JPoX is an enthusiast’s project, founded by a group of zealous researchers and consultants of SEgroup, an independent think-tank based in Berlin. After its much-acclaimed launch in 2008 the JPoX project took a short timeout that lasted a little longer than anticipated. But we are not gone for good, on the contrary: In the last couple of weeks, the JPoX team conducted a number of new and exciting interviews with Dr. Hermann Scheer, laureate of the right-livelihood award and a leading thinker in renewable energies policy, Stephen Aldridge, acting director of the British Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit of the Cabinet Office, and Albrecht Müller, former chief of the planning departments in the Brandt and Schmidt administrations, and founder of the website “Nachdenkseiten”.
 
And each of these interviews has its merits – Dr. Hermann Scheer argues for bold, forward-looking reforms of the political system; Stephen Aldridge explains the workings of political counsel in the United Kingdom, and Albrecht Müller critically dissects today’s influence of the media on political processes, and provides a root cause analysis of the current financial crisis.
 
Furthermore, the JPoX editors are planning for the journal’s further path into the future. Our team sets out to establish JPoX as a stimulating platform for a cross-societal discourse on the future of our political system. We want to bring together the so-called “High Politics” and “Street Politics” –
 

• the first in the form of interviews with politicians and other political actors, and papers by scholars and researchers,
• the latter in the form of interviews with and other contributions by political grassroots initiatives – and comments, insights, and contributions by JPoX’s very audience embodying the “wisdom of the crowd” and “the imagination of the many”.

It is high time to overcome the artificial barriers that have developed between the political system and its actors and the population at large. Yet, "Political Excellence" can only be achieved if all stakeholders of the political system have a voice. JPoX wants to bridge the gap between “High Politics” and “Street Politics” in order to create a higher synergy of the ideas of the experts and the ideas of the people – in order to help develop blueprints, thought-provoking impulses and new visions for our collective future.

Kind regards from the JPoX editorial team – please look out for further updates and developments on this site. Sincerely,
F. Popp