Der deutsche militärische Luft- und Raumfahrtsektor (dmLR) steht vor einem erheblichen Wandel. Wichtige Weichen für seine Zukunftsfähigkeit müssen in der nächsten Legislaturperiode gestellt werden. Deshalb stellt sich die Frage: Vor welchen kurz- und langfristigen Herausforderungen steht...

In complex societal contexts, resilience seems the only way to survive and prosper. This is even truer when considering the present COVID-19 pandemic and its detrimental effects on global health systems and on every aspect of life. The impact was so deep that the World Health Organization (WHO)...

This note offers some speculative ideas worth considering. One of the key features of all hierarchical civilizations is their rulers' fear of death. This fear was famously narrated in the ancient myth of Gilgamesh – the Sumerian king who realized that, like all other humans, he too was...

Erleben wir in der Pandemie eine veritable Neuordnung der Zeit? Erlaubt die Krise gar eine Abkehr vom kapitalistischen Zeitregime? Der Beitrag betrachtet Covid-19 und die einhergehenden staatlichen Maßnahmen aus einer zeit- und wirtschaftssoziologischen Perspektive. Er macht deutlich, dass sich...

Taking an international comparative perspective, this paper deals with driving forces of and potential obstacles to the labor market participation of older workers. It focuses in depth on four case studies that appear to be prototypical for different contexts. Given the high variance of cultures...

This note offers some speculative ideas worth considering. One of the key features of all hierarchical civilizations is their rulers’ fear of death. This fear was famously narrated in the ancient myth of Gilgamesh – the Sumerian king who realized that, like all other humans, he too was...

This note offers some speculative ideas worth considering. One of the key features of all hierarchical civilizations is their rulers' fear of death. This fear was famously narrated in the ancient myth of Gilgamesh - the Sumerian king who realized that, like all other humans, he too was destined...

Taking an international comparative perspective, this paper deals with driving forces of and potential obstacles to the labor market participation of older workers. It focuses in depth on four case studies that appear to be prototypical for different contexts. Given the high variance of cultures...

A review of the academic research and practitioner best practices literature highlights how little we still know about the role that ownership control plays in the continuity of founder-controlled and family-controlled firms. Founder-controlled firms have been shown to financially outperform...

Erleben wir in der Pandemie eine veritable Neuordnung der Zeit? Erlaubt die Krise gar eine Abkehr vom kapitalistischen Zeitregime? Der Beitrag betrachtet Covid-19 und die einhergehenden staatlichen Maßnahmen aus einer zeit- und wirtschaftssoziologischen Perspektive. Er macht deutlich, dass sich...

A vision of universalised human freedom, equality, security and democracy emerged in the wake of the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment, the British Industrial Revolution and the French Revolution. This vision, not even approximately practicable at the time, is now well within reach. A...

A vision of universalised human freedom, equality, security and democracy emerged in the wake of the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment, the British Industrial Revolution, and the French Revolution. This vision, not even approximately practicable at the time, is now well within reach. A...

This book shows stationary retail a way to reinvent itself after Corona, in order to be able to survive against the strong competition of online retail. The focus is on the central issues that will shape the retail of the future. For example, brick-and-mortar retail in particular must now work...

The specter of German Angst: Are we too skeptical for AI development? -- Practice Guide AI = Collaborative and Interdisciplinary -- Future Collaboration between Humans and Artificial Intelligence -- Innovation and Startups.Artificial Intelligence Demands Corporate Digital Responsibility -- AI...

Approximately ten years after the Lisbon Treaty came into force, the debate on reforming the European Union has reached new heights. A decade of 'poly-crisis' has rattled long-held certitudes. At the same time, phenomena such as Brexit, a new European Commission, a new European Parliament, and...

We combine national administrative data on earnings and participation in subsidized housing to study how the demolition of 160 public housing projects--funded by the HOPE VI program--affected the adult labor market outcomes for 18,500 children. Our empirical strategy compares children exposed to...

Purpose - This paper aims to examine the actions lecturers, universities and their administrators can take in improving and making political science undergraduate degrees more relevant in the twenty-first century. This paper will reflect on specific measures undertaken by institutions globally...

The future is persistently considered in the sociology of finance from two divergent, problematic angles. The first approach consists in supplementing financial reasoning with an acknowledgement of the expectations that are needed in order to cope with an uncertain future and justify the...

Approximately ten years after the Lisbon Treaty came into force, the debate on reforming the European Union has reached new heights. A decade of ‚poly-crisis‘ has rattled long-held certitudes. At the same time, phenomena such as Brexit, a new European Commission, a new European Parliament,...

The main purpose of this publication is an attempt to treat the phenomenon of uncertainty as one of the main research subjects in futures studies and not as the background for futures research - by answering the following research question: "What is the methodical relationship between the scope...

Die Energiewende findet gesellschaftlich nicht im "luftleeren Raum" statt: Sie kann sich nur im Kontext anderer tiefgreifender Prozesse sozialen Wandels vollziehen. Digitalisierung, Mobilität, Urbanisierung - diese und andere gesellschaftliche Großentwicklungen werden als "Megatrends"...

In diesem Beitrag werden die wesentlichen Gründe für wissenschaftliche Publikationen behandelt und die diesbezüglichen Vorteile des Internets. Außerdem wird dargelegt, warum der Übergang zu (reinen) Internet-Publikationen so schwierig war und teilweise noch ist.

If You Knew You Couldn't Fail ... -- What Do Dreamers Sound Like? -- Cultural Lessons as Guidelines for Dreaming -- Where You Stand and How You Dream -- Dreaming Through the Times of Our Lives -- Dreaming When Life is Ruptured -- The Importance of Studying Dreams.

Einleitung -- Strukturen des institutionellen Immobilien-Investmentmarktes -- Entwicklung des deutschen institutionellen Immobilien-Investmentmarktes -- Relevante Werttreiber am Immobilien-Investmentmarkt -- Perspektiven des institutionellen Immobilien-Investmentmarktes -- Fazit.