Accessory to genocide is probably what best describes the US’ and the European Union’s stance on Israel’s mass killing and forced displacement of civilians in Gaza and the total destruction of civil infrastructures. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/w...

Here is some background data that shows how unprecedented Friedrich Merz's defeat in today's federal chancellor election is. It's the first since time since 1949 that a candidate is not elected in the first round.

This hasn't aged well ... (Melody Maker Readers’ Poll of the 1980s)

“Getting rich, getting clean” was yesterday. “Drill, Baby, Drill” is today. The Kuznets Curve is rebounding from it’s glass bottom.

I built this generator, which randomly spits out titles for master's and doctoral theses in political science. Take a look and share it with your students! But don't take it too seriously ...
Here are some examples.
perchance.org/polsci-thesi...

The Routledge Handbook of Environmental Policy which I co-edited with @cknill.bsky.social and Yves Steinebach provides a state-of-the-art review of research on environmental policy and governance. It reviews theoretical, conceptual, and empirical developments in environmental policy analysis.

Using Scholargoggler (scholargoggler.com) to introduce myself and my research to the blue sky.

Our book "International Public Administrations in Environmental Governance: The Role of Autonomy, Agency, and the Quest for Attention" is #openaccess at Cambridge University Press. www.cambridge.org/core/books/i...

Uma universidade que se orgulha do seu compromisso com a sustentabilidade, mas que, ao mesmo tempo, apaga as mensagens daqueles que se preocupam seriamente com o futuro do planeta, perde a sua credibilidade. A proteção do ambiente é mais do que uma estratégia de marketing.

Our forthcoming book "International Public Administrations in Environmental Governance: The Role of Autonomy, Agency, and the Quest for Attention" now has a cover!
And the page proofs are also in. @ninakolleck.bsky.social, Mareike Well and I look forward to seeing the final book next March.

Nada pior que o metro de Lisboa. Para quê novas estações se os comboios só andam de 7 em 7 minutos? É preciso viajar muito para encontrar pior na União Europeia…

Only ~1000 bottles were made of this fantastic Alentejo white #wine and the only way to buy it is directly from the winemaker João Rita Barroso. Made from Arinto and Antão Vaz grape varieties, the 2022 Idealizado is a powerful, yet complex wine with well integrated acids. Try it if you can.

@pkrugman.bsky.social in the New York Times. Hope he is right.
www.nytimes.com/2023/10/19/o...

Grundkurs Statistik: Wie mache ich Fahrradfahrer zum Public Enemy No. 1?

Back in Germany. In a university guest house. No beer in the fridge, but an A4 page full of instructions on how to correctly separate waste. In a guestroom. At the airport. At the train station. Germany immediately lets you know what really counts in life.

Out now in Social Networks! "A matter of information – The influence of international bureaucracies in global climate governance networks". With Alexandra Goritz and Nina Kolleck this article is part of the research project CONNECT and the DFG Research Unit International Public Administration (IPA).

You don’t find this in a supermarket. A powerful, complex & concentrated Alentejo white, made from the Arinto and Antão Vaz grape varieties with a touch of Verdelho. Casa Clara makes great wines under the name Monte da Capela, but the Herdade da Capela wines are truly exceptional.

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