Mercator Globe Forum 2025
March 12, 2025
Essen
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Kick-off event and module 1 of Mercatora 2025
Jan. 24, 2025
Essen
Applications for the cohort of 2025 have been accepted and the application phase has been completed. The event language is german. The program of this year's cohort reached the participants in advance by email.
The Mercatora program is a qualification and networking format that we developed in 2…
Europe Debates | German-Turkish relations: Ditching "constructive dialogue"?
Dec. 17, 2021
Virtual event
This event is part of ECFR’s Re:shape Global Europe project funded by Stiftung Mercator, organised in cooperation with the Centre for Applied Turkey Studies (CATS) at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP).
Guests
Nilgün Arısan Eralp, EU Director at the Eco…
Franco-German to-dos: What is the agenda for the post-election period
Dec. 14, 2021
Virtual event
What pressing issues do France and Germany need to jointly address in the coming year? Politics are in motion on both sides of the Rhine: While Germany is just about to form a new government, France looks towards presidential and national assembly elections in the first half of 2022. As political c…
Registration deadline: Dec. 14, 2021
MERCATORA: Gender Competency, Unconscious Bias and Leadership Skills (Module 2)
Dec. 9, 2021
Virtual event
Welcome to the second seminar module of the 2021/22 edition of our Alumnae Careerbuilding program Mercatora!
Women in management positions are often exposed to the "double-bind" problem - they must be considered neither too feminine nor too masculine. Women therefore have to deal with their gen…
Mercator Impuls: #BTW21 - Digitaler denn je. Eine Diskussion über Social Media, die Bundestagswahl und die Demokratie
Dec. 7, 2021
Virtual event
Die diesjährige Bundestagswahl war digitaler als jede andere vor ihr. In der Pandemie verlagerten sich der Wahlkampf und die gesellschaftlichen Debatten noch stärker in die sozialen Medien. Vor der Wahl war die Sorge groß, dass Manipulationsversuche, Desinformation und Hassrede unte…
Registration deadline: Dec. 7, 2021
3. KoMet-Tag - "Smart Metropolitan Solutions - Wege zu klimaneutralen und resilienten Städten"
Dec. 6, 2021
Virtual event
Wie können Smart-City-Ansätze für die Bewältigung aktueller Herausforderungen einer klimaneutralen und resilienten Stadtentwicklung aus sozialer, technischer und ökologischer Perspektive genutzt werden? Welche (un)erwünschten Nebenwirkungen verbinden sich mit dem Konze…
Mercator Alumni Meet-Up Stuttgart
Dec. 2, 2021
Virtual event
Dear Mercator Alumni,we would like to initiate a Mercator alumni group for the regions of Stuttgart, Karlsruhe, Heidelberg, Mannheim etc.. To get started, we will meet on Thursday, December 2, 2021 at lake "Feuersee" in the west of Stuttgart for a cozy outside get-together with punch and mulled win…
Registration deadline: Dec. 2, 2021
How Germany became Home: Remembering 60 Years of German-Turkish Recruitment Agreement
Nov. 26, 2021
Virtual event
It all started with a signature. 60 years ago, the agreement on the recruitment of foreign workers was signed with Turkey. The immigration of people from Turkey is a story of ups and downs, of strokes of fate, but also of moments of happiness and great successes that have left a lasting mark on our…
Humboldt-Rede zu Europa: Sauli Niinistö, Präsident der Republik Finnland
Nov. 23, 2021
Virtual event
How do the presidents of the European member states and other high-ranking representatives of European institutions assess the current situation and future of the European project? The Humboldt Speeches on Europe would like to provide an answer to this question.
The President of the Republic of Fi…
Mercator Impuls: Mehr Bürgerbeteiligung in der Klimapolitik: Hype oder Heilmittel?
Nov. 18, 2021
Virtual event
Die Ausweitung von Beteiligungsmöglichkeiten für Bürger*innen gilt gemeinhin als wesentliches Element einer erfolgreichen Klimaschutzpolitik und ist vielfach bereits gelebte Praxis. Denn effektiver Klimaschutz ist eine komplexe und zugleich drängende politische und gesellschaftl…
Mercator Impuls: Der Digital Services Act (DSA) — Europas neues Grundgesetz fürs Internet?
Nov. 17, 2021
Virtual event
Mit dem Digital Services Act (und dem daran gekoppelten Digital Market Act DMA) steht die Europäische Union kurz davor, eine umfassende Reform der Plattformregulierung und des digitalen Binnenmarkts zu beschließen.
Hat dieses neue „Grundgesetz“ des europäischen Inter…
Join the Twelth "State of Europe" Speech by EU Council President Charles Michel!
Nov. 9, 2021
Berlin
This year's Europe Speech with Mr Charles Michel, President of the European Council, will take place as part of the "We are Europe!" initiative on Tuesday 9 November 2021 at 19:00. The Europe Speech is an annual statement by Europe's highest representatives on the nature and state of Europe.
The p…
Registration deadline: Nov. 5, 2021