Die neuen Warlords. Gewaltdynamiken einhegen / Friedensgutachten 2026
Die imperialistische Großmachtpolitik ändert die Vorzeichen von Krieg, Frieden und Sicherheit. Staaten agieren zunehmend wie Warlords und setzen Krieg als Mittel der Politik ein. Übergänge von Gewaltkonflikten zu Frieden werden als „Deals“ behandelt, Mittelmächte treten mit neuem Selbstbewusstsein, aber ambivalentem Kurs auf, und technologische Innovation verändert Kriege und erschwert die Regulierung. Zugleich befindet sich die internationale Kooperation in der Friedenssicherung in ihrer schwersten Krise. Das Friedensgutachten 2026 analysiert Optionen, dennoch Frieden zu fördern.
more information ›Governing the Subject of Populism
Biebricher, Thomas: “Governing the Subject of Populism”. In: European Journal of Social Theory, OnlineFirst.
more information ›Schnittstellen im Gesundheitsrecht
Kießling, Andrea (Hrsg.) (2026): „Schnittstellen im Gesundheitsrecht“. Nomos.
more information ›International symposium honours the lifework of Jürgen Habermas
On Friday 19 June 2026, the Research Centre Normative Orders, in collaboration with Suhrkamp Verlag, paid tribute to the late Jürgen Habermas with an international symposium at Goethe University Frankfurt.
more information ›Identitätsbasierte Führung: Vom ICH zum WIR. Als Führungskraft gesunde und leistungsstarke Gruppen, Teams und Organisationen fördern
van Dick, Rolf; Kratzer, Benedik E., Steffens, Niklas K., Kerschreiter, Rudolf (2026): „Identitätsbasierte Führung: Vom ICH zum WIR. Als Führungskraft gesunde und leistungsstarke Gruppen, Teams und Organisationen fördern“. Springer Berlin.
more information ›Rethinking World Order: Political Ordering as Global Ecology
Hellmann, Gunther; Jacobi, Daniel (Hrsg.) (2026): „Rethinking World Order: Political Ordering as Global Ecology”. Bristol University Press
more information ›EU Law’s Future in a Fraying International Legal Order
Armin von Bogdandy (2026)
more information ›Inclusive messaging from leadership reduces discriminatory attitudes and norms: A mixed-methods social identity analysis of a fitness facility
Cruwys, Tegan; Rathbone, Joanne. A.; Quayle, Anika; Butalia, Radhika; Hardacre, Stephanie. L.; van Dick, Rolf (2026): „Inclusive messaging from leadership reduces discriminatory attitudes and norms: A mixed-methods social identity analysis of a fitness facility”. In: British Journal of Social Psychology, 65.
more information ›New Video Podcast Series “Our Planet, Our Health”
With “Our Planet, Our Health”, a new video podcast series about questions of global health justice has launched. The series is hosted by Dr Romina Rekers as part of the Global Health Justice Postdoctoral Programme (GHJ), founded by the Höpp Foundation.
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International symposium honours the lifework of Jürgen Habermas
With the passing of Jürgen Habermas, we have lost an incomparable scholar and committed intellectual who shaped the humanities and social sciences worldwide over many decades and who, as he himself said in his speech on his 90th birthday at Goethe University, experienced three happy phases of his academic life at this university. On Friday 19 June 2026, the Research Centre Normative Orders, in collaboration with Suhrkamp Verlag, honoured his work with an international symposium at Goethe University Frankfurt.
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New Research Program “Zeitenwenden. Normative Ordnungen im Umbruch?”
The Research Centre Normative Orders receives a generous funding by the Commerzbank Foundation Fund within the framework of the Stifterverband for German Science. A total of €750,000 will be made available over a period of five years. The project is set to launch this fall.
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Wer muss, wer kann, wer darf?
Hitzeschutz als Spielball zwischen Bund, Ländern und Kommunen. Ein Beitrag von Andrea Kießling, Jacqueline Lorenzen und Nadja Oster. (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)
zum Beitrag ›Führen Waldbrände wieder zu mehr Klimaschutz? Die Klimabewegung wird eher bestraft
Jeder spürt angesichts der Waldbrände die Folgen des Klimawandels. Doch Umweltpolitik wird nicht zur Priorität, fürchtet die Kolumnistin Nicole Deitelhoff. (Tagesspiegel)
zum Beitrag ›Unmut in der CDU: Ist Merz angezählt?
Die Stimmung in der CDU ist mies: Die Kritik an Friedrich Merz wird lauter und zunehmend öffentlich. Wie viel Rückhalt hat er noch in seiner Partei? Mit Einschätzungen von Thomas Biebricher. (BR24)
zum Beitrag ›After an attack, the AfD gains ground: Researchers reveal a controversial connection
A study by Guido Friebel et al. shows that following attacks in Germany, the AfD gains significant ground in the affected communities—even when the terrorist attacks were motivated by far-right ideology. One of the study’s authors provides context. (blue News)
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