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Current Research Projects

09.05.2025

Research Institute for Social Cohesion

Interdisciplinary, transfer-oriented and Germany-wide research institute
Project duration: Since 2020

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09.05.2025

Claus Wisser Postdoc Program

Annual postdoctoral fellowships
Head: Prof. Dr. Rainer Forst and Prof. Dr. Nicole Deitelhoff
Project duration: Since October 2024

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01.10.2023

Global Health Justice Postdoctoral Program

Head: Prof. Dr. Rainer Forst and
Prof. Dr. Darrel Moellendorf
Project duration: Since 2023

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01.06.2023

LOEWE top professorship

Prof. Dr. Nicole Deitelhoff
Project duration: Since June 1, 2023

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01.01.2023

The limits of helping under conditions of multiple crises

Emmy Noether Junior Research Group

Head: Prof. Dr. Greta Wagner
Project duration: Since 2023

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01.07.2022

Heisenberg Professorship for Political Science with a focus on political theory, history of ideas and theories of economics

Prof. Dr. Thomas Biebricher
Project duration: Since July 1, 2022

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01.11.2020

The Transformations of Citizenship

Leibniz Prize Research Group headed by Prof. Dr. Ayelet Shachar
Project duration: Since November 1, 2020

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01.01.2017

Configurations of the movie

Research Training Group
Funded by the German Research Foundation since 2017

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01.09.2012

Transnational Justice

Leibniz Award Research Group headed by Prof. Dr Rainer Forst
Project duration: 1 September 2012 to 30 September 2025

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01.12.2009

Justitia Amplificata Center for Advanced Studies

Under the direction of Prof. Dr. Rainer Forst
Project duration: Since December 1, 2009

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News from the research center

News
30.06.2025

Article "Ideology and Suffering: What Is Realistic about Critical Theory?" by Amadeus Ulrich published in EJPT

The article "Ideology and Suffering: What Is Realistic about Critical Theory?" by Amadeus Ulrich has just been published open access in the European Journal of Political Theory (EJPT). Ulrich brings the perspective of radical realism into a productive dialog with Adorno's critical theory.

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News
30.06.2025

Prof. Dr. Franziska Fay awarded the Sibylle Kalkhof-Rose University Prize 2025

Prof. Dr. Franziska Fay (Junior Professor of Ethnology with a focus on Political Anthropology at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) and former postdoctoral researcher at the Research Center Normative Orders at Goethe University) receives the Sibylle Kalkhof-Rose University Award 2025 in the category Humanities and Social Sciences.

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Publication
25.06.2025 | Online article

Ideology and Suffering: What Is Realistic about Critical Theory?

Ulrich, Amadeus (2025): Ideology and suffering: What is realistic about critical theory? European Journal of Political Theory, 0(0).  https://doi.org/10.1177/14748851251351782

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News
24.06.2025

New series “Vertrauensfragen” in the Frankfurter Rundschau initiated by Hendrik Simon

Democracy thrives on debate - if it serves the joint search for solutions. There is often a problem with this cooperation. The new FR series “Vertrauensfragen”, initiated by Hendrik Simon (Research Institute Social Cohesion (RISC) Frankfurt location at Goethe University's Research Centre Normative Orders ), examines why this is the case and how we can do better.

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Publication
23.06.2025 | Working Paper

Untrustworthy Authorities and Complicit Bankers: Unraveling Monetary Distrust in Argentina

Moreno, Guadalupe (2025): “Untrustworthy Authorities and Complicit Bankers: Unraveling Monetary Distrust in Argentina”. Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies Discussion Paper 25/3.

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News
22.05.2025

Does deliberative democracy have a future in the age of oligarchs, autocrats and patriarchs?

On June 3, Prof. Simone Chambers will give a lecture on the value of democracies and the future of the form of government.

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Publication
19.05.2025 | Anthology

Klimaethik. Ein Reader

Sparenborg, Lukas; Moellendorf, Darrel (Hrsg.) (2025) : Klimaethik. Ein Reader. Suhrkamp.

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News
19.05.2025

What can a baroque tapestry tell us about colonial iconography?

Lecture by Cécile Fromone on May 21. The professor at the Department of the History of Art and Architecture at Harvard University, director of the Cooper Gallery at the Hutchins Center and author will talk about the long-forgotten African origins of iconography and its colonial dimension.

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News
05.05.2025

Normative Orders Newsletter 01/25 published

The newsletter from Research Centre Normative Orders collects information on current events, reports, news and publications several times a year. Read the first issue 2025 here.

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