Leibniz Award Research Group ‘Transnational Justice’

The Leibniz Award Research Group Transnational Justice focuses on different aspects of a critical theory of justice, from the grounds, uses and contours of the notion of justice within various social, political and philosophical contexts to the most important injustices of the current transnational order. A theory of transnational justice not only has to account for the transnational economic, political and legal affairs; it also has to rest upon grounds with universal justifications.

One aim is therefore to establish a transnational network with researchers from all regions of the world in order to discuss problems of justice from a transnational perspective. We are currently collaborating with researchers in Latin America, North America, Africa, the Middle East, India and China.

The group is funded through the German Research Foundation’s (DFG) Leibniz Programme, which awarded the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Award to Prof. Forst in 2012.

Speaker of the Leibniz Award Research Group is Prof. Dr. Rainer Forst

Contact: forst@em.uni-frankfurt.de

News from the research center

Event
13.11.2026 | Frankfurt am Main

When Design Gets Political

Exhibition, Conference, Panel Discussion, Lecture, Workshop

Der dritte Tag der Design Policy Days an der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt richtet sich an alle, die Design als politische Kraft denken. Gemeinsam mit dem Deutschen Designtag und der World Design Capital 2026 widmet er sich in Roundtables, Projektpräsentationen, Workshops und Ausstellungen der institutionellen Politik: Wie lässt sich Design methodisch, strukturell und normativ in politische Entscheidungsprozesse integrieren – und wie kann Politik selbst als Gestaltungsfeld verstanden werden?

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Publication
21.09.2026 | Working Paper

Dimensionen wehrhafter Demokratie in unsicheren Zeiten

Abich, Leon; Adams, Cosima; Biebricher, Thomas; Britz, Gabriele; Daase, Christopher; Deitelhoff, Nicole; Dönges, Jan; Krause, Leon; Nitzschner, Patrick; Siebert, Hannes; Siefert, Julian; Stephanblome, Isabelle (2026): "Dimensionen wehrhafter Demokratie in unsicheren Zeiten". DemoReg Working Paper 3.1.

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Event
10.02.2027 | Frankfurt am Main

Shifting Visions of Peace and Security

Panel Discussion, Lecture Series

Podiumsdiskussion im Rahmen der Ringvorlesung “Peace and Security in Post-Liberal Times” mit Lisbeth Zimmermann (Goethe University/Normative Orders), Antonia Witt (PRIF), Siddarth Tripathi (University of Erfurt). Moderation: Jonas Wolff (Goethe University/PRIF/Normative Orders).

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Event
03.02.2027 | Frankfurt am Main

AI, War, and Big Tech

Lecture Series, Lecture

Vortrag von Ingvild Bode (University of Southern Denmark)im Rahmen der Ringvorlesung “Peace and Security in Post-Liberal Times”.

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Event
16.12.2026 | Frankfurt am Main

International arms control in a world of uncertainties

Lecture Series, Lecture

Vortrag von Malte Göttsche (TU Darmstadt/PRIF) im Rahmen der Ringvorlesung “Peace and Security in Post-Liberal Times”.

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Event
02.12.2026 | Frankfurt am Main

Enabling Authoritarianism: UN Peacekeeping and the Politics of Authoritarianism

Lecture Series, Lecture

Vortrag von Sarah von Billerbeck (University of Reading) im Rahmen der Ringvorlesung “Peace and Security in Post-Liberal Times”.

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Event
25.11.2026 | Frankfurt

Deterrence in “Post-Liberal Times“

Lecture Series, Lecture

Vortrag von Maria Mälksoo (Copenhagen University) (Goethe-Universität/PRIF/Normative Orders) im Rahmen der Ringvorlesung “Peace and Security in Post-Liberal Times”.

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Event
18.11.2026 | Frankfurt am Main

The Case for (Neo)colonialism: Neotrusteeship in International Relations as the ‘Imperial Mind’ of the ‘Colonial Present’

Lecture Series, Lecture

Vortrag von Nick Lemay-Hébert (Manchester University) im Rahmen der Ringvorlesung “Peace and Security in Post-Liberal Times”.

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Event
02.02.2027 | Frankfurt

Klassenjustiz, race und abolitionistische Demokratie

Lecture Series, Lecture

Vortrag von Prof. Dr. Daniel Loick (Amsterdam) im Rahmen der Ringvorlesung "Ist das Recht am Ende?" im Wintersemester 2026/2027. Organisiert von Klaus Günther und Benno Zabel.

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