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”
Further information will follow

  • 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

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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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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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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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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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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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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