Social Sciences

Following the attacks by rioting youths on police officers in Stuttgart and the police violence against blacks in the USA, Max Planck Director Ralf Poscher explains in an interview the different cultures of the police in Germany and the USA and the possibilities of preventing discrimination. more

The corona pandemic is increasing xenophobia and exclusion worldwide. A commentary by Steven Vertovec more

Since the Turkish government called into question the refugee deal with the European Union at the end of February, dramatic scenes have been taking place in the Turkish-Greek border region. Thousands of refugees are stuck in no man's land in the hope of being accepted into Europe. But Greece has closed the border and is pushing back migrants by force. Catharina Ziebritzki, Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, evaluates the EU's handling of refugees at the external border from a legal perspective. more

New study in population health in equitable societies reveals differences more

Representative study on attitudes to artificial intelligence and data collection more