Former Fellow

Ndidi Nwaneri

Research project: Pandemic Agency and Justice: A Socio-Political Analysis of the Global COVID-19 Pandemic
Social or global crises provide a unique opportunity to examine the “fit” of theory and reality. The purpose in this project is to develop a normative framework that reconciles the actions of agents (global, national, community and individual) during the COVID pandemic, with prevailing social and global justice theories. This two-pronged assessment – examining responses to the pandemic through the lens of theory, and examining dominant theories through the lens of actions – could provide a means to assess the adequacy of (or lack thereof), of extant social and global justice theories.

Events
November 2023 – June 2024: Webinar “Climate and Global Health Justice”
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  • Biografische Angaben

    Ndidi Nwaneri is a trained philosopher and social development policy expert, based in Nigeria, West Africa. She is a member of the Independent Resource Group for Global Health Justice (IRG-GHJ) - a global coalition of scholars committed to greater global health justice. She has professional policy experience in education, gender, democracy and human rights, and has been at the forefront of global justice studies and programs in Africa, Europe and the Americas. Her academic research interests include social justice, global health and environmental justice; and technology as both a means to, and a measure of, economic development.
  • Publikationen

    Academic Publications 2017 Jochen, Enrich, Ndidi Nwaneri, and Natale de Santo. „The Role of Retired Pediatric Professors in European Child Healthcare Services.“ Journal of Pediatrics, Volume 181 (February, 2017): 332-333.e1. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.10.055. 2016 “Gender Equality: Response to Van Parijs”, in E. Mbonda & T. Ngosso (eds.), Théories de la justice: justice globale, agents de la justice et justice de genre, (Louvain-la-Neuve: Presses Universitaires de Louvain, 2016), pp. 293-298. Policy Documents Document title: ROLAC (5) Report October 2022 Client: European Union/British Council’s Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption in Nigeria (RoLAC). Document type: Year 5 Project Assessment Report Document title: ROLAC (4) Report June 2021 Client: European Union/British Council’s Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption in Nigeria (RoLAC). Document type: Year 4 Project Assessment Report Document title: ROLAC (3) Report June 2020 Client: European Union/British Council’s Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption in Nigeria (RoLAC) Document type: Year 3 Project Assessment Report Document Title: Political Economy Analysis (March, 2019) Client: United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) Document type: Policy Document Document Title: 2018 Kaduna State Education Policy Document (January, 2019) Client: United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) Document type: Published Policy Document Document title: ROLAC (2) Report. (October, 2018) Client: European Union/British Council Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption in Nigeria (RoLAC) Project Document type: Year 2 Project Assessment Report Document title: ROLAC (1) Report. (April, 2018) Client: European Union/British Council Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption in Nigeria (RoLAC) Project Document type: (Baseline) Report Document title: “Review of Legal Framework for the Protection of Education Institutions from Attack in Nigeria.” (April, 2018) Client: Education in Emergencies Working Group Nigeria (EiEWGN) Document type: Published Policy Research Document Document title: “Promoting Quality Civic Education in the Country” (November, 2017) Client: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)/United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID)/Riplington & Associates (RandA). Document type: Published Policy Research Document Document title: Summary Report of the Niger State Investment Summit 2017 – Outline document for – 2018 Niger State Investment Strategy. (August, 2017) Client: Niger State Government Document type: Rapporteur’s summary report Document title: Who Is Doing What on Gender in Nigeria? (August 2011). Client: Heinrich Boll Stiftung (The Heinrich Boll Foundation) Document type: Policy Analysis Document

News from the research center

Event
18.04.2026 | Frankfurt am Main

Das Prinzip Donald Trump und die Verrohung der Welt

Panel Discussion, Lecture

Ein neuer Politikstil macht international Karriere. Er ist gekennzeichnet von Vulgarität, Verrohung und erklärter Rechtsfeindschaft. Machtinteressen werden nicht mehr juristisch bemäntelt. Stattdessen wird das angebliche Recht des Stärkeren zur Staatsdoktrin gemacht – innenpolitisch wie außenpolitisch. Treibende Kraft hinter dieser Verrohung der politischen Sitten ist ein US-Präsident, der nicht nur die amerikanische Gesellschaft und Kultur, sondern auch die globale Ordnung nach seinen Vorstellungen und Interessen umgestaltet. Die Römerberggespräche wollen diesen Politikstil verstehen.

