Dec
11
Hier kommt Pinneberg
December 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Na endlich. Das Hamburger Abendblatt geht jetzt auch auf Video – und schon gibt’s eine Reportage über Pinneberg. – Wie ich finde ganz gut gemacht, darum schau sie dir an! In der Remise (da hab ich meine Kindheit während der Grünen Treffen verbracht) kannst du Timos Vadda sehen und die spannende Pinneberger Clubszene ist in [...]
Nov
2
Life after JEF
November 2, 2007 | 4 Comments
It has been two fantastic years as president of JEF-Europe. But since 20 October 2007 Samuele Pii has now the task to lead this great organisation (an overview of his new team is here). – Two years of NGO life besides a full-time job have indeed been a challenge – and sometimes brought me close [...]
Aug
20
When I read this article in Frankfurter Allgemeine on Saturday, I could not really believe it: A university teacher from my former study centre for Social Sciences at the Humboldt University in Berlin has been arrested as a terror suspect. The accusations really sounded too unreal to be true. But the FAZ is a serious [...]
Jul
29
Can European (blog-)journalism learn from the US?
July 29, 2007 | 5 Comments
It was a smooth 6 hour train journey mostly with the TGV and ICE. Coming late (here: one week before travelling!!) meant that I would not get the prefered seat at a table – actually no seat reservatation at all (remember: we are supposed to be in summer time). A good read was what I [...]
Jul
23
Turkey votes democracy
July 23, 2007 | 1 Comment
It has been a faboulous day for democracy. Europe’s second biggest country has proven to be also Europe’s second biggest democracy. With a record turn-out of almost 85% the mandate for the all-out winner AKP is crystal clear: move on with reform and bring Turkey to Europe. Due to their strange electoral system the AKP’s [...]
Jul
21
Results of Euroblogger Study
July 21, 2007 | 1 Comment
A few months ago I supported here the survey of a researcher from Universität Hamburg. She sums up her research issue about Eurobloggers on her website: “This field study examined motivational processes for participation in the political blogosphere on European politics, the “Euroblogosphere”, from a social psychological perspective. The main aim was to contribute to [...]
Jun
27
Deutscher Führungskräftenachwuchs hat keine Zeit sich gesellschaftlich zu engagieren
June 27, 2007 | 2 Comments
Im heutigen Artikel “Jederzeit den Koffer packen” der Süddeutschen Zeitung bin ich über die Führungskräftestudie von PriceWaterhouseCoopers gestoßen. Diese Studie legt recht umfangreiche Ergebnisse einer Befragung von mehr als 300 deutschen Nachwuchsmanagern unter 40 vor. Leider verständliche Realität ist der Mangel an gesellschaftlichem Engagement. Das Fehlen sozialer Sicherung im erweiterten Sinne und der sehr optimistische [...]
Jun
12
Elected in Geneva!
June 12, 2007 | 2 Comments
I guess it comes a bit as a surprise to most of my friends – as much as to me actually. But after some turbulences in the Geneva Canton Council, they have elected me into a governing position there. My fantastic time in Brussels is over now – bienvenue à Genève! You can find more [...]
Jun
12
Congratulations: Juliette elected to Parliament
June 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment
The super success of the Belgian Greens on Sunday’s general election has swept my dear colleague Juliette into the Belgian parliament. Congratulations, Juliette and enjoy the new challenges! – Just tell us if speed dating (see my earlier article) actully made the difference? The elected of Ecolo can be found on: http://web4.ecolo.be/
Jun
3
Abschied aus Istanbul – überlebt
June 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Ich mal wieder richtig gut und lange gepennt und erst gegen 15h im Hotel ausgecheckt. Daniel ging’s gestern Abend nicht besonders gut, so dass wir nicht lange weg waren. Mit dem späten, nächtlichen Rückflug heute Abend hab ich natürlich eine gute Entschuldigung für’s Ausschlafen. Noch ein paar Gedanken zum Thema Frauen im Straßenbild: Hier im [...]