Der Lab4Land Accelerator, ein Förderprogramm für Gründer:innen mit Geschäftsideen für den ländlichen Raum, hat 2020 in einem Pilotprojekt vier Startups ins niedersächsische Schöppenstedt eingeladen. Unsere Projekte „Smart...

The impact investing market in Germany shows significant growth in 2020. New players with investments across all asset classes and SDGs are energizing the field and want to tackle pressing social issues.

Öffentliche Güter spiegeln im Recht der Europäischen Union ein komplexes Konstrukt zwischen Solidaritäts- und Subsidiaritätsprinzip. Dieser Policy Brief liefert eine kurze Einordnung öffentlicher Güter in das europäische...

Public goods reflect a complex construct between the principle of solidarity and the principle of subsidiarity in European Union law. This policy brief concisely contextualises public goods in European law and shows that they can...

In our previous report, The Optimism Gap, we found that a substantial share of the EU’s population thinks that their own country is not doing well, despite still being hopeful about their own lives. We called this the “optimism...

Ireland has set an example for democratic innovation. The Irish Citizens’ Assembly shows that democracy can be reinvigorated if citizens get a greater say.

Ergebnisse einer repräsentativen Bevölkerungsumfrage

Lohneinkommen in Deutschland werden bis 2025 weiter auseinanderdriften, bestehende Ungleichgewichte werden verschärft.

“Trust in social and political institutions” is one of nine dimensions underlying the Bertelsmann Stiftung’s empirical measure of social cohesion. Although the studies we have conducted in recent years have shown that social...

Since 2013, the Bertelsmann Stiftung has in numerous studies repeatedly examined the state of social cohesion, while seeking to determine which factors influence it. These efforts have included studies with a cross-national...