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DPP faculty member Evelyne Hübscher has published a co-authored paper in the British Journal of Political Science titled Does Austerity Cause Polarization? The paper, published with  with Thomas Sattler (University of Geneva) and Markus Wagner (University of Vienna) shows that austerity pushed voters away from mainstream politics resulting in an increase in the support of more extremist parties at the edges of the political spectrum. This process contributed to an increase in political polarization in many Western democracies.

In 2023, DPP hosts the European Public Policy Conference (EPPC). The EPPC conference is organised every year by students from the Hertie School of Governance. In 2008, the EPPC was founded to address the most challenging issues of today and possible disputes that may emerge tomorrow. The conference empowers students and future policy leaders to take charge of and direct their own holistic experience by addressing the public policy issues that they consider to be the most relevant at the time.