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How to make elections fairer – a glimpse of math for democracy | Peter Gritzmann

by organizer | Jan 22, 2020

How can it happen that, in an election, the voters’ will is turned upside down? Our voting systems are never entirely fair, but math can help at least make them fairer. One natural goal is to optimize the size, shape, and location of the electoral districts. In this...

Refugees – a homemade challenge | Melusine Reimers

by organizer | May 18, 2019

Germany took in over 950k asylum-seekers in 2015. When a wave of refugees reached the Munich central station back in September 2015, hundreds of volunteers received them with smiles, food and clothes. But what happens afterwards? How should we welcome these people in...

A vision of the responsive city of the future | Gerhard Schmitt

by organizer | May 17, 2019

Cities are among the greatest accomplishments of mankind – but they have not quite learned to respond to the needs of their inhabitants yet. Gerhard Schmitt believes that the communication between the city of the future and its people should be bi-directional....

Mega events and the developing world | James Mister

by organizer | May 13, 2019

According to the World Health Organization, already more than half of the world’s population is living in urban areas, and this percentage is expected to continuously increase. Passionate about urbanization in developing countries and the challenges it presents, James...
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