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More Leading Experts Join Scientific Council of Das Progressive Zentrum
Das Progressive Zentrum expands its Scientific Council by eleven new members
Progressive Economics Network Meetings During IMF Spring Meetings in Washington, D.C.
How can progressive industrial strategies deliver cross-border synergies? How can social justice be hard-wired into their design? How can industrial policy be designed to align with countries’ broader economic strategies?
The Progressive Summer Party 2023 - Thank you all!
We look back on a great evening with around 1,000 invited guests, lots of prominent political guests and great conversations. Thank you to everyone who made this evening possible.
Climate Connaction: Youth Climate Fellowship Program
[applications are closed] You are a young leader, thinker or campaigner committed to climate action? We welcome your application for our non-resident Climate Fellowship Program!
Let's Talk Strategy: The Future of the Centre-Left in Germany and the UK
What are the challenges facing progressives in Germany and the United Kingdom and what can they learn from each other? Which strategies can achieve a successful social democracy in the 2020s?
Progressive Economics Network Gathers in Lead Up to G20 Meeting for the Second Time
How can policy-makers prepare for the energy crunch in the winter of next year?
Poll on Chancellor Scholz and his Governing Coalition’s First Year in Office
Germans are most worried about the Economy and Climate Change
If You Really Want The ‘Zeitenwende’, Listen to the EU’s North-Eastern Flank
Why defence isn't merely a matter of military security and the 'peace' and 'justice for Ukraine' advocates are much more similar than they'd like to admit.
Publications
Germans significantly underestimate unequal distribution of income and wealth
Summary The German public greatly underestimates how unequally income and wealth are distributed in Germany. People with higher incomes and wealth tend to underestimate their financial situation, while in turn, those with less financial means tend to overestimate their standing relative to the overall population. The result of these misjudgments is that many more people …
Progressive Governance: Rise or Demise – How Democracies Can Withstand Authoritarian Attacks
New "Talking Progress" Podcast episode: A conversation between Anne Applebaum and Wolfgang Schmidt
Empowering Cities: Building Urban and Transatlantic Infrastructure
What are successful approaches and polices to the most pressing issues for German and US cities? How can cities and international networks strengthen the transatlantic partnership?
Empowering Cities: A Blueprint for Urban Progress
City leaders share the same worries: Climate change, rising inequality, housing insecurity and health inequity, to name a few. They talk about working towards progress. But how can a city’s development in these areas really be assessed?
Empowering Cities: Forging a Transatlantic Dialogue
Does Germany struggle with its unhoused populations the same way as cities in the United States do? What can the U.S. learn from Germany when it comes to improving public transportation infrastructure?
The Majority is Convinced: New German Administration is Future-Oriented
SPD, Greens and FDP have stepped up as a Future-Oriented coalition
Agenda
The Modern State
Turning bureaucracy into leadership.
Resilient Democracy
Strong in its ability to learn.
Green New Deal
A just, green, and digital future for all.
Political Strategy
Progress needs majorities.
Projects
Climate Connaction Fellowship
Climate Connaction
Pilot project "Climate Connaction" involves young people in the development…
European Hub
Transatlantic Dialogue on the Industrial Heartlands: Shaping the Future
Developing solutions for a better, greener and more democratic life…
Progressive Governance Summit
Europe's largest conference for progressive politics
Actually European!?
Study about the German Perception of EU policy
NEW URBAN PROGRESS
Making cities and the transatlantic partnership more innovative, democratic, and…
Innocracy
European civil-society conference that explores innovation in democracies