Stephan Köppe

Make it Equal: New data analysis on wealth inequalities | Infra4NextGen The Infra4NextGen project has published a new Topline Results report that analyses panel survey data on wealth inequality.

A new report has been published that analyses public #attitudes towards #inequality, inheritance and proposed taxes to reduce inequality.

The report analysed our panel #survey #data (CRONOS-3) and was produced as part of the Infra4NextGen project, funded by @ec.europa.eu 🇪🇺.

Interesting article about digital public policy and open data in local government practice

Lack of speed-limit data from Dublin City Council hampering “lifesaving” technology in cars The council is now over 18 months late in meeting a legal deadline to publish a digital map of speed limits on city streets.

Lack of speed-limit data from Dublin City Council is hampering a “lifesaving” technology in cars. The council is now over 18 months late in meeting a legal deadline to publish a digital map of speed limits on city streets.

A must read. The most shocking for me is: 1) AI companies pay 'campus ambassadors' to undermine campus teaching itself. 2) students are encouraged to upload lectures to train AI. On the latter I might have to ban recordings allowed for access students.

Opinion | How A.I. Companies Are Preying on College Students

I've said it before, but the first school that promotes itself as "AI-free" is going to corner the market on folks committed to learning. (gift link)

Irish fathers discover their kids??? No. It’s only 10 years since the State started to support new dads to take time off to care for their babies (now 11 weeks paid leave in baby’s first two years).

I’ve some words here on what’s and who is behind our improving division of work & care.

We welcome the Tánaiste’s reassurance that new laws will not make cycling without a helmet a crime.

While using helmets is important for cyclists, this law would have criminalised cyclists rather than users of high speed motorised bikes, scramblers and scooters, and dangerous drivers.

Why Mandatory Helmet and Hi-Vis Laws are not the Answer to Road Danger Issues Irish Cycling Campaign is the member for Ireland of the European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF), and we support the ECF’s position on reducing road danger and their position on helmets. In summary, it is ...

Why Mandatory Helmet and Hi-Vis Laws are not the Answer to Road Danger Issues

www.irishcyclingcampaign.ie/why-mandator...

Where we're going we don't need cycle paths... and, sure, what do you want street lights for? Get some lights on your bike....

(...excuse the blooper reel audio...)

Bicycles do not require numberplates in Switzerland, even most e-bikes and cargo e-bikes don't

However, if your e-bike can go faster than 25km/h it is classed the same as a moped and must have a license plate...

...which is exactly the same as the law here in Ireland, only here it is not enforced.

Departments in south-west France introduce tougher penalties for mobile phone usage when driving Measure comes after record numbers of drivers caught using phones on the road

Should we try this? Would it be enforced?

In France's Lot-et-Garonne area, drivers using a mobile phone while driving will face an immediate six-month licence suspension and a €135 fine, in addition to other penalties applied at the national level elsewhere. www.connexionfrance.com/practical/de...

No space for cycle paths in plan for street which is primary route in Dublin’s cycle network plan A Dublin City Council presentation to local area councillors wrongly outlined that Golden Lane is a secondary route in the statutory-backed Greater Dublin Area Cycle Network when it is designated as a primary cycle route with the policy expectation that it would be upgraded to that level. In the GDA plan, Golden Lane (highlighted on the map in a yellow box below) is a Primary Orbital route -- the same status as routes such as the quays, Dame Street, and the North Circular Road.

No space for cycle paths in plan for street which is primary route in Dublin’s cycle network plan

A Dublin City Council presentation to local area councillors wrongly outlined that Golden Lane is a secondary route in the statutory-backed Greater Dublin Area Cycle Network when it is designated as a…

Here is a great course on family leave policies across the globe for civil servants, policy-makers and advocacy groups
sustainable-leave-policies.eu/online-course/

All sessions hosted by @leave-policies.bsky.social & @leavenetwork.bsky.social
Relevant 4 @paidleaveforall.bsky.social

The main issue here is that cyclist crossing a red light or not having lights on is a very visible violation of the law. As the report highlights, speeding violations and mobile phone use by drivers is largely invisible, but as prevalent. Still, this morning I also observed cars breaking red lights.

