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Farewell and a new beginning: On September 4, Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln was inaugurated as the new president of the WZB, succeeding Jutta Allmendinger.

We are happy to announce that Anna Skarpelis has won a veritable round of awards. The WZB researcher will be honored with the Roger Gould Prize of the American Journal of Sociology and with three awards by the American Sociological Association for her article “Horror Vacui. Racial Misalignment, Symbolic Repair, and Imperial Legitimation in German National Socialist Portrait Photography”.

Diverging national patterns of EU politicization make joint agreements more difficult. However, recent externally triggered crises can break this vicious circle, a study shows.

The memory of the Holocaust has shaped national constitutions and international law. In a new online symposium co-edited by WZB research professors Mattias Kumm and Liav Orgad, participants discuss how the maxim “Never Again” has influenced legal thought. Follow the debate on verfassungsblog.de.

The WZB mourns the death of James C. Scott. The American political scientist died on July 19 at the age of 87. The WZB honored the political scientist and anthropologist with the A.SK Social Science Award 2021 for his lifelong research on self-organization and the resistance of local communities.

A new study by Martin Krzywdzinski, Maren Evers and Christine Gerber asks under what conditions the implementation of wearables as part of digital assistance systems is beneficial for workers. They examine the implementation of wearables and the impacts on work content, skills, working conditions, and employment in capital- and labor-intensive organizations in Germany. 

In his new book "The Politics of Platform Regulation: How Governments Shape Online Content Moderation", WZB researcher Robert Gorwa provides a conceptual and empirical analysis of the important and emerging tech policy terrain of regulating platforms. He will be presenting his new book in the Wintergarten on Wednesday.