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Parliaments in crisis mode (2) – Old wine in new bottles?

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When the Covid 19 crisis came, all at once even parliaments that had worked through the Second World War in the hail of bombs no longer seemed to take the continuation of their work for granted. Austrian parliamentarian Günther Schefbeck writes about the role parliaments have to play in such extraordinary crisis situations. Parliament is […]

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Parliaments in crisis mode (1) – variable experience with great learning potential

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The Covid 19 crisis obviously caught parliaments unprepared, whether at the municipal, cantonal or federal level. Contingency plans were for the most part non-existent or not precisely geared to these purposes. With a few weeks’ distance, it is now possible for the first time to identify and analytically classify some patterns and problems in the […]

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“MeteoAlpen” – A Citizen Science Project for the Verification of Weather Models

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Walking, hiking, touring, mountaineering or one of the countless other activities lure us into nature and the mountains. As a place for sporting activities, eventful adventures or leisurely relaxation, Switzerland’s mountain landscape has something to offer for a wide variety of tastes. But a trip into nature is always accompanied by questions about what to […]

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What can we learn from Covid19?

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The public sector faces formidable challenges. These have become more prominent as a result of the Corona pandemic. Now we must also use the crisis as an opportunity, writes our author and project manager at www.civicchallenge.chChe Wagner and calls for a workshop for innovative solutions in administration. We humans have undoubtedly become witnesses to numerous […]

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Digitization and the Environment: Opportunities, Risks and the Need for Action

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Thanks to the radically changed living and working conditions in times of COVID-19 (Corona virus disease 2019), many people have become acutely grateful for the benefits of digitization, even while having to confront some challenges in the application of digital tools. The year 2020 is already being hailed as “the year of digitization”[1]. But digitization […]

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April-May: Special Issue “Shaping a Sustainable Digital World”

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The digital transformation our society is currently undergoing affects many areas of public and private life. Technological progress has great potential for improving living conditions, but entails also a number of risks. In the light of other megatrends, such as climate change – and the associated negative consequences for people and the environment – it […]