New Courses in the Upcoming Winter Semester!

Platform Governance: Lobbying in the EU (Master Program)
Governing Innovative Technologies: Cloud (Master Program)
Quantum Social Lab: Mathematical, Physical, and algorithmic basics of Quantum Technologies (Bachelor and Master Program)
Quantum Social Lab: Quantum Computing in Theory and Praxis (Master Program)

The course “Lobbying in the EU” offers an introduction to the lobbying practices in the field of European platform governance. In the theoretical part, students explore relationship between EU institutions and lobbying organizations and learn to identify the main approaches for lobbying practices in the EU, “strategic reading” of EU legislative texts as well as conduct analysis of Position Papers. The course will include two to three guest speakers from the European Public Policy Sphere who will give insights on real-life on the ground experience and will allow the students to ask questions and receive advice on necessary skills-sets that are useful when wanting to strive for a career in the EU-Public Policy sector. Finally, the course holds a practical part, during which the students will work in groups on a practical legal case. They will explore policy papers and briefs and will ultimately develop their own lobbying strategy in Brussels. The examination will consist of the submission of their position papers and lobbying strategy formulated in a paper (75 %) and a short presentation on their paper (25%).

 

In case you have questions regarding this course offer, don’t hesitate to get in touch with nohalea.halim@tum.de

The global data volume is growing very fast. Computing power is needed for various data processing, storage, and analytics tasks from Machine Learning models and industry applications to personal clouds and gaming. Its impact on society is manifold and has become increasingly recognized by policymakers as a technology to be regulated and shaped. To understand policy issues surrounding the computing industry, this course introduces underlying technologies, business models, and market dynamics of the cloud industry and puts it into context of current EU policy initiatives. 
Students will have the chance to dive deeper into one topic area of interest, including sustainability, data privacy, governance, cybersecurity, market power, and the metaverse in the context of cloud technologies. Domain experts will provide first-hand insights into cloud transformation in public and private sector organisations.
The course will start with an introductory meeting in which topics are assigned to students. Each student will then prepare one input paper (75%) and a short presentation on their paper (25%)

 

In case you have questions regarding this course offer, don’t hesitate to get in touch with sofie.schoenborn@tum.de

This course is designed explicitly for HfP students, meaning that the knowledge you need beforehand regarding math, physics, and/or programming is relatively tiny. As the course is purely technical, it counts as a 6 ECTS course in your study program’s interdisciplinary/technological area, not a course within the political science bucket. Who should take it? If you have shortcomings in math, physics, machine learning, and python and would like to refresh/expand your skills in these areas, this course might be a good option. Also, if you want to go on expanding your knowledge in the areas of quantum, AI or other deep tech directions, this might be a good foundation to visit some courses at the computer science, physics or engineering faculty.

 

 

In case you have questions regarding this course offer, don’t hesitate to get in touch with fabienne.marco@tum.de

 

Students will understand what quantum technologies are, how to characterize them, and their fundamental properties. They will also get historical insight into the way quantum technologies developed and the ethical and philosophical concepts underlying these technologies. In the second half of the semester, students will have enough understanding to explore possible future applications as well as state-of-the-art research and applications on the economic level. The seminar discusses practical issues in deploying and the consequences for society on different levels. The students will create small applications and implement experiments to clarify the various applications and functionings of these technologies.

In case you have questions regarding this course offer, don’t hesitate to get in touch with fabienne.marco@tum.de

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