DenkArt

The aim of the “DenkArt” series is to foster a culture of public debate and provide a participatory space for discourse on contemporary social issues. After each keynote speech in the series, all members of the audience are given the opportunity to discuss the theses and analyses presented in small discussion groups of ten people each and to formulate questions for the speaker. The evening’s moderator collects these impressions and confronts the invited guest with questions from the audience.

Past events

October 2022 to January 2023
DenkArt Art_saved away or systemically relevant?

August to December 2021
DenkArt “Identity_But which one?”

March 2021 to June 2021
DenkArt “Solidarity_But how?”

September 2020 to December 2020
DenkArt “The normalized state of emergency”

September 2019 to June 2020
Thinking space “Future_but how?”

October 2018 to April 2019
Think tank “Constitution_But how?”

News from the research center

Publication
08.01.2026 | Journal article

The rural-urban divide in Europe

Riera, Pedro; Roßteutscher, Sigrid (Hrsg.) (2025): „The rural-urban divide in Europe: Assessing its impact on political attitudes and voting behavior“. In: Electoral Studies, Special Issue.

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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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News
11.12.2025

Jonathan White on future thinking in democracies

On the second date of the lecture series "At the crossroads? On the crisis of democracy". Political scientist White discusses views on the future of democracies. A follow-up report

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News
04.12.2025

The crisis of democratic theory from a sociological perspective

Sociologist Jenny Brichzin's lecture "Crisis of Democratic Theory? A sociological intervention" opened our lecture series "At the crossroads? On the future of democratic theory". The sociologist criticized the fact that social coexistence has so far been insufficiently addressed in democratic theory. A follow-up report

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Publication
03.12.2025 | Journal article

The Archipelago Capitalism of Citizenship-By-Investment

Džankić, Jelena; Seyfettinoglu, Mira; Shachar, Ayelet; Vink, Maarten; Baaren, Luuk van der (2025): „The Archipelago Capitalism of Citizenship-By-Investment“. In: Comparative Political Studies, OnlineFirst.

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Publication
01.12.2025

Non-Fiction Cinema in Postwar Europe

Hediger, Vinzenz (2025): „Preface: (Re)Building Europe through Cinema (Studies)”. In: Cesalkova, Lucia, et al. (eds.): Non-Fiction Cinema in Postwar Europe. Visual Culture and the Reconstruction of Public Space. Amsterdam University Press.

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Publication
21.11.2025 | Chapter

Die Möglichkeiten des Einsatzes von Multi-Party-Computation beim Datenaustausch zwischen Sicherheitsbehörden als Grundlage der Qualitätssicherung von KI-Anwendungen

Müllmann, Dirk; Spiecker gen. Döhmann, Indra (2025): „Die Möglichkeiten des Einsatzes von Multi-Party-Computation beim Datenaustausch zwischen Sicherheitsbehörden als Grundlage der Qualitätssicherung von KI-Anwendungen“. In: Honekamp, Wilfried; Kemme, Stefanie; Struck, Jens: Auswirkungen von Künstlicher Intelligenz auf die zukünftige Polizeiarbeit. Springer.

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Publication
21.11.2025 | Chapter

Die Sicherheit der Zukunft – Künstliche Intelligenz und soziale Kontrolle: Vom Predictive Policing zum Social Scoring

Singelnstein, Tobias (2025): „Die Sicherheit der Zukunft – Künstliche Intelligenz und soziale Kontrolle: Vom Predictive Policing zum Social Scoring“. In: Honekamp, Wilfried; Kemme, Stefanie; Struck, Jens: Auswirkungen von Künstlicher Intelligenz auf die zukünftige Polizeiarbeit. Springer.

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Publication
21.11.2025 | Anthology

Handbook of Leadership. Applied Business Psychology for Managers

Felfe, Jörg; Dick, Rolf van (eds.) (2025): Handbook of Leadership. Applied Business Psychology for Managers. Springer.

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