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Sebastian Pieper

Project Manager

Sebastian Pieper works as a project manager with a focus on democratic innovation, state and administrative reform and political strategy. In this role, he is responsible for projects in the thematic area of “Resilient Democracy”. Before joining Das Progressive Zentrum in 2023, he worked as a lecturer and research assistant at the Technical University of Munich and the Humboldt University of Berlin. Sebastian studied political and administrative sciences, philosophy and economic and social history in Munich, Guangzhou, Washington D.C., and Berlin.

How can the new special fund and the reform of the debt brake achieve optimal effectiveness?

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The CDU/CSU and SPD parties have reached an agreement in the exploratory talks at a remarkable speed to create a special fund for infrastructure and to provide a far-reaching opportunity to increase defense spending beyond the limits of the debt brake. How should these proposals be assessed? What needs to be considered for the sustainable success of this modernization agenda? These questions were discussed on March 7, 2025, in a background roundtable with experts.
Sebastian Pieper
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AI: the role of the state and a progressive narrative

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Artificial intelligence between hype and hysteria
Florian Ranft, Sebastian Pieper, Jonah Schwope
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