Several German state elections are approaching, and the one in Saxony-Anhalt is drawing media attention amid fears that the far-right AfD could win an absolute majority. Ahead of the September electio...

AI is increasingly used in urban climate action. Marie Josefine Hintz discusses her research, policy impact and time at Hertie’s Data Science Lab.

The Data Dispatch brings together reporting from Simon Munzert's Data Journalism course, where students take a story from raw data to publication.

At the end of May and with spring in full bloom, Berlin became a hub for a growing and influential community of women scholars in political methodology. For three days, the Visions in Methodology conference turned the Hertie School into a space of research exchange, mentorship and collaboration

Energy & efficiency measurement for LLM inference

At first glance, they appear simple. A group of people is asked for their opinions, and the results are presented as a snapshot of public sentiment. Yet, as Simon Munzert, Professor of Data Science an...

The advisory panel, convened by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, found that AI can be both environmentally sustainable and competitive.

✨ The past few weeks at the Data Science Lab have been filled with new ideas, research talks, and conversations on data journalism and public policy. ✨ Applications for our Master of Data Science fo...

The Hertie School’s first PhD graduate from the programme reflects on her journey and her research on sustainable urban mobility.