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05.05.2025
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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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28.11.2024
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Marie-Theres Piening, Julia Habermann and Tobias Singelnstein publish article on trust in and control of the police

The article “Police: Trust is good, but so is control” by ConTrust researchers discusses perceptions and attitudes in the population towards problems in the police, police control and dealing with misconduct, as well as the consequences for legitimacy and trust in the police.

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21.11.2024
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Hendrik Simon receives the 3rd Jost Delbrück Prize 2024

On 19 November 2024, Dr. Hendrik Simon (member of the ConTrust research initiative) was awarded the 3rd Jost Delbrück Prize for his book “A Century of Anarchy? War, Normativity, and the Birth of Modern International Order” was awarded the 3rd Jost Delbrück Prize.

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19.11.2024
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Pavan Kumar Malreddy receives Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

Malreddy, who conducts research into English-language literary and cultural studies, is being funded as part of the program on the basis of his research project “The Right to Unbelong: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Contemporary Migrant Literary Cultures”.

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17.09.2024
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Presentation of the Theodor W. Adorno Prize to Prof. Dr. Seyla Benhabib

On September 11, 2024, the renowned political philosopher Prof. Dr. Seyla Benhabib was awarded the Theodor W. Adorno Prize 2024 in the Paulskirche Frankfurt am Main for her outstanding services to critical theory, political philosophy and democracy research.

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05.06.2024
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Fourth ConTrust Practice Forum presents international comparative study on police control from five countries

What powers and objectives do independent police complaints bodies have – also in comparison to other police control bodies? How well are the complaints offices known to the public? And how do they actually function in an international comparison?

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04.06.2024
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Gil Eyal speaks in the ConTrust Speaker Series about misconceptions in trust research

At the beginning of the 21st century, the diagnoses of a general loss of trust in science, experts and public institutions have increased just as explosively as the scientific field of trust research.

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11.01.2024
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Vera King talks about the rise of and defense against authoritarianism

In the fourth event in the “Frankfurter Schule” series, social psychologist Prof. Dr. Vera King will talk about the challenges posed by authoritarian attitudes and ideologies. The lecture entitled “Who is authoritarian?” will take place on February 5 from 7 p.m. at the Museum for Communication in Frankfurt.

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21.12.2023
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Second ConTrust Practice Forum “Limits of trust? – Areas of tension between science, politics and society” on January 18, 2024

Democracy is currently facing a question of trust like it hasn’t for a long time: Do citizens still have sufficient confidence that democratically elected politicians will represent their interests in a way that solves the many challenges of our time?

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22.11.2023
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“Relationality of human dignity” – Next book launch with Dr. Regina Schidel on December 6

In her book “Relationalität der Menschenwürde – Zum gerechtigkeitstheoretischen Status von Menschen mit kognitiven Beeinträchtigungen”, which was recently published by Campus Verlag in Open Access, Dr. Regina Schidel analyzes the form of discrimination of ableism, i.e. the disadvantaged position of people with cognitive impairments, from a philosophical and socio-theoretical perspective.

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11.10.2023
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Lecture & film series “An eye for the world. The Cinema of Satyajit Ray” from October 26, 2023

Satyajit Ray (1921-1992) was the first director from India to achieve global recognition. Equally gifted as a graphic artist, musician, writer and director, Ray created a body of work that transcends all boundaries: Those of genres and arts as well as those of cultures.

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11.10.2023
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Climate Activism of the Last Generation – On the Legality and Legitimacy of a Political Practice – Panel Discussion on October 19

The last generation is the subject of controversial social debate. On the one hand, the forms of protest and the group itself are exposed to criminal prosecution; on the other hand, civil disobedience as a political practice is ascribed a significant role in the socio-ecological transformation of society.

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News from the research center

Event
06./07.11.2025 | Frankfurt am Main

Kolja Möller - Volk und Elite

Workshop

Workshop zum "Buch Volk und Elite - Eine Gesellschaftstheorie des Populismus" von Kolja Möller

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Event
31.10.2025/01.11.2025 | Frankfurt am Main

Strafrecht und Kriminalpolitik in den Polykrisen der digitalen Welt

Symposium

Unter der Überschrift „Strafrecht und Kriminalpolitik in den Polykrisen der digitalen Welt“ sollen auf dem XII. Deutsch-Griechischen Strafrechtssymposion die heterogenen Herausforderungen diskutiert werden, mit denen sich das Strafrechtssystem in Zeiten sich häufender und interdependenter Krisen (Klima, Migration) konfrontiert sieht.

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Publication
01.10.2025 | Encyclopedia

Moralisieren

Schmelzle, Cord (2025): „Moralisieren“. In: Pollmann, Anna; Möllmann, Christopher: Schlüsselbegriffe gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalts. Ein kritisches Vokabular, Wallstein, S. 544–561.

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Publication
01.10.2025 | Anthology

Dis.Ordering Distribution. Infrastructures, Formats and Practices in the Circulation of Culture.

Storz, Cornelia; Hediger, Vinzenz; Krings, Matthias (eds.) (2025): Dis.Ordering Distribution. Infrastructures, Formats and Practices in the Circulation of Culture. Emerald Publishing.

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Event
03.11.2025 | Offenbach

Ich kann, also bin ich? Eine Kritik ableistischer Diskriminierung in unserer Gesellschaft

Lecture

Der Vortrag von Dr. Regina Schidel im Rahmen der Goethe Lectures Offenbach analysiert Ableismus aus philosophischer und sozialtheoretischer Perspektive, und zwar exemplarisch am Fall von Menschen mit kognitiven Einschränkungen/geistiger »Behinderung«. Es werden Ursprünge ableistischen Denkens in der philosophischen Tradition entwickelt, in ihrer gesellschaftlichen Funktionalität untersucht und Möglichkeiten befragt, diese zu überwinden – diese stammen etwa aus kritischer und feministischer Theoriebildung.

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Publication
30.09.2025

Climate Finance, the Right to Promote Sustainable Development and Responsibility

Moellendorf, Darrel (2025): „Climate Finance, the Right to Promote Sustainable Development and Responsibility“. In: Berger, Axel; Brandi, Clara; Kollar, Eszter (eds.): Justice in Global Economic Governance. Normative and Empirical Perspectives on Promoting Fairer Globalisation, Edinburgh University Press, p. 125–133.

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Publication
29.09.2025 | Journal article

Im Visier der Autokraten: Vom Wert der Wissenschaftsfreiheit

Forst, Rainer; Tockner, Klement: Im Visier der Autokraten: Vom Wert der Wissenschaftsfreiheit. In: Blätter für deutsche und internationale Politik. 10/2025, S. 109-117.

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Publication
18.09.2025 | Journal article

Robots and wages: A meta-analysis

Jurkat, Anne; Klump, Rainer; Schneider, Florian (2025): „Robots and wages: A meta-analysis“. In: Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, In Press/Journal Pre-proof.

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Event
19.11.2025 | Frankfurt am Main

Unerwünscht. Die westdeutsche Demokratie und die Verfolgten des NS-Regimes

Book Presentation

Der Vortrag von Prof. Dr. Stefanie Schüler-Springorum schildert die Erfahrungen von überlebenden Juden und Sinti und Roma, von ehemaligen Zwangsarbeitern und Homosexuellen in Westdeutschland in der Nachkriegszeit.

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