#SocialCohesion

[…] At the presentation of its priorities for 2024, the Bertelsmann Stiftung welcomed Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz to its Berlin premises at Werderscher Markt for a panel discussion with political [...]

[…] Through its work, the Bertelsmann Stiftung aims to make democracy crisis-proof and sustainable. Here is an overview of our activities and priorities in this area: The Bertelsmann Stiftung’s [...]

[…] Textblock The current war in the Middle East following the terrorist attack on Israel by Hamas on October 7 is having an impact in Germany – and revealing cracks in German society. One cause of [...]

[…] Citizens' assemblies are "an opportunity to provide solutions to intractable problems", Art O’Leary, Chief Executive of Ireland’s Electoral Commission, summed up his experience of citizen [...]

[…] European election 2024: European youth demands institutional reforms for more democracy in the EU In these dramatic times, young Europeans speak with one voice: for the EU to tackle global challenges, [...]

[…] Jessika Roswall, the Swedish Minister for the EU Affairs, Alin Mituta, the MEP (Renew Europe Group), Corina Stratulat from European Policy Centre and Dominik Hierlemann, Senior Advisor in the [...]

[…] With its origins in settler colonialism, Canada has fundamentally embodied an immigrant society since its early days as a modern nation in the 19th century. For a long time, the nation’s immigration [...]

[…] These questions were the topic of the second-round table discussion in the series ‘Demokratie im Stresstest’, held onNovember 10, a collaboration between the Bertelsmann Stiftung’s project ‘Democracy [...]

[…] The fifth edition of the Democracy R&D Annual Conference brought together 125 academics, practitioners and policy-makers from all continents. Network members came from the USA, Brazil, Mexico, Kenia, [...]

[…] Alessio Terzi is an economist at the European Commission and a lecturer at Sciences Po Lille. Prior to this, he was a Fellow at Bruegel, a leading European think-tank, and a Fulbright Scholar at the [...]