Patrícia Calca
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Thinking Lab on Sustainable Growth
Portugal
Dr. Patrícia Calca is a political scientist (B.A., M.A., Ph.D.) and a visiting fellow at the University of Konstanz. Before, she worked at the universities of Kaiserslautern, Mannheim, ISCTE and Évora. She was a visiting scholar at the universities of New York, Mannheim and Barcelona. Her research interests include political institutions, comparative politics and comparative political economy, EU, legislative behavior and decision-making, as well as, public policies.
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Sustainable Development as a Way out of Crisis
Expert Interview of Zefi Dimadama on multi-actor economic strategies, energy transition and the pillars of sustainability in Greece
The one-fits-all approach does not fit the current socioeconomic environment. It is imperative that we develop horizontal policies, in cooperation with all involved players, to tackle multiple problems effectively.
Austerity is the Wrong Framework: Why Italy needs a Shift Towards Investments and Growth
Expert interview with Giulio Guarini, analysing key parameters of the current economic situation in Italy and identifying ways out of the crisis
The political mainstream thinks that this crisis is conjunctural, not structural. But the trouble with austerity policies is, that they increase the crisis in a cumulative way. With austerity one can only enlarge the probability to maintain the crisis, not to rule out it. And politicians don’t solve this problem – they preserve it.
Steinmeier launches DIALOGUE ON EUROPE with European ‘next generation thinkers’
On 28 June 2016, the German Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, together with the German Federal Minister of State for Europe, Michael Roth, officially launched the DIALOGUE ON EUROPE-project at the Europasaal of the German Federal Foreign Office in Berlin. (more…)
Introducing the Thinking Lab on Sustainable Growth
15 European innovators working on a progressive growth trajectory
The Thinking Lab on Sustainable Growth aims to provide guidance on the challenge of shaping economic growth in Europe in a more ecologic, inclusive and social way. The issue of Sustainability is not limited to the field of ecology, but has to be tackled within a cross-sectoral approach, incorporating topics such as energy policy, innovation and start-up policy, digitalisation, social security and national debt policy.