How Citizen Participation Can Strengthen Climate Policy
To make climate policy fair and socially inclusive, citizens must be actively involved. A new study sheds light on how this can be achieved.
June 24, 2025
Opinion
Climate Mobility in Times of Global Upheaval
How climate change affects migration has not been meaningfully addressed as a challenge by the international community until now. An opinion piece.
June 12, 2025
News from the Foundation's work
German School Award 2025
These schools have made it to the finals
The German School Award 2025 is entering its final phase: 15 schools made it to the finals. Five have been nominated for the Democracy Education Award.
June 30, 2025
Point of view
More Than Military: Why West Africa Must Look to Local NGOs
Nuria Grigoriadis, peace expert at the Robert Bosch Stiftung, on new approaches to peace in West Africa.
June 27, 2025
German School Barometer 2025
Teachers Concerned About the Competencies of the ChatGPT Generation
Between AI skepticism and growing workload: The current German School Barometer shows what moves teachers.
June 25, 2025
Queer migrants
“I was shocked that racism is openly practiced even in the queer community”
Three participants in our project for queer refugees tell their stories.
June 18, 2025
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Ayse Özbabacan, Commissioner for Integration
“We need to talk about our successes"
A look at successful integration efforts in recent years – and why they offer a solid foundation for future social cohesion.
Khalid Al Aboud, journalist from Syria
“Listen more closely to us refugees!”
On key perspectives that could advance the integration debate in Germany.
Integration
“We can do it” – Ten years later
Ten years after Angela Merkel’s famous statement on welcoming refugees, we asked our experts and partners: What has Germany achieved when it comes to integration?
Raphaela Schweiger, migration expert at the Robert Bosch Stiftung
“We mustn't be intimidated by the changed political game”
How foundations can help advance integration – especially in today’s context.
Frauke Frech, 'Grand Beauty Salon' project
“My hope that the state would act ‘outside the box’ has not been fulfilled”
Where politics has fallen short – and why we need open spaces for encounter more than ever.
Migration researcher Hannes Schammann
“There was no debate – Do we want to make it happen?”
Why integration policy in Germany has seen both professionalization and polarization since 2015.
Bosch Alumni Network
“People Are Realizing That Democracy is About the Bigger Picture”
Alumni of the Robert Bosch Stiftung on the question of how to re-engage people in dialogue in an increasingly polarized society.
Focus topic 2025
Strengthening Democracy: 10 Things You Can Do Right Now
Ten concrete things we can do to take action for democracy—compiled by the Democracy Team at the Robert Bosch Stiftung.
German School Award 2025
These schools have made it to the finals
The German School Award 2025 is entering its final phase: 15 schools made it to the finals. Five have been nominated for the Democracy Education Award.
Transparency
Robert Bosch Stiftung Annual Report 2024
60, 300, 219 – Why these numbers mattered for the Robert Bosch Stiftung in 2024, and what they reveal about our work.
Point of view
More Than Military: Why West Africa Must Look to Local NGOs
Nuria Grigoriadis, peace expert at the Robert Bosch Stiftung, on new approaches to peace in West Africa.
German School Barometer 2025
Teachers Concerned About the Competencies of the ChatGPT Generation
Between AI skepticism and growing workload: The current German School Barometer shows what moves teachers.
New study
How Citizen Participation Can Strengthen Climate Policy
To make climate policy fair and socially inclusive, citizens must be actively involved. A new study sheds light on how this can be achieved.
Queer migrants
“I was shocked that racism is openly practiced even in the queer community”
Three participants in our project for queer refugees tell their stories.
Opinion
Climate Mobility in Times of Global Upheaval
How climate change affects migration has not been meaningfully addressed as a challenge by the international community until now. An opinion piece.
Dossier
Why Climate Policy Must Become a Priority
The dossier provides facts and arguments for why climate policy must become a priority once again. It refers to approaches that we follow at the Robert Bosch Stiftung, from...