U16s are banned from e-scooters, so how can adding high-vis or helmets laws make them safer? -- How does it make sense for teens who are already banned or over-16s who are using illegal devices to be stopped by Gardaí for not wearing helmets or high-vis? Comment & Analysis: A Government plan to add a legal requirement for scooter users to wear high-vis and helmets when most problematic e-scooter use is already banned, but just not enforced, worrying shows that the Government is edging further away from evidence-based road safety and further towards Kafkaesque methods.

U16s are banned from e-scooters, so how can adding high-vis or helmets laws make them safer?

-- How does it make sense for teens who are already banned or over-16s who are using illegal devices to be stopped by Gardaí for not wearing helmets or high-vis? Comment & Analysis: A Government plan to…

Dank an das BiB für den Podcast zu Mehrkindfamilien. Neben M. Bujard & E. Müller (KRFD) sprechen wir über Lebenslagen, Armutsrisken & Erwerbsquoten kinderreicher Familien. Ich plädiere für eine stärkere Kinderperspektive, dies sind rund 25% aller Kinder. Reinhören!

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📅 Vortrag & Diskussion: Wie stehen Studierende zur Redefreiheit an Unis? In welchen Situationen wären sie bereit, Vorträge oder Personen auszuladen?
Di, 13.01.2026 | 19:15 | A0701 @uni-konstanz.de & im Stream: t1p.de/ix7me
Mit @cdiehl.bsky.social, Richard Traunmüller & @nilsweidmann.bsky.social

YouTube video by World Inequality Lab World Inequality Report 2026

Today, we are publishing our World Inequality Report, which reviews the most recent #inequalitydata and exposes the magnitude of #inequality across time, space and all its dimensions.

👇Share this thread, share the report!
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The US is not just Europe’s unwilling ally, but an adversary steeped in far-right ideology | Cas Mudde Don’t say you weren’t warned: Trump’s new national security strategy seeks to destroy liberal democracy as we know it, says academic and author Cas Mudde

The 2025 National Security Strategy document makes it official: the Trump administration believes that European liberal democracy is a threat to U.S. national interest.

The fall of a prolific science journal exposes the billion-dollar profits of scientific publishing One of the 15 publications that put out the most studies globally has been expelled from the indexing system for irregularities. Its publisher, Elsevier, has a 38% profit margin that reached $1.5 bill...

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Congratulations to Paul Sweeney! The Honorary Doctorate was jointly proposed by econ & social policy @ucdspswsj.bsky.social as Paul's economic analyses and perspectives have direct welfare implications. Thanks to @natpolicy.bsky.social for highlighting these connections in his speech.

Delighted to receive an Honorary Doctorate in Economic Science from UCD for my “contributions to economics” and to “the distinctive Irish economic model.”

The decade at @ucddublin.bsky.social & @ucdspswsj.bsky.social is full. Thanks to all the wonderful colleagues I had the honor to work with and the students I taught and also learned from. Hard to believe how fast the time went & that live now longer in Dublin than in any other city in my life.

At least the motion is withdrawn for now. I still do not understand which green councillors on the committee voted for it. @donnacooney1.bsky.social & Ray Cunningham ? It seems also @greenpartyie.bsky.social lacks sufficient understanding of history & anti-semitic ideology.

I usually do not post on these issues, but which ethnicity/religion is next on the radical left radar? It is already hard enough with the radical right and the increasing anti-migrant and xenophobic sentiment.

It is like renaming an Éamon de Valera park, because of IRA terror in the 1980s. I hope this motion gets voted down by sensible councillors who can differentiate between current governments, ethnic discrimination & guilt by association. @greenpartyie.bsky.social @social-democrats.bsky.social ?

Really concerning motion on the table at the Dublin City Council for the Monday sitting. Open anti-semitism is ripe within SF, PBP and wonder who else is supporting it. Dishonouring a former Israeli president, who has nothing to do with the current Israeli government, is just plain anti-semitism.

We have a few spaces left for an in person event on Tax and Poverty on the 5th December in Glasgow.

Aimed at experts and non-experts alike.

Speakers include @mikebrewerecon.bsky.social Sara Cowan (SWBG) and @elainemaag.bsky.social

More info & link to register: www.eventbrite.com/e/poverty-an...

Donald Trump is already laying the groundwork to throw the 2026 midterms into chaos. His success could have dire consequences for American democracy, @dgraham.bsky.social argues in The Atlantic’s December issue. theatln.tc/WSldt5aa

Congrats to everyone! Just could see @markustepe.bsky.social in the picture, but many more involved including @difis.bsky.social