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Event
29.04.2026 | Frankfurt am Main

Kulturindustrie heute?

Panel Discussion

Das Gespräch „Kulturindustrie heute?“ widmet sich der Aktualität und Tragfähigkeit eines zentralen Begriffs der Kritischen Theorie. Die Filmwissenschaftlerin Gertrud Koch diskutiert im Rahmen der Gesprächsreihe "Frankfurter Schule" mit dem Filmkritiker Bert Rebhandl die gegenwärtigen Formen kultureller Produktion und Verbreitung vor dem Hintergrund von Digitalisierung, Plattformen und globalen Medienmärkten.

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Event
20.03.2026 | Frankfurt am Main

40 Jahre Schengen-Raum

Colloquium

Der 1984 geschlossene Schengen-Vertrag schuf einen heute 29 Staaten umfassenden Raum ohne Binnengrenzen, doch Migration über die Außengrenzen führte zuletzt zur Wiedereinführung von Kontrollen, auch durch die Bundesregierung ab 8. Mai 2025. Das Walter Hallstein-Kolloquium diskutiert die rechtliche Zulässigkeit, wirtschaftliche Folgen insbesondere für Arbeitsmigration und Arbeitsmarkt sowie die Zukunft des Schengen-Raums.

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News
12.02.2026

Satanist politics and the decline of reason in liberal democracies

For the last time in the winter semester 2025/26, the Research Center hosted the lecture series "Am Scheidepunkt. On the crisis of democracy". At the end, philosopher Michael Rosen from Harvard University presented his concept of "satanic politics" as a variant of the political interpretation of the world.

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News
09.02.2026

On the topicality of the concept of violence based on Camus and Derrida

Prof. Dr. Christine Abbt from the University of St. Gallen gave a lecture on democracies and the concept of violence as part of the lecture series "At the crossroads? On the crisis of democracy", she gave a lecture on democracies and the concept of violence. Under the title "Defending democracies. On the topicality of the concept of violence in Camus and Derrida", the philosopher discussed forms of violence and revolt and categorized them with regard to a democratic setting.

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Publication
04.02.2026 | Journal article

New Perspectives on Trust in International Conflicts

Wille, Tobias; Simon, Hendrik; Daase, Christopher; Deitelhoff, Nicole; Wheeler, Nicholas J.; Holmes, Marcus; Rathbun, Brian C.; Acharya, Amitav; Mitzen, Jennifer (2026): „New Perspectives on Trust in International Conflicts“. In: International Studies Review 28 (1), viaf027.

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News
02.02.2026

States competing for people - David Owen on civil geopolitics

As part of the lecture series "At the Crossroads - The Future of Democracy", David Owen from the University of Southampton presented his concept of civil geopolitics.

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News
20.01.2026

Christine Hentschel on reorientation in catastrophic times

As part of the lecture series "At the crossroads? On the crisis of democracy", the sociologist spoke about living in and dealing with catastrophic times. Against the backdrop of the destruction of living conditions, wars, permanent crises and threats to democracy, Hentschel addressed the infiltration of the catastrophic into everyday social life and a changing activist and literary approach to the future.

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Publication
08.01.2026 | Journal article

Gender Differences in Financial Advice

Bucher-Koenen, Tabea; Hackethal, Andreas; Koenen, Johannes; Laudenbach, Christine (2025): „Gender Differences in Financial Advice“. In: American Economic Review, 115 (12), pp. 4218–4252.

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