[Background and aims of this position paper] Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, it has become ever clearer that it poses an enormous challenge for society. The lockdown imposed on large parts of public life, which hit all social groups and institutions relatively abruptly with a wide range of...

The high influx of refugees confronts Germany with a variety of tasks and problems. In addition to short-term challenges such as geographically allocating and accommodating refugees, longer-term tasks involving housing, regional and integration policy also need to be addressed. Notwithstanding...

Die Forderung nach Koordination ist eine beliebte, weil griffige und plakative Metapher, um sowohl auf Planungsprobleme als auch gleichzeitig auf deren (putative) Lösung hinzuweisen. Doch geht man der Frage nach, was Koordination eigentlich ist und wie denn Koordination gelingen kann, erhält...