The US and climate change – on track to fulfill its international obligation?
by Dr. Simon Schaub Climate change represents one of the most polarized issues in the United States (Smith et al....
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Shaken Awake: The Nighttime Earthquake of 1783
By Katrin Kleemann Earthquakes in the United States? California is probably the first state that comes to mind. The largest...
GKAT2020 Conference Report: Interdisciplinary and Comparative Perspectives on Authority and Trust in American Culture, Society, History, and Politics
by David F. Eisler Three years after inaugurating the HCA’s research training group on “Authority and Trust in American Culture,...
Setting the stage – Campaign rallies in small-town New Hampshire
By Maren Schäfer On a sunny Saturday morning, I made my way up to Hollis, New Hampshire. It was early...
Five Years after Ferguson, a Glimpse into Police Work with Body-Worn Cameras
by Louis Butcher This past summer marked the five-year anniversary of Michael Brown’s killing by police in Ferguson, Missouri. The...
Economics Month Pt. IV – Podiumsdiskussion “Zukunft der Arbeit – Chancen und Risiken der Digitalisierung”
von Andreas Balz – Welche Veränderungen sind von der fortschreitenden Digitalisierung der Arbeitswelt zu erwarten? Wie wird sie sich auf...
Economics Month Pt. III – John Komlos on these ‘Not Normal Times’
by Natalie Rauscher – John Komlos leads us down a bleak path of recent U.S. economic history at the HCA’s...
Economics Month Pt. II – Robert Zoellick and Why The People Matter
By Maren Schäfer – As part of the Economics Month, the HCA and the Alfred-Weber-Institute for Economics welcomed Robert Zoellick...