Migration Journalism Award
A Conversation with Award Winner Gabriela Galvin on Stigma and Storytelling
Migration Journalism Award winner Gabriela Galvin speaks about policy, identity, and inclusion intersect in Denmark.
Inequality
Intersectionality: Understanding Multiple Discrimination, Transforming Power Structures
Intersectionality is a term that has been gaining increasing attention in recent years. What...
Climate change
5 Facts about Emissions Trading, Land Rights and Land Grabbing
Emissions trading is booming and CO₂ certificates appear to be a win for the climate. We reveal the downsides.
Project Restart
Ukraine: Rebuilding a battered country
The Ukrainian initiative Restart is developing plans for rebuilding the country. Two model regions demonstrate how infrastructure can hold society together.
Democracy Education for Children and Youth
How does democracy work in schools?
Winning schools of the German School Award provide answers in a video.
Understanding the disability justice movement
Bridging the Disability Rights Funding Gap
The Disability Rights Fund tells how philanthropy can be truly inclusive.
Perspectives of people in precarious life situations
Demands for a just future
Our partner denkhausbremen asked less privileged people what they think is needed for a fairer future.
German School Award 2025
New ideas for learning
The German School Award 2025 is entering its first selection round: 20 schools are now in the running for the prize.
Citizen participation
Do citizens' assemblies really strengthen the resilience of democracy?
Are citizens' assemblies an appropriate means of combating political apathy or do they weaken existing institutions? A study provides the...
Study
From indulgence to conscience: Why we care what we eat
Is food a private matter? What do people really want for the future of our food system? We listened.
Migration policy
Ukrainian refugees in Poland: strong civil society, successful integration
Integration that relies on community: Poland’s response to Ukrainian refugees
Social commitment
‘If we don't get up now, it could be dangerous’
Why is civic engagement one of the most important building blocks of a functioning democracy? A conversation.
Better care, more prevention and AI
For a Turning Point in the Health Care System
How can we make our healthcare system fit for the future? A conversation with Prof. Mark Dominik Alscher.
German School Award
Copying encouraged!
Schools can now apply to take part in the job shadowing program at schools that have won the German School Award. Rector Helmut Klemm explains what makes participating in the program so valuable to him.
REPCHANCE Europe Study
Persistent Underrepresentation of Immigrant-Origin MPs Across Key European Countries
Diversity is a central topic in the European political landscape. Nevertheless, a recent study...
Structural racism
When it is not only individuals who discriminate...
Institutional and structural racism is often less visible but just as damaging as racist hate crime. How entrenched racist structures in...
Open letter
Governments, parliaments and courts must protect the freedom of civil society
The importance of civil society organisations for a liberal democracy.
Social cohesion
Fostering resilience in Ukrainian society
The “Ukrainian Community of Dialogue Practitioners” aims to help people in Ukraine cope with their traumas, strengthen resilience – and prepare society for the...
Documenting Ukraine
Showing the human experience of war
While the news informs about the current war events in Ukraine, the individual life reality of the people on the ground often remains elusive. In the project Documenting...
Dossier
How we support Ukraine
In this dossier, we focus on the people in Ukraine whom we support. With our commitment in the country, we are also looking to the future: toward a strong Ukraine in Europe.
Philanthropy
The support that Ukrainian civil society needs now
A discussion with Daniel Busche (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit), Orysia Lutsevych (Chatham House) and Markus Lux (Robert Bosch Stiftung).
Mental Health in Ukraine
“We are helping to break the taboo by saying: It’s OK to seek help.”
Jewhenija Iwanowa works as a psychologist at the a Ukrainian crisis chat. Here, she tells us what is particularly affecting Ukrainians.
Munich Security Conference 2025
The Pivotal Role of Civil Society in Ukraine – in Wartime and Beyond
Our expert Markus Lux on the topic set by the Robert Bosch Stiftung at the Munich Security Conference 2025.
Appeal ‘Stay the course’
A future worth living requires strong climate action and local commitment
Climate expert Tabea Lissner explains why climate protection urgently needs to become a political issue again and what each individual...
