Before the Election: Insights from the US Industrial Heartlands
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What do people in the industrial heartlands of the US Midwest actually think about politics? And what are the actual needs and concerns of these communities?
Lessons Learned from the US Presidential Election
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A week ago, Donald Trump moved into the White House for the second time, and the radical shift in US politics has already become abundantly clear. What factors drove voters in the industrial heartlands to lean Republican?
Foreign Policy for the Middle Classes: New Industrial Policy in Times of Geoeconomic Shift
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In light of the recent geo-economic shifts accelerated by the pandemic, global crises and conflicts, and the ongoing efforts to tackle the climate crisis, one group is facing particular challenges: The middle class in the former industrial heartlands across the US and Europe.
Empowering Cities: Building Urban and Transatlantic Infrastructure
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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
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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
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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?
Empowering Cities: Financing the Climate Transformation
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How can we finance the transformation to the zero carbon city?
Talking Progress: Germany’s Political Turning Point
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New „Talking Progress“ Podcast episode: Ricarda Lang and Tobias Dürr analyse the German election
Europe’s Man on the Moon Project
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New “Talking Progress” Podcast episode: A Conversation between Robert Habeck and Margrethe Vestager
How Can the Centre-Left Reinvent Itself?
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New “Talking Progress” Podcast episode with Tim Bale, André Krouwel and Ania Skrzypek
Progressives Against the Far-Right
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New “Talking Progress” Podcast episode with Catherine de Vries, Cas Mudde and Johannes Hillje
Empowering Cities: The American Rescue Plan
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How are cities using Biden’s stimulus package to drive change?