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The United States presidential election on November 5, 2024

Kamala Harris or Donald Trump – who will win the US presidential election on November 5th? Who will move into the White House as the forty-seventh president?

Find out how researchers at Freie Universität Berlin see the upcoming decision and read about the influences they predict will play a role and what they think is at stake in terms of foreign policy, national security, US domestic politics, and the economy.

“The increasing erosion of a commonly shared reality is destroying democracy”

Prof. Dr. Harald Wenzel (em.), Department of Sociology, John F. Kennedy Institute

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“Black identity is still largely defined by external forces”

Sebastian Jobs, professor of North American history at the John F. Kennedy Institute

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“The growing gap between poor and rich is tearing apart the foundations of the nation”

Christian Lammert, professor of North American political systems at the John F. Kennedy Institute

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A Call for Compassion, Respect, and Tolerance: Counseling and Advice Services, Events, University Communication Regarding the Conflict in the Middle East

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Researchers at Freie Universität Berlin benefit from access to a wide range of academic networks around the world. They produce groundbreaking results and set tomorrow’s research trends through interdisciplinary work with an international focus. Freie Universität Berlin is among the select few German institutions of higher education supported by the German federal and state governments’ Excellence Strategy.

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Freie Universität Berlin is one of Europe’s leading research universities. Our scope is global – people from more than 150 countries around the world work and study at Freie Universität. Our alumni actively help to shape the world today, and opportunities to study and work abroad are woven into our university culture. At Freie Universität Berlin, this international focus is reflected in our research, teaching, and day-to-day lives. It has been an integral part of our history since 1948.

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