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Talk at the Schloss: The current situation in the United States of America
Prof. Ratkovic will be giving a talk on Thursday March 10, 2026 at 7:00 p.m. in lecture hall SN 169 Röchling Hörsaal (Schloss Schneckenhof Nord). download date His talk will be titled “The current situation in the United States of America”. Topics covered in the lecture include the United States ...
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Talk at NATO Innovation Continuum 2026 SPARK Event
Prof. Ratkovic was a speaker at the NATO Innovation Continuum 2026 SPARK Event, where he gave a talk titled „Targeted Behavioral Risk Intelligence: Early Detection and Intervention on Radicalization“. The NATO Innovation Continuum is a strategic framework designed by NATO Allied Command ...
Dhara Mungra joins the group
We are happy to welcome Dhara Mungra (M.Sc.) to the group! An NYU-educated data scientist with four years of experience at a leading audience analytics firm and research with top AI researchers at Anthropic, Dhara translates business and product needs into technical specifications, currently ...
Goodbye and all the best, Mitchell and Luis!
At the end of the Term we have to say goodbye to two colleagues: Mitchell Ewald is leaving the group after one year with us and finishing his Master's Thesis to explore new career oppotunities. In his time here he has not just been a great coworker, but he has become a friend and we will miss ...
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Swapneel Mehta visits the Chair – Talk in the DS 202 Closing Event
Dr. Swapneel Mehta, academic/entrepreneur and co-founder of SimPPL, will visit the Chair on Friday, January 30 as a guest to the Closing Wvent of the DS 202 class in room A.001–003 (B6, E-F), starting at 10.30 a.m. His talk is titled titled “Arbiter: Improving Digital Safety with AI Agents”, the ...
Deadline extended – apply until January 23rd to „Foundations of AI Product Development“
We have a few last spots on left on the „Foundations of AI Product Development“ class, so we decided to extend the deadline until January 23rd, 2026.  Any submissions later than this date may be considered according to class capacity, but cannot be guaranteed a spot, although we do wish to give as ...
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Call now open: „Foundations of AI Product Development”
For the coming spring term (FSS26) we are pleased to announce a new, exclusive class called „Foundations of AI Product Development“, focusing on practical industry applications and ethical design principles. This class will be taught by Dhara Mungra M.Sc. who is joining our team next spring. The ...
Dhara Mungra will join the group soon – new workshop on AI Product Development
Next term, Dhara Mungra (M.Sc.) will join the Chair as a researcher. An NYU-educated data scientist with four years of experience at a leading audience analytics firm and research with top AI researchers at Anthropic, Dhara translates business and product needs into technical specifications, ...
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Prof. Dustin Tingley visits the Chair – Talk at the Schloss
Prof. Tingley will give a second talk at the Schloss on Thursday, October 30 at 17:15 in lecture hall EO150 on the topic of “Climate Policy and Energy Transition Tradeoffs: Local Economies and Global Contexts”.  All interested persons are welcome. Abstract: What are the political, social, and ...
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Prof. Dustin Tingley visits the Chair – Talk in the MZES Speaker Series
Prof. Dustin Tingley from Harvard University will be visiting the Chair from October 27–30. He is the Thomas D. Cabot Professor of Public Policy with a joint appointment in the Harvard Kennedy School of Public Policy and Harvard Government Department. In addition to that, he is Interim Vice Provost ...