Migration
How Europe can escape the migration deterrence trap
Deterrence instead of constructive solutions: This credo seems to dominate migration policy everywhere at the moment. In this commentary,...
Portraits
Helping Ukraine’s war veterans return to everyday life
After three years of war, there are over a million of veterans in Ukraine, often wounded in body and soul. Here, three of them talk about...
Foundation focus 2025
Our democracy depends on us
The Robert Bosch Stiftung is committed to a liberal democracy and a society in which citizens continually pursue civic education and actively shape and defend democracy.
Immigration society
Why Islam and Germany Go Hand in Hand
Here are eight good reasons why Islam and Muslims play an integral role in German life.
Opinion piece by our migration expert
A Dangerous Distortion: The Debate on the Return of Syrian Refugees
Instead of starting populist debates, Germany should develop a constructive vision for the future.
M.E.T.A - A new program for teacher training
Using AI to shape schools
The M.E.T.A. program by Stanford University provides in-service trainers with the knowledge and tools to support teachers in integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into...
Migrants in Germany
5 Misconceptions about Integration – and What the Facts Really Say
Fact-based arguments for a topic that is often the subject of heated discussion – based on studies from the Mediendienst Integration.
Climate change
We must leverage the synergies between the COPs!
Following this month’s United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference, the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)’s own gathering next month offers one more...
Inclusive peace
How does diversity succeed in Yemen? And what does that even mean in the Middle East?
The Sana'a Center is fighting for inclusive peace in Yemen despite difficult conditions.
German School Barometer
Students are burdened by wars, pressure to perform and the climate crisis
The latest German School Barometer highlights the mental and academic well-being of children and young people.
Education and integration
How refugees can also obtain the German school-leaving certificate
A school in Bielefeld is testing new integration concepts and demonstrating how the upper secondary school can become more inclusive.
New funding program
Building Power for Economic Justice
The Robert Bosch Stiftung is launching a new funding program to address economic injustice. It prioritizes work led by people with lived experience of economic inequality.
Migration system in the EU
“We look after other people's children all day – and we're not allowed to have our own kids with us”
Rights of migrant workers in Europe
“We focus our advocacy on changes on an institutional and policy level”
Our project partner Lilana Keith on the imbalances of the immigration system in the EU.
Migration
Climate Finance and Climate Mobility at COP29
Climate hazards drive displacement and cause major economic and non-economic losses. COP29 in Baku offers a key chance to set a new global finance goal. Learn more about...
Robert Bosch Academy
The International Order in Flux – and Germany’s Role in the Change
We asked the Fellows of the Robert Bosch Academy for their insights on global power shifts.
Diversity in Germany
The East is Diverse: The Many Faces of Civic Engagement and Volunteering in East Germany
There is much more to report from East Germany than growing right-wing sentiment and xenophobia.
War in Israel
“The key is to recognize that even in this situation, we still have the opportunity to act.”
October 7 marks the first anniversary of the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel. How has the work...
German School Award 2024
These are the winning schools for 2024
The German School Award has been presented in Berlin to the schools of the year. The main prize was won by a special school in Bonn.
REPCHANCE study
Facing high walls – why access to politics is still difficult for people with a migration background
Our dossiers
Dossier
How we support Ukraine
In this dossier, we focus on the people in Ukraine whom we support. With our commitment in the country, we are also looking to the future: toward a strong Ukraine in Europe.
February 18, 2025
Foundation focus 2025
Our democracy depends on us
The Robert Bosch Stiftung is committed to a liberal democracy and a society in which citizens continually pursue civic education and actively shape and defend democracy.
January 30, 2025
Dossier
Genuine diversity: We are still a long way away
Diversity is something that many people nowadays claim. But where do we really stand? Our dossier takes a multifaceted and honest look at this question.
September 17, 2024
Dossier
Social Cohesion: What makes our society strong
What is social cohesion and why is it important? A wide variety of examples and projects show how to strengthen and promote cohesion in groups and communities.
