Hohe Standards in Forschung und Lehre zu sichern, ist die vornehmste Aufgabe der Hochschulen. Die Sicherung der Qualität erfolgt nicht mehr nur mit dem traditionellen Instrument einer verantwortlichen Berufungspolitik von Professoren. Zunehmend werden neue Instrumentarien entwickelt, die...

With the development towards comprehensive and more sophisticated border control regimes, the problem of protection seekers’ access to EU territory has increasingly come into focus. Disorderly movement is presently the main avenue to safety in the EU, and human smugglers act as important...

"Disability insurance - the insurance against the loss of the ability to work - is a substantial part of social security expenditures in many countries. The benefit recipiency rates in disability insurance vary strikingly across European countries and the US. This paper investigates the extent...