Economy and Social Matters in Germany – Panorama

Instead of lamenting over climate change, growth and consumer madness, it wants to narrate the lived alternatives for tomorrow and embolden people to make changes.More ...

For 15 years, the Project Future initiative has been supporting Berlin as a centre for the information society: a successful scheme which has benefited above all Berlin’s creative industries.More ...

Even today, fewer women than men choose to pursue a profession or course of study in the sciences. Companies, foundations and schools have launched a variety of initiatives intended to change this.More ...

Two books, two authors, two different perspectives on the present – the one writes about feelings, the other about money.More ...

There are about 830,000 millionaires living in Germany. In August 2011 four of them called publicly to have themselves more heavily taxed.More ...

An interdisciplinary study group of the “Scholars in Residence” (SiR) program at the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities in Essen focuses on the morality of consumers.More ...

Wittenberge was once an important commercial center in East Germany. A long-term research project explored how the people of Wittenberge dealt with the changes after reunification.More ...

During the world financial crisis, Karl Marx’s magnum opus on political economy underwent a cross-media resurrection as a comic book and a radio play, on the stage and in film.More ...

Although Mannheim might have been considered a “dirty, old town” for many years, the face of the city has in fact changed considerably over the last few years.More ...

Actress Karoline Herfurth hosted the latest Fair Trade Awards in an evening gown made of certified organic cotton. Her elegant styling highlighted the transformation that fair trade has undergone.More ...

Travel is sacred to the Germans. Yet climate change and the destruction of nature show the negative sides of tourism. More and more holidaymakers want to travel in a more environmentally friendly way. Unfortunately, few such holidays are offered, particular by the big tour operators.More ...

Business ethics is a field of research and teaching older than the recent financial and economic crisis. In view of the crisis, interest in business ethics in Germany has never been greater than it is today.More ...

Although commuting is expensive for both individuals and society, most Germans prefer it to relocating to another city.More ...

For many years, temporary work was not much of an issue in Germany, but Schröder's government changed all that in 2004.More ...

Up to now considerably fewer women than men have dared to take the step to self-employment.More ...

Over the past 30 years, Germans have had far fewer children than in the preceding decades. The population is aging – with unforeseeable consequences for the labour market.More ...

A wave of emigration is underway: according to the German Federal Statistical Office, 165,000 men and women, all of them German passport holders, left Germany in 2007 to start up a new life elsewhere. In other words, 450 people are turning their backs on Germany each day.More ...

In East Germany, demand for skilled workers will rise once again in the future, though unfortunately so too will the number of low-wage workers.More ...

More economics and business studies in the classroom – education reformers and entrepreneurs have been demanding this for some time. In the general school system this has yet to become reality. Up to now groundbreaking initiatives in this sphere tend to be launched independently by parents, teachers and managers.More ...