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Fairness in Matching Markets

Matching mechanisms play an important role in many areas of life. Many people consider allocation procedures that reward strategic behavior to be fair.

With these cinematic impressions from our festive table at the WZB, we say goodbye to the old year and wish you a happy new year.

Cover Tyranny of the minority - Daniel Ziblatt

In their new book, WZB Director Daniel Ziblatt and his co-author Steven Levitsky analyse strategies of the political right and where there is a need for reform of the American constitution.

Bild von Menschen bei einer Abstimmung im Garten

Liberal democratic systems lead to a permanent increase in economic growth. In their study, Vanessa Boese-Schlosser and Markus Eberhardt show which democratic institutions make this effect possible.

Matching mechanisms play an important role in many areas of life. Many people consider allocation procedures that reward strategic behavior to be fair.

With these cinematic impressions from our festive table at the WZB, we say goodbye to the old year and wish you a happy new year.

In their new book, WZB Director Daniel Ziblatt and his co-author Steven Levitsky analyse strategies of the political right and where there is a need for reform of the American constitution.

Liberal democratic systems lead to a permanent increase in economic growth. In their study, Vanessa Boese-Schlosser and Markus Eberhardt show which democratic institutions make this effect possible.

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WZB-Mitteilungen

Confidence

At the end of the year, we have collected the good news in the December issue of WZB-Mitteilungen, research findings that are encouraging and help to spread confidence even in difficult times.

Der syrische Flüchtling Rateb übt Deutsch mit seinem Lehrer.

Heinrich Völkel/Ostkreuz

Much has been said about deepening social divisions in the face of current economic and political conflicts. Immigration seems to pose a particular threat to social cohesion. But the outcomes are not always negative, as Clara van den Berg can show.

Digital hope

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Thumpnail Lena Ulbricht

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20 Dec 2023, 14:31

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peukert

In this video, Lena Ulbricht talks about the aspects of digitalisation that give her hope. She talks about regulatory endeavors, a feminist AI project, and the guests on her podcast "Purple Code", whose diverse perspectives on the digital world are encouraging.

Portrait Philipp Amthor, CDU Politiker, in seinem Wahlkreis in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Ueckermünde, 03.04.2019

Anja Lehmann/OSTKREUZ

In 2021, the German federal governing coalition, passed a bill to introduce a German transparency register. In the United States and the European Union, such lobby registers were established much earlier. Dieter Plehwe describes the eventful history of the German transparency register.

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Discursive Mainstreaming in Public Debates

21 Dec 2023

David Ausserhofer

To fully understand the entrenchment of the far right in democracies, we need to look beyond electoral politics and consider the mainstreaming of the far right in public debates, which Teresa Völker calls discursive mainstreaming. In her blog post for the Oxford University politics blog the WZB researcher defines discursive mainstreaming as an incremental process by which far-right ideas gain visibility, resonance and legitimacy in the public sphere.

Statement by the WZB

30 Nov 2023

The WZB has taken note of Professor Keane's open letter, published on the platform X, and his decision contained therein to discontinue his honorary affiliation with the WZB. We regret that a long-standing successful collaboration ends on a low note. The WZB values a collegial, supportive environment, where a diversity of views can be held, and where you can raise unpopular positions without expectations of adverse consequences.

New Research Hub: Lab²

22 Nov 2023

Maximilian Peukert

In order to make research practices more transparent and improve scientific standards, WZB researcher Levent Neyse and Anna Dreber Almenberg are launching the "Lab²" project at the WZB. Lab² establishes an international network of experimental laboratories that carry out replication and meta-science studies. The Leibniz Association is funding the project with one million euros.