shows who changed their votes to afd. Here is the thing, maybe voters in Turkey are too polarized but you wouldn’t see 90000 votes switching from far left to far right there. Is this fluidity normal for German electoral politics?

Göttingen bleibt stabil.

This sentence from the executive order does not make any sense to me. Are they using AI to fast track the executive orders?

Rainy and dark, but still beautiful

Watching the repentant former CEOs did not help my anger issues, but this is a good documentary because (spoiler 🚨) it finds the answer to the sustainable growth impossibility not in individuals but in regulatory politics, limiting and holding corporations accountable.

Los geht’s

In the world climate simulation today, the second round of negotiations fell apart over the climate finance demands of developing countries. The pledges are too optimistic for some players, but overall this role-playing game helped students understand the inherent conflicts in climate negotiations.

I trained an AI assistant to chat about applications, tax system, insurance and bureaucracy in Germany. Name and picture are suggested by ChatGPT. I have to confess, it is fun talking to Mike.

My sixth winter in Germany. I cherish every piece of light and color.

Hier ist die Uni der Zukunft (laut KI)

Tag der Lehre 2024 👩🏻‍💻

Submit your paper proposals until Nov. 5 to IPSA 2025 in Seoul. Our panel on Science Diplomacy of China is listed under the GL03 IR track. #polisky

We also have two projects with Ulrike Zeigermann on climate knowledge and IOs. Yes, we were busy.

Come and join us at #ecprgc on Wed. at 8:30. I am presenting our paper with Anja Jetschke titled “IOs as Diffusers of Knowledge: The Case of the WB a.k.a. “the knowledge bank”